Music
Harry Connick Jr., Smokey Mary (Sony)
Harry Connick Jr.’s first stab at a funk album, 1993’s She, coincided with the launch of his Krewe of Orpheus that year. The Krewe proved a popular addition to the […]
Anders Osborne, Three Free Amigos (Alligator Records)
Three Free Amigos is a beautiful place keeper in Anders Osborne’s career, a songwriter’s digest that follows two exhaustive, sprawling magnum opus albums, American Patchwork and Black Eye Galaxy. Those […]
The Mo’ Jelly Band, Homemade Jam (Independent)
Radiators fans will recognize one of the standouts on the Mo’ Jelly Band’s debut: “Out in the Woods” is an Ed Volker original that was never released, but made many […]
To Be Continued Brass Band, To Be Continued Brass Band (Independent)
Here is a document of brass band music in 2013. With urgent second line momentum and 808-esque rim shots and cowbells, To Be Continued’s new album captures a street sound […]
Ned Sublette, Kiss You Down South (PostMambo)
We are all the heroes of our own imaginations. Likewise we can be our own tragic victims. The nature of art is to become this reality on the page (or […]
Beth Patterson, Hippocampus (Threadhead Records)
On her first full-length studio affair since 2009’s On Better Paths, Patterson still finds ways to advance her craft. Perhaps the biggest difference is her predilection for the electric bouzouki […]
Jimbo Mathus & the Tri-State Coalition, White Buffalo (Fat Possum Records)
Growing up with Charlie Patton’s daughter Rosetta as a nanny gives Jimbo Mathus some seriously deep roots in the Mississippi blues. According to Mathus, “Only those born and raised in […]
Smoking Time Jazz Club, Oh Sister Ain’t That Hot! (Independent)
There’s a certain DIY charm to the Smoking Time Jazz Club. This is a band that has earned its keep in the New Orleans trad jazz scene through long days […]
The Blue Brass Project, The Same Pocket Vol. 3 (Lil King/Meantime Lounge Records)
Started in 2004, the BlueBrass Project puts players from the mountains of North Carolina together with New Orleans artists to find the common musical ground between bluegrass and brass band […]
Professor Porkchop & the Dishes, U R My Everything (Independent)
Lots of people write about falling in love with New Orleans for clichéd reasons like second lines and gumbo. But when a song called “Move to New Orleans” includes the […]
