Music
Rod Melancon, Parish Lines (Medina River Records)
His look makes him come on like a Cajun Elvis. His first ambition was to be a movie star. And almost certainly due to that life choice, he’s based out […]
NOLA County, Human Heartland (Independent)
“Keep Country Weird” is the unofficial motto of this quintet, which functions as another one of those spontaneous NOLA “supergroups” trying something for fun (there are members here from Courtyard […]
Renee and the Walkaways, The Walkaway Sessions (Independent)
It sounds like a dream come true for a lot of aspiring singer-songwriters, to have your debut album expertly produced by an old hand in the business, which also means […]
Necessary Gentlemen, Fools to Stay (Independent)
One of the six Necessary Gentlemen of the band’s title is actually a woman, but the deceit stops there—everything else about this latest cadre of bluegrass and folk-inspired artists comes […]
Harn Solo, Perfect Picture (Independent)
It’s not the blasted urban hellscape that Detroit is (yet), but there’s no reason a city as relentlessly ethnic as NOLA can’t produce its own Great White Rapper—anyone who names […]
Truth Universal, Invent the Future (Independent)
It can’t be easy, putting in work for black positivism and righteous hip-hop activism in what is arguably the dirtiest city in all the Dirty South, but somehow Truth Universal […]
Royal Southern Brotherhood, Songs from the Road: Live in Germany (Ruf Records)
How much you need to own a copy of Royal Southern Brotherhood’s latest disc, recorded live during a recent date in Bonn, Germany, is probably going to depend on how […]
One Love Brass Band, Skatober in New Orleans (Independent)
New Orleans is one of those rare places where ska and reggae never fell out of favor, due in part to its strong Caribbean legacy but also to its history […]
Lena Prima, Starting Something (Independent)
The youngest daughter of Louis Prima, Lena is local royalty of sorts, one who lived here with her famous dad before setting off to make a career in the showrooms […]
Spyanage & Yohnnie, #JFTFOI (Rexless Records)
Something about this town makes hip-hop crews straight-up honest about their finances in ways other places don’t. The duo of Spyanage & Johnnie, for example, spend a lot of time […]
