May 2021
Cover Story
- Righteous Aspirations: Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk are surviving and thriving
Echoing life for musicians everywhere, last year was strangely inactive for Ivan Neville and his bandmates in the funk-rock band Dumpstaphunk.…
BackTalk
- David Shaw Talks Back
A quiet year for David Shaw, front man for the Revivalists, would probably be a noisy one for most anyone else.…
Features
- Purveyors of Joy: Maria Muldaur teams up with Tuba Skinny
Maria Muldaur loves vintage clothes, furniture and music. That means Tuba Skinny is right up her alley. A traditional jazz band,…
Fresh
- Music Quest: Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 2)
Eclectic is a good word to describe this score of five vintage albums, and at an average cost of just $5… - Meow, Monsieur! Filmmaker Jim Gabour writes about New Orleans cats
Jim Gabour, the filmmaker whose many music projects include Norah Jones: Live in New Orleans and Terence Blanchard’s Grammy-nominated Flow: Living…
Letters
- May 2021 Letters to the Editor
Legalize Marijuana The following letters to the editor are in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “Have A Brain: Legalize Marijuana.”—ED.…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Yakuza House
It’s a cozy afternoon at Yakuza House, a new restaurant on the local Japanese food scene, and Chef Huy Pham is…
Reviews
- George Porter Jr. and Runnin’ Pardners, Crying For Hope (Independent)
Bass legend George Porter Jr. is known among younger generations as a prolific performing artist. Though his recorded output… - Beth Patterson, Singles (Stone Groove)
Rush fan that she is, Beth Patterson couldn’t resist making the cover of her singles collection a sendup/homage to the prog… - Monogram Hunters, Blood Sweat and Tears (Independent)
Blood Sweat and Tears welcomes listeners to the Monogram Hunters' Sunday night Indian practice at the First and Last Stop Bar.… - The Secret Six, Secret Six (Independent)
I’m not sure if New Orleans has reached peak neo-trad yet, but each new release I hear indicates that the music… - John McLean, Charles Barkatz & Friends, Shadow Man (Leaky Shoes Records)
If it’s true opposites attract, then that certainly explains the unlikely blues-jazz duo of vocalist John McLean and guitarist Charles Barkatz.… - Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales, Shake the Rum (Independent)
Trombonist Charlie Halloran may be the hardest working horn player in the city of New Orleans. He plays with nearly everyone… - Will Dickerson & the Octavians, Welcome to Rocktavia (Independent)
Will Dickerson grew up backstage in the New Orleans music scene, the youngest in a family of musicians. On his debut… - Gary Negbaur, You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught (Blujazz)
If Gary Negbaur says he keeps one foot in New Orleans and the other in his native New York City, believe… - Maria Muldaur and Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Digging into the tradition, playing vintage material for young hipsters, making musicology fun—Maria Muldaur started doing that in the Boston coffeehouses…
Obituaries
- In Memoriam: Terry Gibson Jr. (1992–2021)
Trumpeter Terry Gibson, Jr. unexpectedly passed away at his home in New Orleans at the young age of 29 on April…
