Music
Rebirth Brass Band & Slow Drag Productions, SDP Presents ReBirth ReVisited (Slow Drag Productions)
You’ve never heard a Rebirth album like this one—although, to be fair, this isn’t really a Rebirth album. SDP Presents Rebirth Revisited is a collection of remixes from Rebirth tenor […]
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Spread the Love (Stony Plain Records)
Recording an entire album’s worth of blues guitar instrumentals, and keeping the listener engaged, is an exceedingly difficult thing to do. Freddie King could do it. So could Albert Collins, […]
Kourtney Heart, Eye Dee Kay (D.E.O. Recordings)
It’s pretty easy to make a hit these days: insert 808s, heavy bass, a catchy hook and a cute face. Mix well. Repeat 10 times and you have an album. […]
Archie Shepp, The New York Contemporary Five (Delmark Records)
The New York Contemporary Five marked a relatively brief chapter in Archie Shepp’s career; they existed for barely two years and played almost exclusively in Europe. Today, the group is […]
Daria Dzurik, Calliope (Independent)
Daria Dzurik’s quirky idiosyncrasies and mischievous charm carry her debut effort, Calliope. A fetching songbird with a pair of pipes and a fair for theatrics, Dzurik takes pleasure in toying […]
Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, Creole Moon: Live From the Blue Moon (Valcour Records)
Creole Moon, a live recording from Lafayette’s Blue Moon Saloon, is Cedric Watson’s second release in less than a year following his late 2009 studio release L’Éspirit Créole. Unlike so […]
Bipolaroid, Illusion Fields (Independent)
Bipolaroid has always been a lot less psychedelic than advertised. Until now. Previously a mishmash of psychedelic surface signifiers borrowed from Syd Barrett, the band now sounds seriously disorienting on […]
Various Artists, Sehorn’s Soul Farm (Charly Records)
Here’s a welcome return of an old friend (two actually), and a reminder that for every Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, the Meters, King Floyd and Jean Knight who made hits […]
The Local Skank, Collect All Five! (Independent)
We might as well quit counting what “wave” we’re on, because it seems like ska—the music the most white people feel confident dancing to—will be popular forever, at least with […]
By & By String Band, Little Darling Pal of Mine: Songs of the Carter Family, (Independent)
The first song on Little Darling Pal of Mine is “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” and with it the band announces its intention to turn the listener’s clock back past 1960,when […]
