September 2023
Cover Story
- The Sparrow: Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah innovates while paying tribute to the ancestors
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, born Christian Scott and presently known as Chief Adjuah, grew up surrounded by jazz music, the Black…
BackTalk
- Aaron Neville Talks Back
Even though he’s retired from performing, Aaron Neville is having a banner year. In February, the beloved singer from New Orleans…
Features
- Tribute: Joe Krown pays tribute to his New Orleans piano heroes
Joe Krown’s multidimensional career includes his work as a soloist and group leader, 13 years in the late Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown’s… - Percussionist Alexey Marti Records His First Vocal-Oriented Album
Alexey Marti live is both a forceful and playful lion with his band and the crowd. It all comes from his… - New Soul Finders!: Marilyn Barbarin and Marc Stone Keep Eddie Bo’s legacy alive
Marilyn Barbarin and Marc Stone came together as the nucleus of the New Soul Finders! It’s a great New Orleans story,… - I Want To Be Me: La Reezy's Joy of Creativity
The world needs La Reezy and his new album Reeborn. From the post-pandemic hangover to social media peacocking, being at peace… - My Music with Deacon John Moore
With his professional career celebrated in a concert film titled “Deacon John’s Jump Blues,” "Deacon John" Moore's current and continuing love…
Fresh
- Come Dancing: GrrlSpot floats in on glitter and bubbles during Decadence
Southern Decadence is celebrating its 51st anniversary this year, and perhaps the most groundbreaking part of it has been going on… - Robbie Robertson found a lifelong muse in New Orleans
Robbie Robertson—the songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the Band who died August 9, 2023—had a long fascination for New Orleans… - Preservation Hall Jazz Band at SF Jazz Center, Miner Auditorium, Friday August 18, 2023
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band featuring musical director and trumpeter Wendell Brunious began the show with a couple of jazz standards.… - Vintage vinyl treasures (Episode 30)
I had this feeling of déjà vu as I picked out five albums for this month’s Vintage Vinyl Treasures. I could…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Tacos Para La Vida
Reavely Bell is mixing his Los Angeles street-food roots with New Orleans hospitality and creating a food experience that has gained…
Reviews
- Louis Michot: Rêve du Troubador (Nouveau Electric Records)
Anyone familiar with the career progression of Lost Bayou Ramblers’ fiddlin’ frontman Louis Michot can sense he has plenty to say… - Paul Sanchez: Between Friends … and Me (PSM)
When Paul Sanchez wrote a song, nearly 20 years ago, for Darius Rucker to sing, the Hootie frontman was not happy… - Lucinda Williams: Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)
With a little help from her friends, Lucinda Williams more than gets by with Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart.… - Roussel Maajon: Roussel Maajon (Independent)
The new release by Roussel Maajon is nearly anonymous but thinly veiled as pianist Kyle Roussel and saxophonist and vocalist Clint… - Jon Sheckler: Highway 27 (Independent)
Jon Sheckler, the New Orleans based drummer, puts his guitarists, Mike Clement (right channel) and Christos Melios (left channel), out front… - PJ Morton: Watch the Sun Live: The Mansion Sessions (Morton Records)
Fans of performances captured live, of which there are many, will applaud vocalist, keyboardist, composer and producer PJ Morton’s Watch the… - RJ Smith: Chuck Berry: An American Life (Hachette Books)
It tells a lot that the title of this biography of the late, legendary Chuck Berry doesn’t mention that he was… - Harry Shapiro: John Campbell: Spirit of a Bluesman (The Crossroads Press)
A book about the late, transcendentally great blues guitarist and conjure man John Campbell is long overdue. It’s almost inconceivable that… - Eddie Henderson: Witness to History (Smoke Sessions Records)
Trumpeter Eddie Henderson has been, as the title of his latest album declares, a Witness to History, a stunning release that…
