February 2003
BackTalk
- Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders, a titan of the saxophone, has been an influential force in jazz for over three decades. Widely known for…
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Cover Story
- 2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: Art Neville
THE POPPA FUNK RESUME 1937—Born December 17 in New Orleans at Charity Hospital. 1944—Attends St. Monica School with classmates James Booker…
Dis 'n' Dat
Features
- Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business Award: Stan Lewis
Unbeknownst to many, for nearly three decades Shreveport was known as “The Record Center of the South.” The man who was… - 2002 Best of the Beat Award Winners
BEST OF THE BEAT 2002 BLUES Best Blues Band or Performer Tab Benoit Best Blues Album by a Louisiana Artist Tab… - Masters of Louisiana Music: Isidore "Tuts" Washington
- 2002 Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: Bethany and Johann Bultman
Arts and cultural activists Bethany and Johann Bultman are the recipients of this year’s Best Of The Beat Heartbeat Award, presented… - 2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education Award: Clyde Kerr, Jr.
In New Orleans, we often recognize and celebrate our wealth of musical families—and rightly so. They are of huge importance to… - 2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business Award: Stan Lewis
- Clubhouse: Snug Harbor
When Paul and Heather McCartney, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Senator Ted Kennedy and President Bill Clinton visit New Orleans and want…
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Reviews
- Julia LaShae, Introducing Julia LaShae (Independent)
- Joan of Arc, So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness (Jade Tree)
- Slobberbone, Slippage (New West)
- The Nick Diaz Experiment, Our Time (Independent)
- Systemic, Biologic (Shred Metal Records)
- Linnzi Zaorski & Delta Royale, Linnzi Zaorski & Delta Royale (Independent)
- The Shenandoah Trio, Love Is Forever (Gumbo People Products)
- Posterchild, Special (Independent)
- Various Artists, Calypso (Putumayo World Music)
- Suplecs, 4 New Songs (Independent)
- Deuce of Hearts, The Best of Deuce of Hearts (Jin Records)
- Mulgrew Miller and Wingspan, The Sequel (Maxjazz)
- The Marsalis Family, The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration (Marsalis Music/Rounder)
- Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
- Lil' Buck Sinegal, Bad Situation (Lucky Cat)
- Circus Mind, Circus Mind (Outhouse Music)
- MayFair, Five More Miles (Independent)
- Lowerline, Branded (Independent)
- Various Artists, Dat's Zydeco: The Best "Old-Skool" Zydeco (Maison de Soul)
- Mahayla, Powerlines (Independent)
- Hadji, The Sheltered Life (Anxious Laughter Music)
- Benny Green and Russell Malone, Jazz at the Bistro (Telarc Jazz)
- Irvin Mayfield/Gordon Parks, Half Past Autumn Suite (Basin Street Records)
- The Fred Hersch Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard (Palmetto Records)
- Sonny Landreth, The Road We're On (Sugar Hill Records)
- Pott Folse, Mixing It Up (Jin Records)
- Marc Broussard, Momentary Setback (Ripley Records)
- Various Artists, Matrimony to Alimony: Blues for Good Love Gone Bad (Telarc)
- John Capps, Rose Colored Rain/Welcome to John's Place/Puff of Smoke (Stickhorse Records)
- Near Life Experience, Day of Silver Sun (Noiselab)
- Alligator Stew, Alligator Stew (Hogleg Records)
- Metric Nut, Stronger Than Sound (Metric)
- Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (Columbia/Legacy)
- Phish, Round Room (Elektra Records)
- The Les Claypool Frog Brigade, Purple Onion (Prawn Song)
