March 2003
BackTalk
- George Clinton
Over the years since 1967 when his barbershop-based do-wop group the Parliaments (named after the members’ favorite cigarette) had a Top…
Cover Story
- Zulu's Big Shot Lundi Gras Schedule
Armand Richard, a soft-spoken but intense man, is the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club’s Big Shot of 2003. Like many…
Dis 'n' Dat
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Alois Maxwell Hirt
- Clubhouse: d.b.a.
- Phat Monday! The Zulu Lundi Gras Festival
- Joe Jackson: I Just Like New Orleans
- Motorway's Pop Rocks
The members of Motorway were confessing the first records they bought—"'Saturday Night' by the Bay City Rollers," singer Pete Winkler laughed—but…
Feed Me Something, Mister
Jazzin'
Letters
Live Wire
- Smile On Your Brother
- The Best Band in the World?
- Alex McMurray, Circle Bar, February 5, 2003
- Clarence Carter, Bally's Casino, February 1, 2003
- Peelander-Z, Electric Eel Shock, Zoom & Die Rotzz, Dixie Taverne, January 21, 2003
- Todd Rundgren, House of Blues, January 20, 2003
- Bipolaroid, Mermaid Lounge, January 25, 2003
- Jonathan Freilich plays Dylan, Mermaid Lounge, February 6, 2003
Mojo Mouth
Obituaries
- Obituary: Moses George Hogan
(1957-2003) Classical pianist, composer and renowned arranger of American spirituals Moses Hogan died February 11 at St. Elizabeth’s Nursing Home in…
St. Rock
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
Urban Legends
Reviews
- Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard, Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc/Live in Augsburg (Secretly Canadian)
- Nikki Sudden, Groove/Crown of Thorns (Secretly Canadian)
- Sergeant Petter, It's A Record (New Records)
- Various Artists, Mardi Gras: The Language of New Orleans Volume 7 (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- Aaron Neville, Believe (Tell It Records)
- Smokin' Joe Kubek and B'nois King, Roadhouse Research (Blind Pig)
- Jimmy Thackery, Guitar (Bling Pig Records)
- Audioslave, Audioslave (Epic/Interscope)
- The Jacobites, The Ragged School (Secretly Canadian)
- Mark Selby, Dirt (Vanguard Records)
- Lesa Cormier/August Broussard & The Sundown Playboys, Back Home Memories (Acadiana Records)
- Debbie Davies, Key to Love (Shanachie Records)
- Morphine, The Best of Morphine 1992-1995 (Rykodisc)
- The Numbers, 3 (Cunt Productions)
- Rotary Downs, Long After The Thrill (Static On Vinyl)
- Matt Flinner Quartet, Walking on the Moon (Compass Records)
- Derek Dabbs, State Of Mind (D Dabbs Music)
- Doyle Bramhall, Fitchburg Street (Yep Roc Records)
- Sondre Lerche, Faces Down (Astralwerks)
- JoJo Herman, Defector/Kenny Brown, Stingray (Fat Possum)
- Duane Schurb & Music Inc., "Try Me" One More Time (HLE Records)
- Tony Dagradi Trio, Parading (Mirliton Records)
- Electrical Spectacle, Electrical Spectacle (Independent)
The music of this local synth/live drum trio relays a beautiful and all too absent duality in “electronic” music. The combination… - Todd Washko, Gone (Four Cats/Radionic)
- Christian Winther, Perspectives (Curious Cat Records)
- The Iguanas, Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart (Yep Roc Records)
