May 2004
BackTalk
- Al Green
Rev. Al Green, at home in Memphis, was not quite ready for his telephone interview. Apologetically, Rev. Green’s New York publicist…
Bayou Boogie
Cover Story
- Look Out, Old Mac is Back: Dr. John Records A New Album In The Ninth Ward
In the mid-1960s Mac Rebennack a.k.a. Dr. John was banished from his beloved New Orleans by a medieval penal system mindset…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Twin Set
The older I get, the less I am surprised by anything. It takes a lot to impress me. I have been…
Features
- Fest Focus: Christian McBride
- Fest Focus: Panorama Jazz Band
- Fest Focus: the subdudes
- Fest Focus: John Boutte
- Fest Focus: Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis, the oldest of the musical Marsalis brothers, who released his first album as leader on 1984’s Scenes in the… - Fest Focus: Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela promises a full-blast of South African music as the trumpeter and his band welcome charismatic guest vocalists Jabu Khanyile,… - Fest Focus: Rockin' Jake
- Fest Focus: Don Vappie
- Fest Focus: New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
- Fest Focus: The Rocks of Harmony
- Fest Focus: Leo Nocentelli
- Fest Focus: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
No one seems to know quite what to make of Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown. What do you do with a swing-inflected bluesman… - Fest Focus: The Nevilles
- Fest Focus: Chubby Carrier
- Fest Focus: Tim Laughlin
- Fest Focus: The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama are a powerful vocal group with over 60 years’ experience singing gospel music. In the last… - Fest Focus: Rick Olivier
- Fest Focus: Dianne Reeves
- Fest Focus: Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste
Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste needs no introduction to anyone interested in funk; as the original drummer for the legendary Meters, his place… - Fest Focus: Bust!
- Fest Focus: Vin Bruce
- Fest Focus: Odetta
- Fest Focus: Olu Dara
- The Sounds of South Africa
- Ponderosa Stomp Focus: "Jimmy Lee" Fautheree
- Ponderosa Stomp Focus: Bobby Charles
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Allen Toussaint
Learning at the hands of Dave Bartholomew, musician, songwriter, producer, arranger, A&R man, label head and recording studio founder Allen Toussaint…
Feed Me Something, Mister
Food For Thought
Hidden Charms
- The Bad Roads: Gulf Coast Garage Kings
Five years ago, Sundazed Records released a snarling, fuzzed-out four song EP by one of the greatest ’60s garage bands to…
Jazzin'
- Funky Nation And/Or Butt
“We were there all the time; it was pretty much our hangout spot” says Shanekah Peterson who, on March 15, became…
Letters
- Letters May 2004
ALLOW ROCK TO BE LOVED I was going to let the recent “My Two Cents” section of Jan Ramsey’s editorial slip…
Live Wire
Mojo Mouth
- Jazz Fest is the Best
Funky. If you wanted to characterize what makes New Orleans music unique in the world, it’s all that. Funky and soulful…
St. Rock
Reviews
- Maggie Brown, Maggie Brown (Independent)
- Claudia Acuna, Luna (Maxjazz)
- Steve Lacy, Plays Monk (Fuel 2000)
- Ernie Andrews, Jump For Joy (High Note)
- Darrell Nulisch, Times Like These (Severn)
- Various Artists, Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s (Old Hat)
- Los Lobos, The Ride (Hollywood Records)
- Various Artists, Deep River of Song: Louisiana (Rounder Select)
- Various Artists, Night Tain to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970 (Lost Highway/Country Music Hall of Fame)
- Theresa Andersson, Shine (Basin Street Records)
- Irene Sage, Soul to Soul (Independent)
- Various Artists, Africa Straight Ahead (Heads Up)
- Frederick Sanders, Soul Trinity Vol. One (FreSan)
- Jimmy "Bean" Ballero, The Louisiana Night (RBM)
- Abstract, Winning Hand (11th Commandment Records)
- Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Pin Your Spin (Basin Street Records)
- Rosa Pasos & Ron Carter, Entre Amigos (Chesky Records)
- Norah Jones, Feels Like Home (Blue Note)
- Willie Lee Dixon, Change Done Come (Ugger Records)
- Chris Lacinak, Boom (Drum Parade Music)
- Dora and the Zydeco Badboyz, Dora's Time (Zydeco Gumbo)
- Brasilliance! Minha Joia (Independent)
- Bobby Rush, Live at Ground Zero (Deep Rush)
- New Orleans Helsinki Connection, At Last (NOHC)
- Astral Project, The Legend of Cowboy Bill (Independent)
- Michael White, Dancing in the Sky (Basin Street Records)
- 3 Now 4, Time Ebbing (Independent)
- Grizzly, Everything But The Smile (Binky Records)
- Kim Carson and the Casualties, Live at Tipitina's (Banks Street Records)
- John "Papa" Gros, Day's End (Independent)
- Henry Butler, Homeland (Basin Street Records)
- Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, Whoever Said It Was Easy (Shanachie Records)
- Amanda Shaw, I'm Not a Bubble Gum Pop Princess (Little Fiddle Records)
- The Benjy Davis Project, The Practice Sessions (Bogalusa Records)
- Will Porter, Happy (All Star Sounds)
- Rockin' Jake, Five P.M. Breakfast (Independent)
- Branford Marsalis, The Steep Anthology (Columbia Legacy Jazz)
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Funeral for A Friend (Ropeadope Records)
