Music
Harry Bodine, Travellin’ the Southland (EP) (Independent)
There’s always been a kinship between New Orleans and Austin, Texas—Cyril Neville, Marcia Ball, the Iguanas and Theresa Andersson are among the musicians who’ve lived in both cities. So it […]
Tony Goulas, Every Room Is Blue (Independent)
For years Tony Goulas was everyone’s favorite sideman; having served in the ranks of the Boogie Kings, G.G. Shinn, T.K. Hulin’s Smoke and Gregg Martinez’s Delta Kings. The Louisiana Music […]
Mighty Sam McClain, Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey) (City Hall Records)
With a great title and a tight band, Mighty Sam McClain’s latest record is a fine work that shows off the smooth quality of his voice with horn-driven modern blues […]
John Lee Hooker Jr., All Hooked Up (Steppin’ Stone)
When the first song on a blues album includes the line “All her friends was on Facebook,” you can assume that the artist isn’t living in the past—especially when the […]
James Martin, Blue (Independent)
James Martin’s second CD Blue states his credo emphatically with the jazzy/funky hard-hitting opening number “Get With It.” Over background vocals chanting the title and a piano part that would […]
Dash Rip Rock, Black Liquor (Alternative Tentacles)
Behind Dash Rip Rock’s party-band exterior has always been a dead serious Southern rock group kicking to get out. The last two Dash albums, Country Girlfriend and Call of the […]
Louisiana Red, When My Mama Was Living (Labor Records)
Louisiana Red was an old-school bluesman. He had a searing, knife-in-your-gut voice that sounded as if his lyrics were experiences he was having at that very moment, not just things […]
High Performance, That’s What Makes Cajuns Dance (Swallow Records)
In some ways, High Performance has it backwards. Most groups release a studio album or two before dropping the Über hip live album. But not High Performance, whose third effort […]
New Birth Brass Band, On My Way (Threadhead Records)
The New Birth Brass Band, which was formed in the mid-1980s, comes deeply from the tradition having benefited from the watchful ears and eyes of the great members of the […]
Dee-1, The Focus Tape (Independent)
Want a testimony as to how Dee-1 has managed to be so successful? Despite his meteoric rise over the last couple of years and nonstop hustle, he’s getting better. Expectations […]
