July 2002
BackTalk
- Robert Randolph
If you’ve always thought that the pedal steel guitar was only a feature of tearjerking country-western music, meet Robert Randolph. From…
Bayou Boogie
Blues Hound
Cover Story
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Gregory Davis distinctly remembers a comment made to him 25 years ago when the Dirty Dozen Brass Band was in its…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Morning Glory
Like Communists, the Unabomber and would-be Andy Warhol assassin Valerie Solanas, the Ninth Ward band Morning 40 Federation has its own…
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Rockin' Sidney Simien
Born: April 9, 1938 Lebeau, Louisiana Died: February 25, 1998 Lake Charles, Louisiana In 1984, Rockin’ Sidney Simien released the biggest… - Essence Music Festival
Feed Me Something, Mister
Jazzin'
- Christian Scott's Summer Vacation
While the New Orleans music scene looses a good chunk of its audiences when college students head home for the summer,…
Letters
- Letters July 2002
SILLY SOUR GRAPES Just finished a cover-to-cover marathon read of the June issue and am enjoying a post-Fest echo, but I…
Live Wire
Mojo Mouth
- Doing the Charleston
We’re more than just the drinking capital of the world. We just returned from the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South…
Obituaries
- Obituary: Jeff Naideau
JEFF NAIDEAU 1954-2002 New Orleans pianist and vocalist Jeff Naideau, 48, died June 17 of a heart attack in his Uptown… - Obituary: Walter Lewis
Walter Lewis 1914-2002 Walter Lewis, one of the last of the New Orleans piano professors, died at his home June 10,…
St. Rock
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- Teddy Royal: Guitar Monarch
A favorite of producers Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint, Senator Jones, Isaac Bolden, and Wardell Quezergue during the 1970s, Teddy Royal was…
Reviews
- Irene Sage, Live at the Leaf (Independent)
- Ingrid Lucia, Fortune (Independent)
- Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
- Uncle Tupelo, 89/93: An Anthology (Columbia/Legacy)
- The Band, The Last Waltz (Rhino)
- Big James, Waiting for Nothing (Independent)
- Willow's Passage, Green (Independent)
- Jimmy King, Live at Monterey (Bullseye Blues & Jazz)
- C.A.C., RESIDENTalien (Renaissance Records)
- Laura Nyro, Live: The Loom's Desire/Angel in the Dark (Rounder), Eli and the Thirteenth Confession/New York Tendaberry/Gonna Take A Miracle (Columbia/Legacy)
- The Musiker Brothers & Dave Tarras, Tanz! (Columbia/Legacy)
- Various Artists, Avenue A to the Great White Way: Yiddish & American Popular Songs 1914-1950 (Columbia/Legacy)
- Abe Schwartz, The Klezmer King (Columbia/Legacy)
- The Flatlanders, Now Again (New West)
- Porter Hall, Tennessee, Welcome to Porter Hall, Tennessee (Slewfoot)
- Christian Serpas and Ghost Town, Giddy Up (Ralph Records)
- Trey Anastasio, Trey Anastasio (Elektra)
- John Rankin, Guitar Gumbo (STR Digital)
- Various Artists, Mississippi Blues (Putumayo World Music)
- Various Artists, The Rough Guide to Delta Blues (World Music Network)
- Darryl Reeves, The Activator (Independent)
- Los Lobos, Good Morning Aztlan (Mammoth)
- Various Artists, The Best of Cajun Hits Vol. 1 & 2 (Swallow)
- Jessica Williams, This Side Up (MaxJazz)
- Kine, Ghetto Supermodel (Ganja Farm Publishing)
- Massiv, Global (Mass Appeal)
- Corey and the Zydeco Teens, Corey and the Zydeco Teens (J&S Records)
- Alec "Guitar Slim" Seward, Louis "Jelly Belly" Hayes, Blind Willie McTell, "Champion" Jack Dupree and Brownie McGhee, The Back Porch Boys (Delmark)
- Syl and Jimmy Johnson, Two Johnsons Are Better Than One (Evidence)
- Piney Brown/Eddie Mack, Hoot & Holler Saturday Night! (Delmark)
- Beth Patterson & Kalafka, Take Some Fire (Little Blue Men)
- Groovopolis, Groovopolis (Blue Bamboo)
- Various Artists, The Rough Guide to the Music of Louisiana (World Music Network)
- Los Tres Amigos, Moon and Sand (Mirliton Records)
- The Belfry Bats, Tall Tales of the Future World Primitive (HellBopp)
- Nebulous, -i (Negative i) (Independent)
- Down, A Bustle in Your Hedgerow (Elektra)
- Suplecs, Sad Songs…Better Days (Devil Dolls)
