Music
Yvette Landry: No Man’s Land (Independent)
Buy on Amazon No sophomore slump here, Yvette Landry delivers a beaut that honky tonks its way through an assortment of colorful tales told mostly from a woman’s perspective. Whether […]
Panorama Jazz Band: Dance of the Hot Earth (Independent)
For a New Orleans jazz group, the Panorama Jazz Band has a very reliable lineup. Four years after the release of their last studio album, Come Out Swingin’, Charlie Halloran […]
Joel Savoy’s Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round: Joel Savoy’s Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round (Valcour Records)
Joel Savoy’s Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round is a real sweetheart of an album—an informal gathering of accomplished young Cajun musicians taking their turns on tried-and-true honky-tonk numbers in a recording environment […]
Big Al and the Heavyweights: Sunshine on Me (Blusiana Music)
Buy on AmazonBuy on iTunes[iframe class=”spotify-right” src=”https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:album:61v1nJU2Ub8vmbfqgv2gYX” width=”300″ height=”380″ frameborder=”0″ allowtransparency=”true”] When the CD cues up and the first cut “Don’t You Want Me” starts, it’s obvious that Big Al […]
Steve Masakowski: Things I Like (Independent)
Things I Like Best known for his nearly three decades with Astral Project, guitarist Steve Masakowski has also forged a significant solo career. The title of Things I Like is […]
Honey Island Swamp Band: Cane Sugar (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
Good rock ‘n’ roll. You don’t realize how you miss it until it hits you full in the face like it does when you put Cane Sugar on whatever form […]
Soul Project: Music for Movers and Shakers (Frenchmen Street Records)
Buy on Amazon It’s good to hear a band whose sound hearkens to back in the day but also has a modern touch. Soul Project’s new record sounds like a […]
New Orleans Suspects: Caught Live at the Maple Leaf (Independent)
Sometimes it helps to cut right to the chase: The New Orleans Suspects are above all a live band, so they didn’t wait long (less than a year after their […]
Terence Higgins SwampGrease II: Rage til Sunrise (Gris Gris Bag Entertainment)
Buy on AmazonBuy on iTunes Terence Higgins’ collective Swampgrease II is aptly named. This is some slippery music, flowing but not overflowing in tight vamps that move in, out, and […]
John Fohl: Teeth & Bones (Independent)
John Fohl’s latest CD, his first as a leader in more than a decade, represents a satisfied man’s blues. After an extended stay in Dr. John’s Lower 911—where he was […]
