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Dumpstaphunk –
Where Do We Go From Here (Funk Garage/Mascot): “Dumpstaphunk’s founding members Ivan Neville (vocals/keyboards) Ian Neville (guitar) Tony Hall (bass/guitar/vocals) and Nick Daniels (bass/vocals) along with newest members Alex Wasily (trombone) and Deven Trusclair (drums), have built upon the Neville family’s iconic NOLA legacy, as they’ve transformed into the city’s pre-eminent 21st-century funk-fusion export, after being birthed originally from a spontaneous set during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2003.” Raging funk that will flat domino your lame act! It sure did mine! This is a
certified Professor Bebop
Chris Gill –
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux –
Bloodstains and Teardrops (Whiskey Bayou): “Joseph “Monk” Boudreaux is the oldest living Mardi Gras Indian Chief, the Elder of Elders in a tradition dating back to the 1800s. As such, he sees himself as the guardian of a spiritual discipline that involves gnostic customs and beliefs shared by members within the New Orleans Black community over the course of multiple generations. He is one of the best-known and loved local culture heroes, a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Award recipient, the subject of murals on city walls and documentaries about New Orleans, and the inspiration for characters in television dramas like the HBO series Treme. He comes by his status as a Mardi Gras Indian chief through bloodlines of both African and Native American ancestry.” (https://bigchiefmonkboudreaux.com/bio-1) I regret I am not able to find a sample from this release.
Maria Muldaur and Tuba Skinny ‘Get Happy Together’
This is the kind of New Orleans music that makes a person smile and tap one’s feet when a song is happy and moan with a knowing smile when it’s sad.
Let s Get Happy Together
Maria Muldaur and Tuba Skinny
Stony Plain
7 May 2021
Maria Muldaur has done more than any other contemporary artist to keep the music of early 20th century jazz and blues women alive. She has recorded full-length albums dedicated to individual performers such as Blue Lu Barker and Memphis Minnie, as well as thematic ones including the critically acclaimed
Noteworthy – OUR HIDDEN HUMAN TREASURES
Mar. 04, 2021 at 6:00 am
YOU’VE SEEN HER AROUND TOWN
You can’t miss her, with those outfits exploding with color on her very diminutive frame. And always a hat to match or add to the effect. A rainbow palette in motion.
She loves her hats, since junior high school. “I never leave the house without a hat.” How many? “I think I had more than 200, but I recently donated about 100 of them to a thrift store.”
Or you may have noticed her front yard, a raucous yet genteel fairyland tableau of tiny structures and statues of critters and the occasional mythical humans. “During holidays I have the best yard displays in town,” she claims.