Music
Yoshitaka Tsuji Trio: Happy Hour (Independent)
Yoshitaka Tsuji is recognized as the pianist with Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers and by his nickname Z2.
The Duane Bartels Band: Electric Baby Carriage (Baby Boy Bartels)
Originally songwriter-guitarist Duane Bartels intended to visit New Orleans for a day. That was seven-and-a-half years ago. Not only is he still drawing oxygen in the Crescent City, but the California native has also released two albums of original material since then.
Davy Mooney: Way Back (Sunnyside Records)
On Way Back, New Orleans native guitarist Davy Mooney gets together with old friend saxophonist John Ellis creating magic as they did when they were both heavily involved in this city’s jazz scene. As informed by the album’s liner notes, Mooney’s time spent in Brazil offered him the opportunity to play with many of the talented musicians there including those heard on his new release: pianist Felipe Silveira, bassist Thiago Aves and drummer Paulinho Vicente.
Cameron Fontenot: A Tribute to the Fiddling Greats (Independent)
Hats off to Cameron Fontenot for releasing a different kind of debut album. Whereas most debut albums symbolize the arrival of new talent, the Cajun fiddler opted for something different by dedicating each tune to a particular fiddler. On nine tracks, Fontenot duets with a fellow fiddler known for a specific repertoire, style, or personal connection to the honoree.
Maude Caillat Quartet: Follow the Camel (Independent)
Saxophonist and flautist Maude Caillat makes her debut album leading her progressive quartet on the ambitious Follow the Camel. A native of Switzerland who also lived in the West African country of Senegal, Caillat arrived in New Orleans in 2016.
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah: Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope)
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, formerly known as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, celebrates the cultures of New Orleans Black Indians, West Africa and the African diaspora on Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning.
Gov’t Majik: The Bass Age (Independent)
Gov’t Majik’s new release, The Bass Age, opens with a percolating keyboard riff amid the relentlessly funky bass work of the band’s leader, New Orleans music scene veteran Bru Bruser.
The Revivalists: Pour It Out Into The Night (Concord Records)
New Orleans’s folk rock superstars, The Revivalists, are back with their first studio album since 2020 entitled Pour It Out Into The Night, a 12-song LP featuring four of their most recent singles, “Kid,” “The Long Con,” “Down In The Dirt,” and “Don’t Look Back.”
Joe Krown: Tribute (Sledgehammer Blues)
Joe Krown Tribute
The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux, Jr.: Live at the Maple Leaf (Independent)
The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux, Jr. Live at the Maple Leaf
