Ray Reed
It's a great miscarriage of fortune for the Fort Worth blues scene that Lady Pearl Johnson never released any recordings during her lifetime. Sure,...
Jessica Lure Ensemble
Seattle's all-woman Tiptons Sax Quartet was originally called the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet in honor of the big-band musician who lived as a...
Unknown Instructors
Sorry, kids. This isn't the resurgence of unsung and never-properly-recorded Dallas outfit Funland. Rather, it's the third installment of a poetry-rock project with punk...
Vijay Iyer & Fieldwork
The hype surrounding jazz pianist Vijay Iyer is frighteningly reminiscent of the ocean of ink that greeted the arrival of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and...
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Talking records with an Aussie chum recently, I professed to be impressed that the Beatles' first album was recorded in just 10 hours. "That's...
Iris Leu
Dallas-based singer-songwriter Iris Leu waited until after college to start her musical career, but she's making up for lost time. Hitting the boards in...
BeauSoleil Alligator Purse (YepRoc Records)
Cajun music is spirited, social, soulful stuff filled with fiddles, accordions, washboards, guitars, bass, drums, and other percussion. People party to the music. And...
LSD March
Formed in 1996 in Himeji, Japan, and named after a song by '70s German psych-rockers Guru Guru, LSD March is the latest in a...
BeauSoleil Alligator Purse (YepRoc Records)
By Tom Geddie
BeauSoleil
Alligator Purse
(YepRoc Records)
Pine Leaf Boys
Homage Au Passe
(Lionsgate Music)
Cajun music is spirited, social, soulful stuff filled with fiddles, accordions, washboards, guitars, bass, drums,...
LSD March
Under Milk Wood (Important Records)
By Ken Shimamoto
Formed in 1996 in Himeji, Japan, and named after a song by '70s German psych-rockers Guru Guru, LSD...
