Music
Lena Prima, Starting Something (Independent)
The youngest daughter of Louis Prima, Lena is local royalty of sorts, one who lived here with her famous dad before setting off to make a career in the showrooms […]
Cortland Burke and Associates, Passport (Independent)
Short of blues, there is no more prominent influence on rock music than folk. As such, it can sometimes be difficult not to get lost in the shuffle of acoustic […]
Spyanage & Yohnnie, #JFTFOI (Rexless Records)
Something about this town makes hip-hop crews straight-up honest about their finances in ways other places don’t. The duo of Spyanage & Johnnie, for example, spend a lot of time […]
Bas Clas, Love, Food, Sex, Peace (Serfdom Records)
Bas Clas sound like a lot of things on this seven-song mini-album—punk, Celtic, alt-rock and Cajun. What they don’t sound like is a band that originally formed in 1976. And […]
Moon Honey, Hand-Painted Dream Photographs
It can be argued that a great deal of rock music is influenced by other genres. Jazz, funk, folk, hip-hop, and electronica have all led rock bands to attempt to […]
Charlie Musselwhite, Juke Joint Chapel (Henrietta Records)
There’s always a fear among purists that the banal blues rockers of the world will dilute the sanctity of blues until it is mainstream pabulum. But as long as there […]
Alexandra Scott, I Love You So Much Always (Independent)
From Cat Power to Joanna Newson, much of indie folk seems to revolve around women with offbeat personalities and technically imperfect voices. Which means that Alexandra Scott is flat out […]
Gregg Martinez, Creole Soul (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
A power vocalist recalling elements of Sam Cooke, Luther Vandross and Teddy Pendergrass, blue-eyed soul singer Gregg Martinez’s strength is in slow, emotion-drenching ballads where he can just let it […]
Organic Trio, Home Remembered (Independent)
Home Remembered isn’t your ordinary organ jazz trio album. Considering that guitarist Brian Seeger is at the helm of this project, one wouldn’t expect it to be. Seeger, a mainstay […]
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound, Fine Rude Thing (Groovesburg Joys)
If it hits a bit rough at first—the subject of the title track comes scurrying in like an overly avuncular first date who’s not going to let you get much […]
