Music
Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul, Live in New Orleans! (Independent)
From the bottom of the boot, baby! Sean Ardoin is now a three-time Grammy nominee with this riveting live recording from last July’s inaugural NOLA Zydeco Fest at the New […]
The Quickening, Time Out (Independent)
Time Out may push you to escape the boundaries of the psyche, but it doesn’t escape the boundaries of conventional jam bands. The Quickening wears those influences proudly. If you […]
Ted Hefko and the Thousandaires, Down Below (Independent)
From the first notes of Down Below, Ted Hefko’s new album with his band the Thousandaires, a sense of timelessness oozes like his gentle baritone voice through all ten songs on the […]
Dougie & The Tone Drifters, MME Zin Zin (Independent)
By Doug Schroeder’s admission, this all-original, mostly Cajun music affair wasn’t supposed to happen. The fiddler wrote “La Valse de la Peine” and recorded it with Megan Constantin (vocals), Jimmy […]
Leo Nocentelli, Another Side (Light in the Attic)
Guitarist Leo Nocentelli is one of funk’s iconic players. His stamp is on so many classic recordings from the Meters as well as countless albums recorded when his band was […]
Diets, Hot Sausage Poboy (Independent)
Diets bring a smörgåsbord of blues and soul on their bite-sized EP Hot Sausage Poboy. The group has grown and changed since the release of their technical debut record Macaroni […]
Corey Harris, The Insurrection Blues (M.C. Records)
On his 20th album and his first in three years, Corey Harris recorded these 14 tracks in Italy, where he lived during the pandemic before returning to the United States. […]
LeTrainiump, Purity (Independent)
Nostalgia is high for the TV shows, fashion, and lifestyles we grew up loving before the Internet Age. Gone are the days when disco was dead and hipster chic reigned […]
Lynn Drury, Dancin’ In the Kitchen (CSB Roxy Music)
Lynn Drury was part of the artistic migration to New Orleans that took place around the turn of the millennium. Always a powerful performer in both solo and group contexts, […]
Seán Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band, Mystery (Be Still Records)
Seán Johnson may be best known across the city of New Orleans as the founder of Wild Lotus yoga studio. But in the music community he is well regarded as […]
