Music
Coot, Coot (Independent)
J.J. Cale backed by Little Feat? It sounds like an odd combination—laid-back frontman meets swampy, eclectic backup group—but that’s exactly what you think of upon a listen to this New […]
Black Magnolia, Fields Are Burning (Independent)
Not all records have to be innovative or forward-thinking. Blues and jazz have worked in their unique ways for 100 years, and hard rock as the type that Baton Rouge’s […]
Katie Euliss, 40 Watt Dreams (Squirrel Records)
Since Truckstop Honeymoon’s inception a decade ago, Katie Euliss has written some dandies that have won the admiration of her contemporaries. Her nine-track solo debut is a better, unencumbered songwriting […]
Ernest James Zydeco, 3 Steps from La La (Jam Rat Records)
If you only heard selected cuts from this disc, you’d never guess that Ernest James Zydeco comes from a land famous for barbecue and a regrettably woeful football team—Kansas City. […]
Banana Plant, Treasure Swamp: A Pop Opera (Independent)
The Banana Plant is the brainchild of Gwynn Torres and Sid Berger, musicians and producers of the Grammy-nominated album Gulf Alive, a “children’s” introduction to the animals and culture of […]
Sour Sedans, Taste It (Independent)
Listening to “Runaway,” the first track on this guitar-slinging Lafayette band’s debut, you might think that lead singer Ryan Cazares is really some long-lost Van Zandt brother. The vocal resemblance […]
Harn Solo, Journey to the Sky (Independent)
Hip-hop’s fascination with outer space has been well documented to the point where rapper aliens have become a worn-out trope. MCs really have to go the extra creative mile to […]
Larry Ankrum, The Dream of the Ballerina (Independent)
It’s Larry Ankrum’s party and he’ll solo if he wants to. The Minneapolis-bred woodwinds player, who lived in New Orleans for a number of years and now resides in Los […]
Chapel Blues, Bed of Roses (Eltor Records)
Dutiful. Reasonable. Listenable. If it sounds like I’m having trouble coming up with superlatives to describe this record, well, you’re right. The most interesting part of all the playing, Lawrence […]
Barbara Carr, Keep the Fire Burning (Catfood Records)
It’s been almost 50 years since Barbara Carr signed with Chess Records and launched a recording career that has seen more downs than ups. Discovered by Oliver Sain, Carr became […]
