November 2001
BackTalk
- Miriam Makeba
It is one thing to be the spokesman for a nation, but to bear the burden of an entire continent seems…
Bayou Boogie
Bluesworthy
Bookmark
Cover Story
- Chris Thomas King: "Why I Don't Sing the Blues"
Chris Thomas King has all the credentials to be the new face of Louisiana blues. A skilled singer, guitarist and songwriter,…
Dis 'n' Dat
Features
- Blowfly Your Mind
- The Sax Doctor: Steve Goodson Fixes Everyone's Saxophone
- New Orleans Is A Song
- Henry Gray Matters: Howlin' Wolf's Piano Player Is Alive and Well in Louisiana
Henry Gray, an heir to the Chicago blues piano throne, lives in Scotlandville, a small community on Highway 61 (the Blues… - Masters of Lousiana Music: Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks
Feed Me Something, Mister
Ill-literate
Kickin' It Live
Letters
Mojo Mouth
St. Rock
Straight, No Chaser
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- Dancing with Walt Boatner
Currently holding down the weekend graveyard shift at Blues 1280, WODT, smooth-voiced Walt Boatner is a pioneer in black New Orleans…
Reviews
- Chris Gray, Honestly (Gray Wolf Records)
- Wayne Hancock, A Town Blues (Bloodshot)
- Various Artists, Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond (Rhino)
- King Floyd, Old School Funk (Malaco)
- Tommy Castro, The Essential Tommy Castro (Blind Pig)
- John Littlejohn, Slidin' Home (Arhoolie)
- Charm City Brokers, Main Street Looking North (Independent)
- Matthew Ryan, Concussion (Waxysilver)
- Kerry Grombacher, Sands Motel (Independent)
- Porterhouse Quintet, Thumbs Up Little Buddy (Lauan Records)
- Popa Chubby, How'd A White Boy Get the Blues? (Blind Pig)
- Duane Schurb and Friends, Let's Talk About Memories (HLE Records)
- Kid Ramos, Greasy Kid Stuff (Evidence Music)
- Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson, Kindred (Blue Note)
- Various Artists, From Chicago to Shreveport: Deep Soul, Volume 1 (Fuel 2000)
- Various Artists, Sharin' in the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish (The Mockingbird Foundation)
- Oysterhead, The Grand Pecking Order (Elektra Records)
- Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crew, Make It Funky (Swampadelic Records)
- Jeremy Lyons & the Deltabilly Boys, Jeremy Lyons & the Deltabilly Boys (Five Eighths Music)
- Johnny J., Fever Water (Blue Viper Records)
- John Carey, New Orleans Blues Reunion (Humanhood Records)
- Big Joe Williams, Absolutely the Best (Fuel 2000)
- Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 (Columbia)
- Jimmie Vaughan, Do You Get the Blues? (Artemis Records)
- Various Artists, Get the Blues! (NARM)
- Russ Bryant, Never Assume (Independent)
- Elton John, Songs from the West Coast (Rocket/Universal Records)
- Robert Earl Keen, Gravitational Forces (Lost Highway)
“Hello New Orleans,” the second track on Keen’s latest dispatch from the high-lonesome end of the Lone Star state, is more… - Louisiana Red, Driftin' (Earwig)
- Willie Dixon, Mr. Dixon's Workshop (Fuel 2000)
- Olivier Bou, Bou-Shah-O-Ray (Olga Records)
- North Mississippi Allstars, 51 Phantom (Tone Cool Records)
- Albert-Ankrum Project, Albert-Ankrum Project (Lakefront Digital)
- Joe Nadeau, Burning Sands (Chief Records)
- Various Artists, Joe Louis: An American Hero (Rounder)
- Various Artists, Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America (Rhino Records)
- John Thomas Griffith, Aluminum (Laughing Gravy Music)
- Fair to Middlin', Turn Your Radio On (Home From the Mill Recordings)
- Burke Ingraffia, Good (Caleo Records)
- Huntington & Barry, Line for Lion (Independent)
- Various Artists, Hot Cajun & Zydeco Music from Tabasco (Swallow)
- The John Mahoney Big Band, In from Somewhere (Independent)
- Buckwheat Zydeco, Buckwheat Zydeco Party, Deluxe Edition (Rounder Heritage)
- Various Artists, Gals of the Big 'D' Jamboree (Dragon Street)
- Various Artists, Any Woman's Blues (Rounder Heritage)
- Bonerama, Live at the Old Point (MuleTrain Records)
