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A conversation with Luke Allen of the Happy Talk Band is now up on the interviews page. Luke is a very honest fellow with a dark songwriting style and a band that delivers the picture. It speaks to a large number of folks in New Orleans. The discussion is fairly informal and took place at Markey's Bar on July 9th.
Performing at The Boom Boom Room in San Francisco on Aug 13. I will be appearing with Robert Walter on a double bill with Gypsophonik Disko (Ben Ellman+)
Robert Walter was in New Orleans for a long time playing across the scene with a driving organ style. He was already well established at that point from his work with the Greyboy All-Stars and the Headhunters. On this particular show, Robert will be leading band a composed of notable instrumental stylists, as well as having Jonathan Freilich in the guitar seat.
Ben Ellman's Gypsophonik is an interesting DJ melange. He calls the style, Sissy Gypsy and it really keeps folks on the dance floor achieving some other state of mind with his mixture of New Orleans Sissy Bounce and Eastern European music. If you equate his name with Galactic or the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars this will shatter the frame you've got him in.
By the way...
Those of you in the area can also catch a rare West Coast appearance of my other band, The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars at the Outside Lands Festival on the day before, Aug. 12.
Henry Griffin conducted this very moving and honest interview with the incredibly vibrant musician, Hart Mcnee. It was done shortly before his passing. Hart gave a lot (he let us know when there was nothing left) and a lot of it is here, beautifully condensed. This is probably as real as you can get.
Thanks to Henry Griffin and Kate Mcnee for allowing this to go up.
There has been requests for an index of the growing interviews section. One is now added to the left navigation bar. Enjoy!
The Latin Dance band, Mas Mamones will be out at DBA, New Orleans this Sunday
night starting at 10pm. The band will feature the usual suspects plus this week Antonio Gambrell will join us on trumpet. Our fearless leader/bassist, Andrew "catch-you-out" Wolf has announced the arrival of the hot girlie tees. Come get one and be the sexiest in your neighborhood.
The first is July18th at Bacchanal, New Orleans. Rocksteady. Yes, Jeffrey Clemens is coming in for these.
Apologies to any listeners who had trouble hearing the Rex Gregory interview because of poor audio. Patrick McCurry who was a resident of New Orleans and is enthusiastic about the content of some of the interviews has kindly taken the time to bump up the sound quality on those. Take a fresh listen...
Check out the concluding, second interview with Mr. Mark Bingham, a large contributor to the current face of New Orleans music. Sometimes how he contributes is less than obvious. Find out here, on the music interviews page, and get a lot of other juicy stories on music and the less-than-slick machine that keeps it "out there."
check it out...
Composer/bassist-Dr. James "Jimbo" Walsh sat for a second interview to get further biographically and a little deeper into current ideas. Parts 1-5 are now up here...
(If you are a local New Orleanian you may also know him as Jimbo, bassist with Davis Rogan and Washboard Rodeo. Or as the the guitar player with The Other Planets. Or as the conductor of the Naked Orchestra. Or as director of the New Orleans New Music Ensemble.)
Jeff Albert is more than just a trombonist. In starting the Open Ears music series he provided a new local forum for improvisational music, as well as for other forms of music that do not have any easy time getting on the stages of New Orleans venues. Many groups and associations of musicians have found each other, temporarily or over the long term, from playing in the series and this has changed the face of the creative music scene in New Orleans.
How did he do it? What has he done? Why has he dunnit? What might he do? Listen to him remove some veils.
Parts 1-5 of an audio interview with Jeff Albert are up now here...
All interviews are also available as a podcast through itunes here...
or by clicking on the RSS link further down on this page (right side.)
Yep! sections 3 and 4 of an extensive interview with woodwind player and composer, Rex Gregory are up here...
All interviews are available as a podcast through the itunes store.
There is an RSS button below for the podcast page from this site on the right side of this page.
A new interview with reedman, Rex Gregory. Also, two follow-up interviews: one with James Walsh and one with Mark Bingham.
Listen to parts 1,2,3, and 4, of an interview with colorful saxophone/clarinet/accordion/songwriter/electronic music composer, Aurora Nealand. Here...
Also available as a podcast through itunes or the RSS link on this site.
You may find it easier to listen this way. Check it out!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/interviews-with-musicians/id437164924
