Diving into Dumpstaphunk this morning, via their gig at the 2013 JazzFest. In case you’re coming late to the party – let the band themselves fill you in: Dumpstaphunk stands out amongst New Orleans’ best, cementing themselves as one of the funkiest bands to ever arise from the Crescent City.
Well, now that Festival season is up and rolling, adjusting schedules, setting timers, studying lineups and crossing fingers that the multi-tasking doesn’t overload the computer has become a full-time task. But seriously, it’s worth it. This year promises to be a wall-to-wall feast of great music by old favorites and
In the event you wanted to go to Jazz Fest in New Orleans, but couldn’t swing the airfare, had a domestic emergency or just spaced-out and forgot, here’s one you can’t forget. It was a good one. And Jazz Fest has become the prototype for which most Festivals (at least
In retrospect, the 2013 Jazz Fest in New Orleans was a watershed event. It would be one of the last appearances of the legendary Allen Toussaint (who would leave us in 2015). Guitar Slim Jr. is still very much with us, and like everyone this past year, waiting to get
WNNR-AM – The Black Pope – May 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Just a hunch, but I would bet even money that, if you were born and raised in New Orleans and they did a DNA test, they would find musical notes mixed up in there. Music is
– Sonny Rollins Quintet – Live At The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – April 19, 1977 – NPR: Jazz Alive Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As long as we’re in a Festival mood this week, I thought I would offer a few well-chosen notes from our Official
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Since we’re smack in the middle of Festival Season in Europe, that means all kinds of music is being presented just about everywhere. The trick is hearing as much of it as you can via the myriad streams being made
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Definitely up-and-comers tonight. Telegram have been together less than a year – their appearance on The Marc Riley Program over BBC6 Music marked their third appearance anywhere. They won’t even start recording their first album until next month, and already
Click on the link here for Audio Player: A very busy weekend, with two large festivals taking place simultaneously but in different parts of the world. Jazz Fest in New Orleans was heading into Week Number 2 with non-stop bands (and non-stop rain from the sounds of it),
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Continuing our monitoring of activity during this Festival season, I ran across this concert recorded Saturday at Le Printemps de Bourges Festival in France. A two-day Festival (Saturday and Sunday), one of the headliners was the Irish Indie band Villagers,
