January 2004
BackTalk
- Bobby Rush
It’s more than likely that on any given evening you’ll find blues man Bobby Rush behind the wheel of his modest…
Bayou Boogie
Blues Hound
Cover Story
- I Love Alex McMurray, Everybody's Favorite Songwriter--Back from Tokyo
Falling in love with Alex McMurray is easy. He possesses a certain unintentional charm, both onstage and off. It is the…
Dis 'n' Dat
- The Honeymooners
Ah, the utterly romantic life of touring musicians! Take Lower Ninth Ward multi-instrumentalist Mike West and his better, lovelier half, multi-instrumentalist…
Features
- Trumpeting the Year
Despite saxophonist Ornette Coleman's arrival at Jazz Fest and with bows to all the jazz musicians who swung like crazy in… - Preserving Preservation Hall: A Conversation with Ben Jaffe
It’s a natural that Preservation Hall, the bare-bones French Quarter nightspot world-renowned for presenting New Orleans traditional jazz, should spawn its… - Critics' Choice: Top 50 Louisiana CDs of 2003
Selected from nearly 300 Louisiana releases, our 2003 Critics’ Choice of the year’s finest musical offerings was a joint effort of…
Feed Me Something, Mister
Letters
- Letters January 2004
THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN MUSIC So, it is official. No Grammy museum for New Orleans. Big deal. The Grammys have always…
Live Wire
Mojo Mouth
- Burned Out and Upbeat
Once you reach my ripe old age, sometimes you get tired and think, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could just…
Obituaries
St. Rock
Urban Legends
Reviews
- Tandem, Live in New Orleans (Seize Tomorrow Records)
- Slewfoot and the Angels, Grasshopper Pie (Music Maker Records)
- Alex McMurray, Banjaxed (Independent)
- Omar Sosa & Adam Rudolph, Pictures of Soul (Ota)
- Dexter Ardoin and The Creole Ramblers, What You Come To Do (Louisiana Radio Records)
- The Twilight Singers, The Twilight Singers Play Blackberry Belle (Birdman)
- John Dohney Quintet, One Up, Two Back (JDQ Records)
- Abbey Lincoln, It's Me (Verve)
- Long John Hunter and Tom "Blues Man" Hunter, One Foot In Texas (Doc Blues)
- Eleven, Howling Book (Pollen)
- Hadji, Clockwork Deity (Independent)
- Saaraba, Saaraba (Independent)
- Clifton Chenier, The King of Zydeco (Arhoolie)
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Raise Your Spirit Higher (Heads Up)
- Jon Hendricks, Evolution of the Blues Song (Sony)
- Harry Mayronne and Ricky Graham, The Black & White Blues (The New Orleans Restaurant Musical) (Trylon)
- Various Artists, 270 Miles From Graceland, Bonnaroo 2003 (Sanctuary Records)
- Renaissance Cadienne, Mon Pere Aussi Ma Mere (Tracas Records)
- The Mamou Cajun Band featuring Cyp' and Adam Landreneau, Cajun Sole (Swallow Records)
- Belton Richard: The Older the Wine, the Finer the Taste! (Swallow Records)
Anyone possessing a Cajun music sensibility realizes Belton Richard still towers as one of the genre’s monumental figures. A superstar if… - Mason McClain and Travis Hatcher, The Original Collection (Lura Records)
- Russell Batiste Jr. Orkestra From Da Hood, The Clinic (Independent)
- Corey Harris, Mississippi to Mali (Rounder)
- Caleo, Color the Flowers (Caleo Records)
- Truckstop Honeymoon, Truckstop Honeymoon (Squirrel Records/Binky)
