Music
Gypsyphonic Disko, Nola-Phonic, Volume Two (mixtape)
How will bounce be reinterpreted, embraced and marketed by the (sorta) mainstream? The question lingers in the air, with a smattering of answers for consideration. See Mr. Ghetto on YouTube. […]
Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball (Columbia Records)
A friend of mine likens marriage to a Bruce Springsteen show—goes on too long, the story gets corny after a while, but what enthusiasm after all these years! I feel […]
Ryan Montbleau, For Higher (Blue’s Mountain Records)
By now there’s nothing unusual about seeing heavy hitters like Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne, and George Porter Jr. on a New Orleans album’s credits. The surprise here is that they’re […]
Dr. John, Locked Down (Nonesuch Records)
Dr. John’s Gumbo is one of the great New Orleans albums, but it made Dr. John subtly smaller. It made New Orleans central to his public persona as he became […]
Paul Sanchez and Colman deKay, Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans (Mystery Street Records)
[Updated] Here we have the complete “score” for Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans, combining the 24 songs released last year with 15 more written as part of […]
Joe Krown, Exposed (Independent)
Just in time for festival season, local club stalwart Joe Krown has a new release. While many are familiar with Krown playing the Hammond B3 organ, he sticks entirely to […]
Lost Bayou Ramblers, Mammoth Waltz (Bayou Perdu Records)
Think you know what Cajun music sounds like? Think again. For the past couple of years, the critical response to live appearances by the Lost Bayou Ramblers at local southwest […]
Truckstop Honeymoon, Steamboat in a Cornfield (Squirrel Records)
Truckstop Honeymoon’s fourth album since its post-Katrina relocation to the bleached Kansas prairies is more of a New Orleans record than anything the husband-and-wife couple of Mike West and Katie […]
Kynt, The Whole World Is a Stage (Independent)
Since 1992, Kynt has been possibly the only New Orleans artist recording and performing electronic house music. A rocky childhood in foster homes compelled Kynt to sneak out at night […]
Leroy Martin, My Old Swamp Pops, My Old Friends and Some New Stuff (Jin Records)
It’s virtually impossible to summarize Leroy Martin’s eight-decade career in professional music succinctly: musician, writer, bandleader, producer, engineer and historian. In the ‘60s, his Acadians backed up Vin Bruce while […]
