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Rebirth Brass Band, Dave Bartholomew and Grammy Thoughts
The best news at yesterday’s Grammy Awards was Rebirth Brass Band winning the Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album for Rebirth of New Orleans, which was presented during […]
I Can’t Hear You
Perusing my Facebook page last night, I saw a reference to a problem at the Marigny Opera House, a renamed old church in the Bywater. By candlelight (no electricity, apparently), someone […]
Too Much Reverence? Or Just Reverent Enough?
There’s a lot to like about Chimes of Freedom – the Amnesty International benefit album with more than 70 covers of Bob Dylan songs. Its sprawl means that artists have […]
Madonna: From Super Bowl to New Orleans
“It was curiously flat.” What halftime show was music industry critic Bob Lefsetz watching? For those who wanted to see guys stand there and churn away on guitars, there wasn’t […]
…And We All Had A Real Good Time!
The staff is just now coming down from the high we all get at the Best of The Beat Awards. All of us work like dogs preparing for the Business […]
Clearing the Desk: Spector, Smiths and Elvis
Yesterday, I wrote about a few books on my desk that slipped to the back burner. Here are a few albums that met the same undeserved, neglected fate: Phil Spector […]
The Reading List: Oil and Water, Portishead and the Stooges
We’ve spent most of the last month dealing with Christmas, the February issue and the Best of the Beat. Here’s some of the stuff that landed on my desk that […]
Branding, Eh?
News this morning: the Louisiana Seafood Board is thinking of taking its BP cash and investing it in naming rights for the New Orleans Arena. I believe the amount bandied […]
Sanitized STRFKR Stable and Synthy
Starfucker, much like Republican hopeful Rick Santorum, has a bit of a name problem. The band began life in Portland, Oregon with the (purposefully) absurd moniker of Starfucker, then attempted […]
Alabama Shakes Pack One Eyed Jacks
Even with an uncommonly early start time at One Eyed Jacks—9 p.m. for the headliner!—the Alabama Shakes packed the room to the point that those of us who arrived shortly […]
