New Orleans
Zydeco, Mardi Gras, Cajun, N'awlins flavor.
Mardi Gras Music: New Rebirth Brass Band
Happy Fat Tuesday! It’s a day off for me and I’m heading to the new Spring Training ballpark shared by the Diamondbacks and the Rockies. I’ll be taking in the Cubs and Rockies game at Salt River Fields with an…
Anders Osborne: “Meet Me In New Mexico”
Thanks to Alligator Records for sending out the link to this video today. I’m buying American Patchwork based off of this song alone. Can’t say I’ve ever given Anders Osborne his proper due (other than really liking “Stuck On My…
Ya-Ka-May, the new album from Galactic
It took a listen to Sirius Jam On this afternoon to clue me into the fact that there’s a new Galactic record out – focused on the music of New Orleans (their hometown). “Bounce,” to be specific – an “energetic,…
Christmas in New Orleans with Kermit Ruffins
So it turns out December 12th is the date of my first foray into Christmas music this year. It also happens to be the day I put my Christmas lights up – as well as that lit up metallic deer…
Robbie Robertson’s Storyville
Not long ago, I unearthed an old cassette of Robbie Robertson‘s Storyville album. I’m trying to figure out my thought process during the LP/cassette/early CD years. Specifically, why I ever chose to buy cassettes – the least reliable and most…
Funk Explosion: Dumpstaphunk at the Rhythm Room
It was about 30 seconds into Dumpstaphunk’s set last night that I realized how starved I was for the Funk. No joke. I literally felt it wash over me like an ocean wave, seep into me, cleanse me, f-u-n-k me.…
Good Times at the Telluride Cajun Festival
The nature of vacations is that they fly by way too quickly. And my first 2 week vacation since, well, since I started working for a living, is about to draw to a close. After I celebrate my 39th year…
Remembering Snooks Eaglin
Lifelong New Orleans resident and Ickmusic buddy Cove reflects on the passing of a New Orleans great. – PeteNew Orleans lost another of the great legends of its musical heritage this past week, when Fird “Snooks” Eaglin died at 72.…
Ick’s Pick (Week III): Beausoleil’s Alligator Purse
The great thing about cajun music is that you know it’s going to raise your spirits and it’s gonna shake your rump. As the torchbearers of traditional Cajun music since their inception in 1975, Michael Doucet and Beausoleil accomplish this…
Big Chief
The Meters. Dr. John. Professor @#!% Longhair. Earl King. ‘Nuff said. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IOyBwrvOKA]
