April 2003
BackTalk
- Charlie Hunter
“It’s just become who I am,” says Charlie Hunter when asked about his relationship with his rare musical weapon of choice,…
Bayou Boogie
Blues Hound
Cover Story
- Papa Grows Funk: In The Garden of Musical Delights
There are thousands of bands in America right now struggling to get noticed. Many, if not most, harbor rock star dreams…
Dis 'n' Dat
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Reviews
- Los Hombres Calientes: Irvin Mayfield & Bill Summers, Vol. 4: Vodou Dance (Basin Street)
- Various Artists, This Is What We Call Blues: Vol. 420 (Telarc)
- Various Artists, Global Soul (Putumayo World Music)
- Savoy Brown, Strange Dreams (Blind Pig)
- Ronnie Hawkins, Still Cruisin' (Hawk Records)
- The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, On the Red Line (Route 11)
- Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes, Bandicoot (Independent)
- Jack Neilson, Here I Go Again (Paz Music Productions)
- Baby Boy, Like Dat (Take Fo' Records)
- Wayne Shorter, Alegria (Verve)
- Jeffrey P. Ross, My Pleasure (Doc Blues Records)
- Turnip Greens, Crosseyed Cat (Cope Records)
- Jeremy and the Zydeco Hot Boyz, The Thing About Love (Maison de Soul)
- Jeff Black, B-Sides and Confessions (Dualtone)
- Frankie Bones, Skin-N-Bones (Independent)
- Simonia E. Milton, I've Got Joy (ArSi Records)
- Steve Kimock Band, East Meets West: Live in San Francisco and Japan (Independent)
- David Olney, The Wheel (Loudhouse Records)
- John Hammond, Ready for Love (Back Porch Records)
- Smithfield Fair, Jacobites By Name (Centaur Records)
- Smithfield Fair, Burns Night Out! (Stevenson Productions)
- Santeria, House of the Dying Sun (Independent)
- Calvin Owens, The House Is Burnin' (Sawdust Alley Records)
- ScoLoHoFo (John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland and Al Foster), Oh! (Blue Note)
- Charlo, The History of the Cajuns in Story and Song (Swallow Records)
- Friday Night Gigolos, 25th and Holloway (Independent)
- Various Artists, Straight from the 6th Ward (Tipitina's Records)
- The Hackberry Ramblers, Early Recordings 1935-1950 (Arhoolie Records)
- BeauSoleil, Encore, Encore!! The Best of BeauSoleil (Rhino)