Pics from our 2012 Jazz Fest experience are being uploaded to the following gallery:
More pics on the way, so check back often. Detailed coverage coming as soon as the backlog clears.
Pics from our 2012 Jazz Fest experience are being uploaded to the following gallery:
More pics on the way, so check back often. Detailed coverage coming as soon as the backlog clears.
Africa Brass, an eclectic group emphasizing African rhythms, played recently at Ogden After Hours in New Orleans and we double teamed the coverage. The band’s name pays tribute to John Coltrane’s album Africa/Brass, which is a must have for Coltrane fans:
Be sure to catch them and Kora Konnection (of which percussionists Jeff Klein and Thierno Dioubate are also members) during Jazz Fest in New Orleans! Here are some photos from the Ogden show:
We caught up with Electric Eel Shock, a three piece hard rock / metal band from Tokyo, at the Hi Ho Lounge recently. We’re somewhat neutral on the strategically-placed sock that the drummer wears (as his only clothing), but this was one of the best rock and roll shows we’ve seen in years. An absolute must see band. Check out the pics:
Wednesday at SXSW 2012:
Thursday at SXSW 2012:
Friday at SXSW 2012:
Saturday at SXSW 2012:
The lovely Alexandra Scott performed recently at Ogden After Hours, with Sam Craft on violin and Alexis Marceaux on drum, harmonica, and backing vocals, and we were there to snap a few:
Be sure to check her out–she has an amazing voice.
Tatsuya Nakatani, a master percussionist who we first encountered at Zeitgeist (with his gong orchestra), returned to New Orleans recently for a week of ensembles. We caught him at the Allways Lounge on St. Claude, with his favorite van parked right aside, playing alternatively with Helen Gillet, Rob Cambre, James Singleton, and others. Cymbals flying and scraping across his drum kit, tiny metal bowls whirling, biting, slamming, all with a nearly constant bass drum beat–it’s nearly impossible to imagine the experience from his recordings alone, so take advantage of the fact that Tatsuya is on another rambling tour of the US (check out his web site for details @ http://www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_NAKATANI_WORKS.html). Fill up the tank and track him down! Be sure to check him out on Facebook as well–his food pictures are more than worth the trip. Some pics from his performance at the Allways:
Here’s an unusual band that’s definitely worth checking out. We attended the Jonathan Toubin benefit at Siberia–to support the DJ who was unlucky enough to have a diabetic cab driver crash through his first floor hotel room in Portland and roll over him–and among the usual (but fun) suspects, encountered the Microshards. It’s a two piece band (bass and guitar), with both players cranking over a looped drum track. Give it a minute (or 10)–when we first heard them, the monotonous drum loop seems a bit…monotonous. But then the magic of wild bass and guitar screaming over that track grabs you, and, well, there it is. Kudos to an interesting concept and I’m afraid the Microshards have another groupie. Pics:
Leroy Jones is a New Orleans trumpet legend, who has been playing since the age of 10. Associated with Danny Barker, the Hurricane Brass Band, Eddie Vinson, Harry Connick, Jr., Dr. John, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Della Reese, among others, Leroy is a New Orleans treasure. Members (and guests) of the Ogden Museum were recently treated to a set and interview and we were there to snap a few shots. Enjoy, and please support Leroy by attending his shows and purchasing his CDs:
One doesn’t go to Siberia to shoot no-flash photography to score Rolling Stone Magazine covers–it’s a very dark venue and all about the music–so enjoy a few shots from a night of high ISO silly hip hop / ska madness. And send D4′s, as available:
