Music
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Traveling Man (Sound of New Orleans)
In the zydeco world, the acorn doesn’t seem to fall far from the tree. Nearly every major zydeco artist from the 1970s and 1980s now has a son carrying on […]
Charles Whitehead, Songs to Sing: The Charlie Whitehead Anthology 1970-76
Charlie Whitehead, a.k.a. Raw Spit, meets every criterion necessary to qualify as one of soul music’s great unknowns. The guy made several brilliant records—now highly sought after collectors’ items—but he […]
Tent Sale
Anyone who visited the CD tent at last year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival could see that it didn’t nearly resemble the CD tent of previous years. Unable to […]
Stars Buy a Piece of History
Much to-do was raised when Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie plunked down $3.5 million on a French Quarter residence in January. Most agree that the celebrity’s move here […]
Various Artists, Atlas Jazz Explosion (Empire Musicwerks)
Being impressed by the recent Atlas soul and blues reissues, I thought I’d take a chance on this one, even though I didn’t recognized even one artist on the 25-track […]
John Hammond, Push Comes To Shove (Back Porch)
A brilliant and prolific artist, John Hammond’s reputation can only improve with a release this good. Compared to earlier albums (Hammond’s recording career goes back over 40 years), Push Comes […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Business: Warren Hildebrand
Warren Hildebrand was born into the New Orleans music business. His father, Henry Hildebrand, founded the city’s largest wholesale record distributorship, All South, in the early 1960s. He also supplied […]
Some New Orleans Music Retailers Rocking
Last month’s closure of Tower Records in the French Quarter was certainly a huge blow to the local music retailing business. However, it was not quite a death blow. In […]
Various Artists, Confessing: Deep Soul From New Orleans (Grapevine)
An English label that fills the quirky needs and desires of Northern Soul enthusiasts, Grapevine has unearthed 20 rare New Orleans soul tracks recorded between 1966 and 1978. Unless you […]
