Wednesday, October 12 2011
Trombone Shorty: For True
If Lenny Kravitz came out of the New Orleans brass band scene ...
Friday, June 10 2011
‘If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise’: The Big Not so-Easy Keeps Its Head Just Above Water
Spike Lee has proven himself adept at juggling vast amounts of information and conflicting points-of-view.
Tuesday, June 7 2011
Quintron: Sucre du Sauvage
A charming New Orleans tribute that sounds nothing like the Treme soundtrack, but a little bit like Half Japanese.
Friday, January 21 2011
Plunge: Tin Fish Tango
Drums? We don't need no stinking drums to make groovy jazz!
Thursday, September 9 2010
The Marsalis Family: Music Redeems
Perhaps the most talented family alive, the Marsalises deliver a live recording to benefit a music center being built in the still-devastated upper Ninth Ward of their native New Orleans.
Thursday, August 26 2010
Dr. John and the Lower 911: Tribal
Dr. John’s latest rests comfortably on the New Orleans sound we all know and love, but won’t hold back on the need to restore the town to what it once was.
Monday, July 19 2010
‘Jass’ Gives You the Feel for Early American History
Take a tour of Storyville where Jazz began and murder prevails, bringing in the likes of David Fulmer's hero who is as good at solving crime as he's crippled by his love of an irresistible whore.
Thursday, June 17 2010
Beth McKee: I’m That Way
A quaint and fitting tribute to the Louisiana Bayou and the legacy of Bobby Charles.
