Music
Paul “Lil Buck” Sinegal: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Independent)
These days the 71-year-old Lafayette bluesman is the guitar-scorching sideman for Buckwheat Zydeco and Corey “Lil Pop” Ledet. But from 1959 to 1971 he fronted his own 11-piece horn-powered funk/R&B/soul […]
Various Artists, Swamp People: No Guts, No Gator (Rounder)
This mes amies is a good example of what record corporations refer to as ‘working the catalog.’ Swamp People of course is a particularly annoying ‘reality’ television series that depicts […]
Mia Borders: Quarter Life Crisis (Hypersoul)
Mia Borders is full of attitude on her new disc, Quarter-Life Crisis, and it’s the kind of attitude that make for a hard, edgy record. The sound is crisp and […]
Davell Crawford: My Gift To You (Basin Street)
Buy on Amazon Davell Crawford often gets called the “Piano Prince of New Orleans,” but that usually isn’t meant in the Purple Rain sense. But it’s hard to think of […]
Kermit Ruffins: We Partying Traditional Style (Basin Street)
It may have been the Beatles whose experimentation from album to album raised the expectation that recording musicians always had to do something different or unexpected with each new project. […]
Spencer Bohren: Tempered Steel (Valve Records)
Buy on Amazon When Spencer Bohren decided to form a group called the Whippersnappers with his son Andre, he took time out from his whirlwind schedule to review his recording […]
Terence Blanchard: Magnetic (Blue Note)
Buy on Amazon Terence Blanchard brilliantly continues his life-long exploration of jazz on his latest release. As one would expect of a musician of his caliber, broad experience, talent and […]
Bonerama: Shake It Baby (Independent)
Don’t look now, but Bonerama has turned into a full-fledged rock band. True that classic rock was always in them, and there’s a Zeppelin or Sabbath cover on all four […]
David Egan: David Egan (Independent)
Buy on AmazonBuy on iTunes David Egan’s songs may be better known than he is. As the writer or co-composer of “Fading Footsteps” (memorably recorded by Solomon Burke), “Please No […]
Gregory Agid Quartet: Mystery Blues (Independent)
Over the past few years, clarinetist Gregory Agid has seemingly remained the New Orleans jazz scene’s best-kept secret. However, with the release of his quartet’s debut album Mystery Blues, the […]
