September 2000
BackTalk
- DJ Jubilee
Perhaps the Crescent City's best kept music secret, Jubilee (Jerome Temple) exploded onto the local arena with his 1993 debut hit…
Bayou Boogie
Bookmark
Chassez De Faim
Cover Story
- Quintron
The musician known as Quintron is a New Orleans enigma. A quick check on the Internet reveals over 245 sites mentioning…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Twilight of The Rock Star
"Without music, life would be an error," Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in Twilight of the Idols. The Twilight Singers are the latest…
Features
- Masters of Louisiana Music: Louis Leo Prima
Born: December 7, 1910, New Orleans, LA Died: August 24, 1978, New Orleans, LA The first time I remember hearing the… - Tommy Malone Goes Solo
- Joe Krown
- Katey Red
There is a myth popular amongst New Orleanians that all music comes from New Orleans. While this may be the slightest… - Balfa Toujours
In 1964, at the Newport Folk Festival, Cajun guitarist Dewey Balfa exposed the world to music that was all but unknown… - Cronk at Last
I see the warning signs of artistic apathy in my generation. Young people complain that everything is retrospective now, that there… - "Black Benny" Williams
LOUIS’ HERO As the traps maestro and bass drum brujo for a variety of New Orleans brass bands at the dawn…
Letters
Mojo Mouth
- Endurance
The word endurance comes from the Latin verb indurare, which means "to harden the heart." It’s evolved into a word that…
Pass A Good Time
St. Rock
- Testaverde's Weird Prog/Pop/Surf
The drummer looks like a skinhead. A good sign. The singer/guitar player’s wearing a Gatordate t-shirt. A little wholesome, but it’s…
Straight, No Chaser
- "Anxious Sounds" in New Orleans
Some people lament the scarcity of their favorite type of live music in their local area. A few, like guitarist/promoter Rob…
Take Two
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- Ray J.'s Hat Trick
Raymond Jones, better known as Ray J., is a man who wears several musical hats. Currently a regular member of no…
Reviews
- Chiwoniso, Ancient Voices (Tinder Records)
Oliver Mtukudzi Paivepo (Putumayo Artists) Chiwoniso Ancient Voices (Tinder Records) The question you have to ask about Oliver Mtukudzi is not… - Pinetop Perkins, Live at Antone's Vol. 1 (Antone's Records)
When they talk about something being a good idea “on paper,” they’re talking about just this kind of all-star letdown. It… - Various Artists, Red River Blues (Ace Records)
If you dig rockin’ blues with swampy production value that gives everything a shimmering, vibrato-laden effect, look no further. From the… - Bryant/Giles Duo, For You (Independent)
The goal of a duo is to sound like an entire band, full and complete. This attempt by Russ Bryant on… - Various Artists, Puerto Rico (Putumayo World Music)
Like Putumayo’s preceding releases in its Latin trilogy, the musics of Cuba and the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rican music is just… - Oliver Mtukudzi, Paivepo (Putumayo Artists)
Oliver Mtukudzi Paivepo (Putumayo Artists) Chiwoniso Ancient Voices (Tinder Records) The question you have to ask about Oliver Mtukudzi is not… - Willie Nelson and the Offenders, Me and the Drummer (Luck Records)
Though he wrote some of country music’s biggest hits in the ’60’s, “Crazy” (Patsy Cline), “Hello Walls” (Faron Young) and “Night… - Jerry Embree Swing Band, Bourbon Street Swing (Mardi Gras Records)
If there were a Truth in Advertising Award for CD titles, Bourbon Street Swing would be this year’s clear winner. The… - Walter Payton and the Snap Bean Band, Red Top: Live in Store at The Louisiana Music Factory (504 Records)
Bassist and local elder statesman Walter Payton is probably best known these days as the father of the phenomenally talented young… - Various Artists, Cliff's Picks (Antone's Records)
Cliff of course is Clifford Antone, the proprietor of Antone’s, Austin’s “Home of the Blues” club, and the man behind the… - Chevere, Baila Mi Ritmo (Independent)
Chevere is a new Latin-influenced jazz conglomeration headed by noted local pianist Dave Ellington. Produced by Brian Seeger at Word of… - Amzie Adams, Zardox Live (MP3.com)
If everyone in Hollywood is a screenwriter, then everyone in New Orleans is a musician. Amzie Adams is no exception. Always… - Elvis Presley, Good Rockin' Tonight: The Evolution of Elvis Presley: The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives (Music Mill Entertainment)
In the history of popular music as we know it, the truth is that you simply can’t beat Elvis Presley’s material… - Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Zydeco Man (Mardi Gras Records)
When Rockin Dopsie, Sr., unexpectedly passed away in 1993, the Dopsie family vowed to keep his memory alive, mainly in the… - Joshua Q. Paxton, Q's Blues (Independent)
If you ever have the pleasure of meeting Joshua Paxton, you will realize that he is a very pleasant, easy-going fellow.… - John Lisi, Blues For Chloe (Blue Goat)
The modern recording studio, left unattended, can suck the atmosphere right out of the best blues music. It’s not the fact… - Opprobrium, Discerning Forces (Nuclear Blast)
Overtone Overtone (Independent) The One Seventeens Chopper City (Top and Bottom) Opprobrium Discerning Forces (Nuclear Blast) Some CDs are probably not… - The One Seventeens, Chopper City (Top and Bottom)
Overtone Overtone (Independent) The One Seventeens Chopper City (Top and Bottom) Opprobrium Discerning Forces (Nuclear Blast) Some CDs are probably not… - Overtone, Overtone (Independent)
Overtone Overtone (Independent) The One Seventeens Chopper City (Top and Bottom) Opprobrium Discerning Forces (Nuclear Blast) Some CDs are probably not… - Paula and the Pontiacs, Live at Ruby's Roadhouse (Pontiac Productions)
Paula Rangell has been belting out her sultry brand of blues for a couple of decades and it is fitting that… - Morning 40 Federation, You My Brother (Tekito)
“I just love to get loaded and sing about it.” A line from “Bottom Shelf Blues” explains Morning 40 Federation’s life… - The Meters, Trick Bag/New Directions (Sundazed)
The Meters Trick Bag (Sundazed) The Meters New Directions (Sundazed) It is always interesting to trace the career of a prolific… - Theresa Andersson, EP (Crazy Rae)
Theresa Andersson, longtime associate of the New Orleans music scene, makes her latest contribution with a five-song six-track sampling of material… - Royal Fingerbowl, Greyhound Afternoons (TVT Records)
Over the past several years Royal Fingerbowl has quietly developed into perhaps the finest and most distinctively original rock band currently… - J. Paul Jr. & the Zydeco NuBreedz, Phenomenon (Skyy Productions)
One of the headliners at this year’s Zydeco Festival in Plaisance won’t be your dyed-in-the wool Louisiana Creole. Oddly enough this… - Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin', Best Kept Secret (Rounder)
By the age of four, zydeco prodigy Chris Ardoin had already figured out several tunes on accordion. By the age of… - Mongo Santamaria, Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits/Afro-American Latin (Columbia/Legacy)
Mongo Santamaria Mongo Santamaria’s Greatest Hits (Columbia / Legacy) Mongo Santamaria Afro-American Latin (Columbia / Legacy) Mongo’s Santamaria’s Greatest Hits?!? In…
