Issue Articles
IN MEMORIAM: Tony Joe White (1943 – 2018)
Tony Joe White, the singer-songwriter from north Louisiana whose steamy, swampy “Polk Salad Annie” became a top 10 hit, died October 24 at his home in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee. “He […]
Simple Minds talks back
Scotland’s Simple Minds are famous in America for their number one hit, 1985’s “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” But that song, featured in the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club, […]
Michot’s Melody Makers gives the traditional music of Acadiana a pulsating new twist
Michot’s Melody Makers is a band on fire. That passion, energy and innovation drive Blood Moon, the band’s recording debut. The Melody Makers are Louis Michot, the singing, fiddling co-founder […]
Spiced Hip-Hop: Judah & the Lion’s evolution
Before Judah & the Lion became the hip-hop-spiced success it is now, the genre-mashing Nashville trio was a folky worship band. Annoyed about being labeled the “Christian” Mumford & Sons, […]
Eric Lindell, Revolution In Your Heart (Alligator Records)
Eric Lindell’s return to Chicago’s Alligator Records finds him in a soulful state of mind. Most of Revolution in Your Heart pursues a lively neo-soul tract, with Lindell referencing 1960s […]
Tom Hambridge, The NOLA Sessions (Album Review)
Grammy-winning blues and roots music producer Tom Hambridge’s eighth solo album, The NOLA Sessions, brought him to the Parlor Recording Studio in New Orleans. Hambridge collaborated with New Orleans musicians, […]
Jonathon Long, Jonathon Long (Wild Heart)
Jonathon Long, the Baton Rouge singer, guitarist and songwriter formerly known as Jonathon “Boogie” Long, did his homework. After learning gospel songs in his early childhood, the teen-aged Long […]
Buddy Guy, The Blues Is Alive and Well (Silvertone/RCA)
Blues star Buddy Guy reunites with producer, songwriter and drummer Tom Hambridge for their sixth album together. The title—The Blues Is Alive and Well—doesn’t lie. Guy, the Pointe Coupee […]
The Best High: Jonathon Long puts his songs and singing up front
Sometimes it’s time for a change. Despite being known as “Boogie” since he was two, Baton Rouge singer-guitarist-songwriter Jonathon Long recently dropped his nickname. The title of his new album—produced […]
MY MUSIC: Keith Stone
“I was a late-in-life baby, so my mom grew up in a different era in New Orleans. She loved music. My mom knew the music scene. She knew Louis Prima. When […]
