Music
The Radiators, The Last Watusi (Radz Records)
The Radiators emerged from underground status as one of the country’s best unsigned groups in 1978 and became a trademark of New Orleans rock. The band was a kind of […]
The Normals, Vacation to Nowhere (Last Laugh Records)
Two extra-musical details: The CD/DVD package for the Normals’ Vacation to Nowhere comes with a set of 3D glasses, and when you pop the disc into iTunes, the genre category […]
Various Artists, Best of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians (Mardi Gras Records)
Mardi Gras Records has put together some excellent compilations of New Orleans music. The company has great taste in the selection of material great taste in the selection of material, […]
Scott Cooper, A Leg Trick (Independent)
Perfectionists like Peter Gabriel and Steely Dan may spend years on an album, but Bay Area musician Scott Cooper has got them beat: The initial tracks on his debut CD […]
Peter Novelli, Louisiana Roots and Blues (Chalet Music)
There are times on Louisiana Roots & Blues that you’d wish Peter Novelli would just burn a fast one for a change of pace, but, nonetheless, he’s the master of […]
Frank Lowe, The Loweski (ESP-Disk)
In researching the archives of ESP-Disk, producer Michael Anderson has discovered some great and wild sessions never heard before. This one, a live recording of the Frank Lowe Quintet in […]
The Allyn Robinson Project, Full Circle (Independent)
Wayne Cochrane and the C.C. Riders are a legendary soul band known for the near-hysterical performances of the white-pompadoured Cochrane, whose variations on black soul singers were arresting enough to […]
Tuba Skinny, Rag Band (Independent)
It is apt that Tuba Skinny’s new release has the word “Rag” in it. The music here goes back beyond Dixieland to the early days of jazz when it was […]
Marzette Watts, Marzette Watts and Company (ESP-Disk)
Marzette Watts was a painter and reedman whose Cooper Square loft in New York City hosted many music jams in the mid-to-late ’60s. Here, some of the lesser-known players of […]
The Honeypots, Something Sweet (Threadhead)
This very enjoyable record is a collaboration among three talented local songwriters (Lynn Drury, Margie Perez and Monica McIntyre) and percussionist Paula August Jepson. The group has an engaging, easygoing […]
