Music
Lance Ellis, Voodoo Love, (Independent)
When the digital age crept up on the record industry, no one could have foreseen the effect home recording would have on it. (Not to mention file-sharing.) But digital video […]
The Blind Boys of Alabama, Go Tell It On The Mountain: Live In New York (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
March may seem like an odd time to buy a Christmas concert DVD, but this is the Blind Boys of Alabama we’re talking about—not only do America’s hippest gospel singers […]
Sonny Landreth, Grant Street (Sugar Hill)
Down In Louisiana, South Of I-10, Levee Town, and now Grant Street—slide guitar phenom Sonny Landreth wants you to know he’s from Lafayette, dammit. Which makes sense, actually: his guitar […]
Tha Nu Jaz Orda, Second Line Hip-Hop (Mardi Gras Records)
There’s a lot to like about the concept of this project, summed up better than I ever could with the CD’s title itself. But there’s a slight disconnect between the […]
Coco Robicheaux, Yeah, U Rite! (Spiritland)
Coco Robicheaux spends a lot of time explaining himself on his latest CD, Yeah, U Rite! which, from its title on down, seems like a particularly shameless attempt by this […]
