January 1998
Bluesworthy
- Lyons' Tale & Bohren's Back
"In the back of my head there was Muddy Waters and all the other blues singers singing, 'Going down to New…
Bookmark
Cover Story
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville has made a Manhattan hotel suite his headquarters for nearly a week. The trip is part of A&M Records'…
Dirty Rice
- The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band "Pour(s) on the Pepper"; Comeaux Endowment Established
What happens when three of the most important figures in the Cajun renaissance get together to play Cajun music? Well, for…
Dis 'n' Dat
- LMNOP Music Conference, EAT' M, Dash Rip Rock, Simien Signs, Hot Sounds Contest, New Music Commission Members & More
The LMNOP Music Conference, which will be held April 27-29, 1998 (between Jazz Festival weekends), is now offering early registration discounts.…
Eye Music
Features
- The Best Music of 1997
Whether it was a show, a CD or a simple moment, our staff and a host of others looked back at… - The Sound of a Rhudabega
Tyler Deneau remembers it like it was yesterday. It was the spring of 1994. Deneau and Molly Magwire, his partner in… - Best of the Beat 1997
Feedback
Film & Video Bits
Grapevine
Letters
- Letters January 1998
Location, Location, Location I am a native of New Orleans and the city still flows strong in my blood. Leaving…
Pass A Good Time
Plugged In
- Second Annual Best of the Web
While the amount of growth in Web presence among local bands, businesses and organizations seemed to taper a bit in 1997,…
Savoring Sin City
Straight, No Chaser
Street
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Reviews
- Richard Lebouef and Two Step, Again, for the First Time (La Louisiane)
When the singer-accordionist is a LeBouef and his band consists of a Picard, an Hebert, a Fontenot, and a Sonnier, you… - Sista Monica, Sista Monica (Mo Muscle)
- Lenny McDaniel, Tired Angels (Café au Lait Music)
New Orleans' singer/songwriter/guitarist Lenny McDaniel seems to have found a happy medium. On his third effort Tired Angels, McDaniel strikes a… - Michael Pellera, Cloud 9 (Pajacis Music)
Pellera has a remarkable ability to compose evocative, dreamy landscapes, combining the emotionally charged impressionism of post-bop jazz with a romantic,… - Buster Poindexter, Buster's Spanish Rocket Ship (Island)
- The Ramones, We're Outta Here (Radioactive)
- Millie Jackson, Totally Unrestricted! (Rhino)
- Les Paul, The Complete Decca Trios - Plus (1936-1947) (Decca/MCA)
- Chaka Demus and Pliers, For Every Kinda People (Island Jamaica)
- Bill Kirchen, Hot Rod Lincoln - Live! (Hightone)
- Jojo Reed, Not Your Baby's Daddy (Zydeco Hound)
As one might guess, the title cut is a zydeco "Billie Jean": JoJo's ex asks him why he hasn't been to… - Various Artists, Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest (MCA/Chess)
- Ry Cooder, et al, Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit/Nonesuch), Afro-Cuban All Stars, A Toda Cuba le Gusta (World Circuit/Nonesuch), Ruben Gonzalez, Introducing…(World Circuit/Nonesuch)
- J.J. Cale, Any Way the Wind Blows: The Anthology (Mercury Chronicles)
- Bernard Purdie et al, Bernard Purdie's Soul to Jazz II (ACT/Blue Jackal)
- Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball and Tracy Nelson, Sing It! (Rounder)
There are voices, and then, there are voices. Two of the absolutely most spine-tingling, toe-curling, soul-caressing voices I know belong to… - Gary Hirstius and Day 7, Temporary Secret (Silent/Radionic)
