June 2003
BackTalk
- Quint Davis
Whatever your opinion is about Quint Davis, the Executive Producer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, you gotta admit…
Bayou Boogie
Blues Hound
- David Egan's Infinity of Ideas
You may know David Egan as the keyboard player in Li’l Band O’ Gold, or from his decade-plus run with Filé.…
Cover Story
- We All Love Earl King: A Personal Remembrance
When a musician of Earl King's stature dies, the funeral service is often a homecoming of New Orleans musical artists, a…
Dis 'n' Dat
- A Fetish For Father
June 15 is Father’s Day and if your dad is as hip as mine was (escorting me to the Playboy Club…
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Earl Silas Johnson IV (Earl King)
Born:February 7, 1934New Orleans, LouisianaDied:April 17, 2003New Orleans, LouisianaFor five decades, Earl King reigned as one of New Orleans’ most perceptive… - Clubhouse: El Matador
- Ponderosa Stomp 2003
- 2003 Redux, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
FIRST THURSDAY This year Jazz Fest expanded its program to include an eighth day of music. The opening Thursday concluded with…
Feed Me Something, Mister
Jazzin'
Letters
Mojo Mouth
Dining Out
- A Fetish For Father
June 15 is Father’s Day and if your dad is as hip as mine was (escorting me to the Playboy Club…
St. Rock
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- My House-A Movie Star, Part 2
This is the final installment in the tale of my old house, which was used, and abused, in the film Unchain…
Reviews
- Caitlin Cary, I'm Staying Out (Yep Roc Records)
/Caitlin Cary, I'm Staying Out (Yep Roc) - funky Meters, Fiyo at the Fillmore Volume 1 (Fuel 2000)
- Joe Simon and the Louisiana Cajuns, La Musique des Cajun Pour Toute Le Monde (Lanor Records)
- Albert King, Talkin' Blues (Thirsty Ear Records)
- Ronnie Earl, I Feel Like Goin' On (Stony Plain Records)
- Jason DeLeon and Cajun Blend, Never Too Tired To Dance (Lanor Records)
- Secret Black Society, Secret Black Society (Independent)
- The Romeos, Open Wide (Boo Ray Music)
- J.B. Lenoir, Sunnyland Slim & Friends, Live in '63 (Fuel 2000)
- The Black Keys, thickfreakness (Fat Possum)
- Robert Belfour, Pushin' My Luck (Fat Possum)
- Panorama Jazz Band, Another Hot Night In February (Independent)
- Warren Storm, Dust My Blues! (St. George)
- Albert King, More Big Blues (Ace)
- Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, True Stories (Telarc Blues)
- Patrick Weathers, The Queen of Tupelo (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- Jessica Wiliams, All Alone (MaxxJazz)
- Various Artists, The Early Jin Singles: Southland Rock 'n' Roll (Ace)
- Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Zydeco Icon (Soulwool Records)
- Gene Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, Everybody's Dancin' (Times Square Records)
- Buck Provosty, Piety Street Sessions (Independent)
- Various Artists, Lonesome On'ry and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings (Dualtone)
- Joe Jackson Band, Volume 4 (Restless/Rykodisc)
- The Myrtles, Nowhere to Be Found (C Student Records)
- Daniel Lanois, Shine (Anti- Records)
- Various Artists, An Afro-Portuguese Odyssey (Putumayo World Music)
- The Polyphonic Spree, The Beginning Stages of…The Polyphonic Spree (Good Records)
- Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears (Lost Highway)
- Duke Robillard/Herb Ellis, More Conversations in Swing Guitar (Stony Plain Records)
- Andrew Baham, Introducing...Andrew Baham (Gruve Entertainment)
- Pierson, Parker, Janovitz, From a Window: Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney (Gallery Six Records)
- Drive-By Truckers, Decoration Day (New West)
- Zion Trinity, Eyes on Zion (Independent)
- Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Are You Ready For An Organ Solo? (Three.One.G Records)
- Tin Men, Super Great Music for Modern Lovers (Corrugated Records)
- Earl King, Street Parade (Fuel 2000)
- Lizz Wright, Salt (Verve)
- Marcia Ball, So Many Rivers (Alligator)
- Joe Krown, New Orleans Piano Rolls (STR Digital Records)
- Joe Barry, Been Down That Muddy Road (Night Train)
- John Boutte, Jambalaya (Bose)
- Deacon John and Other Artists, Deacon John's Jump Blues: Music from the Film/A Concert of Music from the Film "Deacon John's Jump Blues" (VCC/Image Entertainment)