Music
Esther Rose, How Many Times (Father/Daughter Records)
Former New Orleans resident Esther Rose is probably best known as Jack White’s duet partner on his last album Boarding House Reach. When she joined White onstage at Jazz Fest […]
Garage A Trois, Calm Down Cologne (Royal Potato Family)
How do you define a relentless groove? Is it the sludgy one chord churn of doom metal or the in-the-pocket funk of a two-chord vamp? To my ears, it’s the […]
Craig Brenner, Passages (Independent)
Jazz pianist Craig Brenner of Bloomington, Indiana, has been in and out of New Orleans so much over the past five decades, he may as well be an adopted son. […]
Yohan Giaume, Whisper of a Shadow, Opus 1 (Independent)
Trumpeter Yohan Giaume has reached well into the pre-jazz past to put a very personal modern stamp on the musical tradition that is so much the lifeblood of New Orleans. […]
Dumpstaphunk featuring Marcus King, “United Nations Stomp”
New Orleans’ Dumpstaphunk has released a cover of Buddy Miles’ 1973 funky anthemic “United Nations Stomp.” The first explosive moments of the song features South Carolina native Marcus […]
Daniel Coolik & K.C. Jones, Spirited Melancholy (Valcour Records)
If COVID-19 has been good for anything, it has been for otherwise touring musicians to collaborate on one-off projects without scheduling conflicts. Such is the case with K.C. Jones, the […]
Jon Batiste, “I Need You” (single), Apple Music
Jon Batiste has arguably become the most well-known New Orleanian of his generation due to his tenure as the musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. His Covid-era […]
Kim Wilson, Take Me Back! The Big Tone Sessions (M.C. Records)
It’s ironic that two ex-bandmates from Austin’s Fabulous Thunderbirds would have overlapping new CDs. Of course, here, Wilson headed up his band on harp and vocals and ex-T-bird six-string Jimmie […]
AJ Croce, By Request (Compass Records)
When AJ Croce comes off the road, the last thing he wants to do is hang out in public and sign autographs like a needy, attention-seeking scenester. Instead, his leisurely […]
Selwyn Birchwood, Living in a Burning House (Alligator Records)
Selwyn Birchwood makes his third Alligator Records album a muscular musical statement. A singer-songwriter who plays slicing electric and lap steel guitar, the dynamic young bluesman from Orlando, Florida, also […]
