At the time of this writing, a Baton Rouge artist is responsible for the No. 9 single and No. 4 album on the Billboard charts.
I regrettably missed local metal horde Thou plumb the depths of Black Sabbath's catalog at the North Gate Tavern, but I did witness a leaner, tighter Harlan debut the songs off their soon-to-be-released second album, Spiderette.
I had everything lined up, a ticket for Friday's Jazzfest to see Richard Thompson, John Prine and Stevie Wonder all in one fell swoop when things fell through and I couldn't get out of town in time.
There is plenty to get excited about this week, least among them is the unleashing of John Barrett's Bass Drum of Death on the Baton Rouge populace, when he opens for Dax Riggs at Chelsea's.
I was asking a fellow patron of the blues earlier today how the Buddy Guy show went -- he was underwhelmed, but the rest of his party loved it -- and the subject turned to blues cities, and I asked, is there a Blues Hall of Fame, and if so, where is it?
I went down to New Orleans this past week to catch Iron & Wine at House of Blues and while their spectral folk whisper has evolved to include dub and Pink Floyd in its intoxicating sonic stew, I found myself frustrated by two things.
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The qualifying factors of a great record are not tallied sales and moved units, but in the way they latch onto a listener and linger when the disc is over, and these are the top five that did it for me this year.
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