August 2002
BackTalk
- Thurston Moore
Sonic Youth have been around for 21 years—god knows how long that is in dog years. A generation of music listeners…
Bayou Boogie
Blues Hound
Bookmark
Cover Story
- Lionel Batiste: Everybody's Favorite Uncle
As Lionel Batiste, Sr., walks around the Tremé neighborhood where he’s spent his life, people wave from their front stoops and…
Dis 'n' Dat
- In Like Clint
When Clint Maedgen contemplates the differences between Baton Rouge, where he founded the avant-garde rock band Liquidrone in 1992, and New…
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Edward "Kid" Ory
BORN: December 25, 1886, LaPlace, Louisiana DIED: January 23, 1973, Honolulu, Hawaii Within hours of turning 21, Laplace native Kid…
Feed Me Something, Mister
Jazzin'
- Stanley Crouch On Louis Armstrong
Jazz critic and author Stanley Crouch presents the keynote address to open the educational seminars at the Satchmo SummerFest (August 2-4).…
Know What It Means
Letters
- Letters August 2002
LOUISIANA CONTENT Our city is entering an era in which the new mayor plans to encourage business and remove many of…
Live Wire
Mojo Mouth
- You NEED This
If you’re reading this right NOW, I hope you may have picked it up at the Second Annual Satchmo SummerFest. It’s…
Obituaries
- Obituary: Harold Andrew "Duke" Dejan
HAROLD ANDREW “DUKE” DEJAN (1909-2002) “Duke” Dejan, who led the Olympia Brass Band and performed at Preservation Hall for more…
Dining Out
- You NEED This
If you’re reading this right NOW, I hope you may have picked it up at the Second Annual Satchmo SummerFest. It’s…
St. Rock
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Urban Legends
Reviews
- Psychedelic Breakfast, Deuce (Sonance Records)
- Strawboss, Evergreen EP (Strawboss)
- Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, We Got It (Telarc)
- Aaron Foret, Remember Me (HLE Records)
- Shalacy, Shalacy (J&S Records)
- Red Hot & Blues with Janet Lynn, Waitin' On the Hurricane (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men, Out in California (Hightone)
- The Blasters, Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (Warners/Slash/Rhino)
- Lettuce, Outta Here (Velour Recordings)
- Edgar Winter, The Best of Edgar Winter (Epic/Legacy)
- Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias, 30 Years...and Still Wild! (Aim Records)
- Jimmy LaRocca, Jimmy LaRocca/Listen to My Heart (ODJB Records)
- Dave Douglas, The Infinite (Bluebird/RCA)
- The Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks featuring Big Luther Kent, Live From the Gypsy Tea Room (Independent)
- Mike Kerwin, Row Boat (Independent)
- The Brothers Creeggan, Sleepyhead (Nettwerk America)
- Metalwood, The Recline (Telarc)
- Big Al & the Heavyweights, Late Night Gumbo Party (Independent)
- J.B. Lenoir, Mojo Boogie: An Essential Collection (Fuel 2000)
- Jesse Lege & the Southern Ramblers, Jesse Lege & The Southern Ramblers (Acadiana Sounds)
- Jo'el Sonnier, Yesterday with Jo'el Sonnier
- Andrew W.K., I Get Wet (Polygram International)
- Joe Louis Walker, In the Morning (Telarc)
- Mary's Den, In The Everyday/Free (Spring Records)
- Willie Tee, Teasin' You (Night Train International)
- Rod, My Problems, My Solutions (Ack-Bad Productions)
- Rabih Abou-Khalil, The Cactus of Knowledge (Enja Records)
- New Orleans Jazz Vipers, New Orleans Jazz Vipers (Independent)
- Hollis, Illuminated Shadows (Independent)
- 4 Mag Nitrous, 4 Mag Nitrous (4 Mag Music)
- John Fred and His Playboy Band, Somebody's Knockin' (TJ Records)
- Long John Baldry, Remembering Leadbelly (Stony Plain)
- Janice Medlock, Rendezvous on Royal Street (Independent)
- Jeff "Tain" Watts, Bar Talk (Sony)
- Bernard Allison, Storms Of Life (Tone-Cool)
- The Kings of Rhythm featuring Ike Turner, The Sun Sessions (Varese Serabande)
- Robert Parker, "The Wardell Quezergue Sessions" featuring Barefootin' (Night Train International)
- Maidenhead, Dear Raquel (Four Cats/Radionic)
- Deep Banana Blackout, Release the Grease Live (Digital Club Network)
- Steve Kimock Band, Live in Colorado (Independent)
- Widespread Panic, Live in the Classic City (Sanctuary)
- Nickel Creek, This Side (Sugar Hill)
- Juste, Juste (Independent)
- Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Now It Begins (I Vibe Life Records)
- Bag of Donuts, Live in New Orleans (Independent)
- Branford Marsalis, Footsteps Of Our Fathers (Marsalis Music)
