December 1998
BackTalk
- Levon Helm
As one of the founding members of The Band, Levon Helm helped rewrite rock and roll history. In one stretch from…
Bayou Beat
- Hunter Hayes, A Tommy Comeaux Benefit & More
On October 30, Hunter Hayes, the best-known of Acadiana’s growing brood of child-Cajun musicians, made what will no doubt turn out…
Bluesworthy
- Spencer Bohren, A Blues Jam Marathon & More
Where does the time go? Another year is coming to a close. Perhaps it’s a time for reflection, where we take…
Bookmark
- Hank, Elvis and Me: Making Musical History on the Louisiana Hayride by Horace Logan with Bill Sloan
In "The Death of Country Music," country-punks The Waco, Brothers sing, "we spill some blood on the ashes/ Of the bones…
Cover Story
- David & Roselyn: I Love My Baby
It’s 10 a.m. on a November morning; Roselyn Lionhart sits on a folding chair in front of Jackson Cathedral belting out…
Dis 'n' Dat
- A Little Help for the Independents, Musician Magazine, New CD Releases, the Wolf is 10 & Much More
Amazon.com, Inc., has announced a new program that helps to solve one of the biggest problems facing independent artists, bands and…
Film & Video Bits
Letters
- Letters December 1998
From Here to Jupiter & Back Again Returning to planet Earth after an extraordinary trip to the moon and Jupiter, and…
Mojo Mouth
- Zydeco Fanatics Sail the Blue… Why Do They Keep Picking on Music Clubs? OffBeat Moves to the Margins
It’s not often that I see four-inch "I Love New Orleans" tattoos on the shoulders of people I hang with. I…
Pass A Good Time
Straight, No Chaser
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Reviews
- Roscoe Shelton, Let It Shine (Black Top)
- Earl Gaines, Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Black Top)
- Robert Cage, Robert Cage Can See What You're Doing (Fat Possum)
- Quintology, Quintology (Independent)
Look out! The young lions are coming out of the den. Emerging from the UNO Jazz Studies program, Quintology is the… - Juvenile, 400 Degreez (Cash Money)
- Wayne Toups, More Than Just a Little (BTM)
On last year’s Toups, his first blue-eyed soul Nashville album after a career of red-beans-and-rice Louisiana ones, Wayne Toups shed his… - R.E.M., Up (Warner Brothers)
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle, The McGarrigle Hour (Hannibal)
- Bobby Jay, Nobody's Child (Tuff City)
- Lil Rascals, We Shall Walk through the Streets of the City (Got Fire Music)
Until the rest of America gets hip to the astonishing comeback of the music of the streets of New Orleans, how… - Banu Gibson, Love is Good for Anything that Ails You (Swing Out)
Swing music is back, as anyone who follows the music industry knows. Unfortunately most of the neo-swingsters seem to pursue a…
