Issue Articles
Huey “Piano” Smith (1934-2023)
Huey “Piano” Smith, a 1950s rock and roll star from New Orleans, has died.
Distinctly Mine: Marc Stone finds a voice of his own
Marc Stone’s spring festival season schedule is shaping up nicely. Stone, a singer, guitarist and songwriter inspired by classic blues and soul, is also relaunching the guest star-filled album he pulled from release last year. Following some sonic tweaks and market strategizing, he’s re-releasing Shining Like a Diamond on April 14, just in time for festival season.
Colin Blunstone of The Zombies Talks Back
The return of the Zombies is one of music’s great comeback stories. Following a twenty-two-year hiatus, singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent reunited in 1999 for an intended six performances only. By popular demand, the reunion continued, lasting more than two decades longer than the Zombies’ 1960s tenure in the music business.
James Booker Behind The Iron Curtain: A five-CD box set features the piano genius’ East German concerts
A sprawling document of James Booker’s borderless genius, Behind The Iron Curtain plus… contains three complete and previously unreleased solo concerts by the New Orleans piano prodigy.
The Hungry Williams, Let’s Go! (Independent)
Fans of classic New Orleans rock and roll and rhythm and blues know the name Charles “Hungry” Williams.
Barbara Blue, From the Shoals (Earwig Music Company/Big Blue Records)
Barbara Blue, a blues and soul singer from Pittsburgh who performed on Beale Street in Memphis for nearly 25 years, recorded From the Shoals at Nutthouse Studios in
Sheffield, Alabama.
Amy Ray talks back
Famous for being one-half of the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray also has a parallel solo career. She’ll perform with the Amy Ray Band at Tipitina’s on February 13, with Kevn Kinney, front man for Drivin N Cryin, opening the show.
Prine-A-Pa-Looza: Paul Sanchez and a host of local talent salute John Prine
Paul Sanchez and a host of local talent will salute John Prine
You Got to be Somebody: The Dave Bartholomew Culture Experience – Celebrating a New Orleans Music Master
The Dave Bartholomew Culture Experience – Celebrating a New Orleans music master
Ernie Vincent talks back
Ernie Vincent has been a mainstay on the New Orleans music since the 1970s. On January 13, the singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and band leader will release his latest album via the Birmingham, Alabama-based Cornelius Chapel Records. Titled Original Dap King, the project quite naturally presents Vincent performing his signature funk as well as psychedelicized blues and soul and swampy rock and roll.
