September 1991
Features
- New Music: Peabody
As local colleges fill up for the fall semester, the number of progressive rock aficionados in New Orleans also increases. Though… - Spirits: New Music in Metairie
Spirits (located at 2820 Lime Street in Metairie, on the west side of Clearview Avenue), showcases a variety of music and… - New Music: Fresh Young Minds
Fresh Young Minds Fresh Young Minds have been a mainstay in the local pop/rock scene since 1988, but I knew… - New Music: The Phantoms
As local colleges fill up for the fall semester, the number of progressive rock aficionados in New Orleans also increases. Though… - New Music: The House Levelers
As local colleges fill up for the fall semester, the number of progressive rock aficionados in New Orleans also increases. Though… - Street Music
...A stranger to New Orleans...upon entering the square finds the multitude packed in groups of close, narrow circles, and in the… - Truly Alternative: And Now For Something Completely Different…
If I had a muffuletta for every band working out in New Orleans, I'd have my lunches covered until at least… - New Orleans Rock: On the Scene
Before reading any further, stop to picture in your mind what you think of when you hear the words "New Orleans…
Live Wire
- The Bluerunners, Muddy Water's, August 16, 1991
Well, look, here 'tis. If you, like me, love the Bluerunners' debut disc on Island, let me tell you, it is…
OffBeat Eats
- We Deliver!
It's happened to us all...the dreaded "Munchies in the Night Syndrome." I was a recent victim a few weeks ago, having…
Spare Parts
- Spare Parts September 1991
Yo dudes and dudettes, the Spare Parts mailbox has been getting some action, so I'll start off by plugging a society…
Reviews
- Various Artists, Keys to the Crescent City (Rounder Records)
Keys to the Crescent City is an all-star piano revue that also serves as a Rounder sampler, with Charles Brown, Eddie… - Terence Blanchard, Terence Blanchard (CBS/Sony Records)
One of this year's most anticipated releases is the new recording by New Orleans-born trumpeter Terence Blanchard. This is his first… - Wynton Marsalis, Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1: Thick in the South; Vol. 2: Uptown Ruler; Vol. 3: Levee Low Moan (Columbia Records)
At first, the release of these three discs appeared to be an exercise in excessiveness. After all, Marsalis' Standard Time Vol.… - Tower of Power, Monster On A Leash (Epic Records)
What is hip? Still is and always will be Tower of Power, the horn section that blows smoke and puts you… - Jimmy McCracklin, My Story (Bullseye Blues Records)
Jimmy puts the jump back into the blues—there's something for everyone here. McCracklin gets you in a great mood for the… - Fishbone, The Reality of My Surroundings (CBS Records)
Fishbone's latest album is a slight departure from their heavily-produced and more homogenous predecessors. In interviews, the band has stated that… - Various Artists, Excello Records, Volume 1: Sound of the Swamp and Volume 2: Southern Rhythm and Rock (Rhino Records)
If you want to hear the lowdown side of the blues, if you want to grind with your baby on the… - Consolidated, Friendly Fascism (Nettwerk/IRS Records)
Less an album and more a pro-vegetarianism, anti-sexism manifesto, Friendly Fascism, the second LP from this San Francisco-based trio, is nonetheless… - Metallica, Metallica (Elektra Records)
When the members of Metallica chose Bob Rock to produce the follow-up to their 1989 double platinum …And Justice For All,… - The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk (Epic Records)
For this, the fabulous new disc by the Fabulous "New" Thunderbirds, the band brought in axe legend Duke Robillard and cool… - Dash Rip Rock, Boiled Alive (Mammoth Records)
Right from the warning sticker on the front of this package, you know it's gonna be a rough ride—and sure enough,… - Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Sada (Pointblank Records)
Longtime Wolfman fans, those familiar with his work with Johnny Adams, Lee Dorsey and Irma Thomas, shouldn't be surprised that his… - Bonnie Raitt, Luck of the Draw (Capitol Records)
For those of us who've been Bonnie fans throughout her long career, a recording like this just makes us fall in…
