Music
Bodhi3, Ceremony (Independent)
The music on Bodhi3’s Ceremony is rooted in a tradition of jazz for spiritual purpose as pioneered by musicians such as John and Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. The band’s […]
The Madd Wikkid, Electronola (Independent)
Earl Scioneaux III, recording engineer for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, shares a deep passion for his native New Orleans and its storied, musical legacy. His producer alter-ego, the Madd […]
George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Live in Boston 1982 (Rounder Records)
Along with Texas’ Fabulous Thunderbirds, New England’s J. Geils Band and California’s Mighty Flyers, Delaware’s George Thorogood and the Destroyers were products of the second blues revival. Having not listened […]
Curren$y, Pilot Talk (DD172 Records)
In the video for Curren$y’s first single, 2006’s “Where da Cash At,” he’s at a waterside mansion, hundreds of video vixens in the pool and on the balcony behind him, […]
Jamal Batiste, The Unorthodox Drummer: Just Jamal (Jam-All Music Records)
So where are we with the next generation of the musical dynasties? Will they surprise us with innovation, or deliver mere updates on their fathers’/aunties’/cousins’ legacies? The Unorthodox Drummer: Just […]
Bobby Charles, See You Later, Alligator (Bear Family Records)
As widely revered an American songwriter as Bobby Charles was, it’s curious that none of his early material has ever been reissued domestically on compact disc. In fact, if memory […]
Various Artists, Dear New Orleans (Air Traffic Control Records)
A working streetcar, a Saints Super Bowl victory and five years later, it might be easy for the events of August 29, 2005 to become a more distant memory for […]
Dax Riggs, Say Goodnight to the World (Fat Possum Records)
Dax Riggs’ cover of “Heartbreak Hotel” on Say Goodnight to the World clocks in at almost four and a half minutes; Elvis Presley’s 1956 version takes just over two. Riggs […]
Impulss, Marie Laveaux’s Hustle (Quarter Rat Music)
Daniel “Impulss” Perez knows a thing or two about the hustle. He knows what it’s like to be on the brink of a big deal one minute only to be […]
Dash Rip Rock, Call of the Wild (Alternative Tentacles Records)
“Didn’t come to college to learn how to think / Came here to learn how to drink.” That’s a line from Professor Cuervo, an instructor for the class “Party 101.” […]
