Music
ÌFÉ, 0000+0000 (Discos Ifá)
The compelling, hypnotic second album from percussionist-composer-DJ-producer Otura Mun, a.k.a. ÌFÉ, begins and ends in New Orleans, where he has lived for only a year now after moving from Puerto […]
Terence Blanchard featuring The E-Collective and The Turtle Island Quartet, Absence (Blue Note)
“I’d like to thank Wayne Shorter for being brilliant,” Terence Blanchard simply and succinctly writes on the liner notes for Absence, an album dedicated to and inspired by the legendary […]
Andy Peake, Mood Swings (Big Little Records)
Andy Peake, a drummer and percussionist who for decades backed major acts on stage and in the studio, realizes a longtime ambition with his solo album debut. Recorded at his […]
Analog Brass Band, Songs From the Protest Route (Independent)
At this point in the long history of New Orleans music, it probably isn’t necessary to announce that your band isn’t “from” New Orleans as long as you wear your […]
O.V. Wright, A Nickel And A Nail and Ace of Spades (Real Gone Music)
This is a welcome vinyl reissue of a super rare 1971 Back Beat album, one that many deep soul experts consider the holy grail. Essentially it was just assembled just […]
Leftover Salmon, Brand New Good Old Days (Compass Records)
Not many bands can claim that it sprouted an entire genre, but Leftover Salmon can. The Colorado-based aggregation, led by founding members Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt, planted the seeds […]
Daniel De Vise, King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King (Atlantic Monthly Press)
With three previous full-length B.B. King biographies still circulating, a handful of well researched box sets and any number of comprehensive B.B. King CD compilations, plus extensive stories about the […]
Boma Bango, Étranger (Valcour Records)
It’s not hard to imagine an only slightly alternate world in which a brand of rumba took root and flourished in the heart of Acadiana, just as it did in […]
Joe Tullos, Vessels (Big Sun)
You didn’t have to know Joe Tullos personally to be moved by this, his final set of recordings. Tullos was a bit of a Renaissance man, but above all a […]
Ben E. Hunter, Soul Avenger (Independent)
While the reggae scene in New Orleans has ebbed and flowed over several decades, guitarist and singer/songwriter Ben E. Hunter has been a stalwart leader since its early years. His […]
