westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
In the hallowed ranks of New Orleans “piano professors,” Jon Cleary is on the tenure track. With his new release MO HIPPA (FHQ Records), Cleary finally puts the sizzling energy of his live shows on wax. “The fact is that...
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Who Am I (What's My Name) - Snoop Dogg Love My Way - Polyphonic Spree Hey Now Baby - Professor Longhair Keeping My Composure - The Chemical Brothers w/ Spank Rock What Do You Do When Loves Dies - Dusty Springfield Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste - Galaxie 500 Get Started Start A Fire - Graham Parker Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf Footstompin' Music - Grand Funk Railroad (Face facts: These guys fucking...
Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
The Chef is pressed for time this morning with a big prep day in front of him. Instead of working on a cooking thread, the Chef has been updating and reloading his iPod with the tunes that are going to get him through today. Music and food are inseparable, and since Bill has been tossing out some neat weekend music threads, and I thought I’d combine the two. The question this weekend? What’s the soundtrack...
Olly's Onions (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
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Popdose (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
The passing of Bo Diddley got me on a hardcore listening jag. Doesn’t take much to get me back on Bo, and there are several other blues and quasi-blues dudes — Elmore James, ZZ Top, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Professor Longhair, James Booker — that I go back to whenever I need to reset my [...]
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Henry Roeland Byrd (Professor Longhair, or just Fess, to his fans, admirers and friends) distilled and synthesized New Orleans R&B piano playing to a fine art, mixing Caribbean rhumba rhythms with stride style and even a hint of Dixieland in his approach, topping it all off with seemingly effortless vocals that made everything he sang feel like a rockin' party was in full swing. Fess first recorded...
Wolves Can Shuffle Cards. (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Thanks for your talent, your insight, and your creativity . Tell Howlin' Wolf, Professor Longhair, and Art Tatum that all of you won't be forgotten and that you're all missed.
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
The liner notes for this 19-song compilation are brief, but at least have the honesty to admit that "the precise details of the circumstances surrounding these recordings may be lost forever." It speculates that the first half of the outtake-sounding program was cut in New Orleans during the first half of the 1960s, while the latter part dates from L.A. sessions from 1965-1967. It actually sounds like...
Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Watch out Mr. Clinton, there’s a new P in Funk and its coming not from space but up from the streets of New Orleans, the city that birthed Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, the Meters and the various subsequent Nevillations and a full P-antheon of funk royalty (Bo, K-Doe, y'all know). Renard Poche’s new [...]
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
in post The Weekend Mixtape from Some Velvet Blog .
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Last week, the A list underwent a spot of late editing. Something which leads us neatly into this week's theme
Popdose (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Meters, generally known for bringing some of the hottest funk in the 1970s, remain one of the “least-underground” underground bands of all time. One of those bands you've heard of but can't name any of its songs or if you can (I bet it's “Cissy Strut”) you couldn't hum a bar to save your [...]
Maitri's VatulBlog (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
D and I turn into hermits after Mardi Gras and Jazzfest, so did not make it out to Renard Poché’s debut as a solo artist at the Maple Leaf last night. I love telling people that, aside from being the boyfriend of the beautiful LisaPal, Renard played with the Meters and Professor Longhair and gave [...]
Minor Wisdom (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
I didn't go to the Fair Grounds today planning to see mostly jazz. But as usual, the best moments at Jazz Fest are unplanned. On arriving at around 11:30 or so, I headed for the Jazz Tent and caught most...
SLAM Online (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
Dallas gets a little get back.
