Music
Shemekia Copeland, The Soul Truth (Alligator Records)
Robert Plant once referred to Shemekia Copeland, daughter of Texas blues legend Johnny Copeland and nearly a star in her own right these days, as the next Tina Turner. To […]
Solomon Burke, Soul of The Blues (Shout! Factory)
The Dominican pianist Michel Camilo has been a jazz star of sorts since at least 1988 when he debuted impressively on Columbia. His performances with his Latin-jazz-on-steroids trio, quartet or […]
Rebecca Barry and the Headhunters, Rebecca Barry and the Headunters (Independent)
Always pick your friends up at the airport when they call. Rebecca Barry, one of the city’s leading tenor sax blowers and a solid singer to boot, did just that […]
Ballzack, Chipmunk Dream Machine (Lambs on Helium)
When you become one of New Orleans’ premier underground hip-hop artists overnight, what do you do for an encore? Well, if you’re Ballzack, West Bank native, you face a tough […]
Aaron Neville, Tell It Like It Is (Empire Musicwerks)
As a re-release of a 1990 11-track Capitol CD (cover art and all), the return of Tell It Like It Is isn’t going to set collectors’ tongues wagging. It is, […]
Various Artists, You See Me Laughin’ (DVD) (Fat Possum)
Subtitling this Fat Possum documentary “The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen” was a wise move. After all, most of the artists on that label’s roster are far past retirement […]
Various Artists, Fried Glass Onions: Memphis Meets The Beatles (Inside Sounds)
Fried Glass Onions is a great title, and one with a good idea attached to it—retool old Beatles classics with the soulful sound of Memphis R&B. The liner notes try […]
Juice, Juice Live! Hey Buddy (Independent)
Call it the Second Wave of jam-band music, when the histories are written. And place this local five-piece supergroup at the head of that wave, both musically and chronologically; they […]
Porter-Batiste-Stoltz, Expanding The Funkin’ Universe (OUW Records)
As three-quarters of the funky Meters, you don’t expect Porter-Batiste-Stoltz to offer many lyrical insights on their debut studio album, Expanding The Funkin Universe. This is intelligent funk, of course, […]
Atman Roots, Improvizatiphopation (Independent)
The six (more or less) members of Atman Roots may all hail from New Orleans, or at least have the stamp of native you get when you let this city […]
