Music
Mike Dillon, Rosewood (Royal Potato Family)
On Rosewood, the always imaginative vibist, percussionist and multi-instrumental artist Mike Dillon moves away from the wild persona he has been known for as leader of The Mike Dillon Band […]
Eric Johanson, Below Sea Level (Nola Blue Records)
For his Nola Blue Records debut, Eric Johanson teamed up with fellow kindred spirits, North Mississippi’s Allstars’ Luther and Cody Dickinson, producer and drummer, respectively. As the backstory goes, Johanson […]
Allman Brothers Band, Two Live Albums
Allman Brothers Band The Final Note – Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, MD 10-17-71 (Allman Brothers Band Recording Company) Allman Brothers Band Don’t Keep Me Wondering (Live from Warner […]
Various Artists, Joyeux Noël, Bon Chrismeusse: A Holiday EP from South Louisiana (Independent)
Let’s face it: 2020 tanked after Mardi Gras this year. Like many other professions, musicians haven’t fared so well and had to scramble for anything they could get. Still, as […]
Tom Mason, Under a Mistletoe Sky (Gas Station Music)
Tom Mason’s third Christmas album goes down easy. The Nashville and Iowa-based singer, songwriter and guitarist assumes a relaxed, good-natured tone in 10 original songs, most of them based in […]
Barry Stephenson, The Iconoclast (Independent)
On The Iconoclast, bassist Barry Stephenson follows up his fine 2015 album, Basic Truths, and again teams up brilliantly with drummer Jamison Ross. They reign as the sole members of […]
Various Artists, A Cellarful of Motown! Volume 5 (Caroline)
Outside of the soulless Donald Trump, and the Charlie McCarthy clone Mike Pence, who doesn’t love Motown? After 10 years and thinking the Motown vault was finally purged of rarities […]
Alex McMurray, Road Songs (Diphthong Records)
A good songwriter writes good songs. A great songwriter writes overarching poetic narratives. The songwriter as lyric poet doesn’t just turn out albums or mixes, they weave myths that touch […]
Michot’s Melody Makers, Cosmic Cajuns From Saturn (Nouveau Electric Records)
When the Grammy Award-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers became so successful, it was no longer impractical to play the small venues. So, fiddlin’ frontman Louis Michot formed alter-ego, electric stringband Michot’s […]
Colin Lake, Forces of Nature (Splice)
Blue-eyed soul man Colin Lake has lived an entire life since he last released an album in 2015: He left New Orleans and retired from performing two years later, sold […]
