Music
Various Artists, Delmark: 55 Years of Blues (Delmark)
Delmark was the label that bridged the gap between the post-war Chicago blues style heard on Chess Records and the contemporary Chicago blues heard on Alligator Records. This album celebrates […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Harold Battiste
There are some people we can’t love enough, and one is Harold Battiste. This year marks the first time that we have honored an individual three times: We selected Battiste […]
Best of the Beat Music Business Award: Maggie Warwick
The 2008 OffBeat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business is being awarded this year to Shreveport legend and the Chairman of the Louisiana Music Commission, Maggie Warwick. This certainly marks the […]
Obituary: Senator Jones (1934-2008)
One of the last New Orleans independent R&B producers/record label owners, Senator Jones, died at his home in Raymond, Mississippi on or about November 28 from an apparent heart attack. […]
Magic Slim, Midnight Blues (Blind Pig)
A buddy thought Midnight Blues was just another blues release. My reaction to his reaction was, he might be right, or he just might not get it. The answer was […]
Shirley and Lee, Rock (Bear Family)
This release is a condensed version of Bear Family’s four-CD box set that was issued earlier in the decade. Shirley and Lee, dubbed the “Sweethearts of the Blues,” hailed from […]
Howlin’ Wolf is 20
1988… George Bush was elected the 41st President of the United States succeeding Ronald Reagan, Sidney Bartholomey was the mayor of New Orleans, gasoline was less than a buck a […]
James Harman, Two Sides to Every Story (Hep Cat)
This CD is part of the first batch of Black Top reissues appearing on Hep Cat. While Icepick James made several excellent CDs during his Black Top tenure, Two Sides […]
Obituary: Michael P. Smith (1937-2008)
Michael P. Smith, a renowned photographer who helped spearhead the New Orleans cultural awakening of the 1960s and 1970s, died at home after a long illness on September 26. He […]
Jean Knight, R&B Queen of New Orleans (Supersoul)
At long last, someone has assembled a Jean Knight retrospective. Knight often gets left off the list of Crescent City hit makers, but she accounted for one of the biggest […]
