The Meters this morning – diving into a big vat of Funk at The Kingfish Lounge in Baton Rouge on October 1, 1976. From their website for a bit of history: In their 25-year history, The Meters have grooved their way around the globe. They have toured with such talents
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.
It occurred to me that I haven’t been playing nearly enough Funk on the Morning Soundbooth (perfect wakeup music, if you ask me). So I’m hoping to remedy that with a taste of New Orleans this morning, by way of the legendary Ivan Neville and his band Dumpstaphunk, recorded in
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
Part 1: – L.A. Phil. – Mehta-Rubinstein – March 5, 1965 – Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Part 2. – L.A. Phil. – Mehta-Rubinstein – March 5, 1965 – Part 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something special, rare and historic this week. A 1965 concert
– Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Live At Rock en Seine – August 25, 2012 – Radio France – Le Mouv’- Having been a fan of Oasis since Definitely Maybe, and a little puzzled by the whole Noel/Liam fracas, as well as the amount of Press-baiting going on, I
Sliding down the flip-side of Hump Day and flying in the direction of the weekend, a few notes from the Queen of New Orleans Soul, Irma Thomas. This is from a radio show Thomas did in 1983, hosted by Blues great and Paul Butterfield alumnus Mark Naftalin. It would feel
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
Hurricane Katrina Coverage – Part 1 Hurricane Katrina Coverage – Part 2 August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made land and New Orleans has never been the same. Initially, reports put the eye of the Hurricane away from New Orleans as was previously thought and that maybe New Orleans had dodged
