 LPO - Itzhak Perlman In Concert
Mahalia Jackson Theatre | 7PM | Jan. 10th |
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 Every now and then an album comes along that is decidedly country and decidedly likeable, making me reconsider my anti-country music stance. Christian Serpas & Ghost Town's live album, Hoot and Holler, is one of those albums.
Johnny Cash's biggest fans recorded their set at a New Orleans institution, top notch music club Carrollton Station. The album kicks off with an homage to their hero in the form of a much happier, more upbeat version of "Folsom Prison" than Mr. Cash could have ever imagined. It comes complete with an exaggerated Southern, country-style word pronunciation and an extended guitar solo. This first track is a big clue-in to the rest of the album: equal parts country, rock 'n' roll, and irreverent fun. Some songs, like "Bad Side of Goodbye," lean way towards the country side of the spectrum, with sappy lyrics about love gone wrong and broken hearts. Others, like "There She Goes," are catchy, instantly likeable sing-along songs.
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 Tenor Saxophonist Jimmy Carpenter has created a CD of great music that showcases the many styles he enjoys playing, and also, surprisingly enough to those that have never heard him sing, his fantastic voice. Jimmy sings on most of the tracks, and it truly is a treat to hear him. His saxophone playing is, as always, right on the money but it is his singing that really stands out here. The songwriting is intimate and personal and you get a feeling after listening to this CD that you understand his life over the last 10 years, the period over which these songs were written. All of the side musicians on this disc contribute well executed tracks that add to the feeling of the songs. Overall, a good listen that takes you on a journey through the life of a musician with a lot to say.
~Kevin O'Day
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 The New Record from Quintron and Miss Pussycat is truly insane. From the first look at the album cover, which features Quintron and model Geannie Thomas both sporting vampire fangs, an enormous boa constrictor, and what appears to be a frozen margarita, I knew that this was going to be, as John Cleese would say "something completely different."
I was not disappointed.
I must mention here that the format that they have chosen for the release of this new record is as cool as it gets. The album is out on vinyl and CD, but when you purchase the vinyl release, you get a coupon that allows the download of the entire record in mp3 format. This is fantastic because it allows the music lover to have the superior quality format of 33 1/3 LP with the ability to burn multiple CD's to take out in the car and to store the mp3's in an iPod.
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 Moodoo, the new album from Porter Batiste Stoltz, brings members of the Funky Meters - minus, Art, of course - together with a jam band man: Page McConnell, the keyboardist of Phish, who may or may not have gone their separate ways again or planned a reunion tour, depending on when you're reading this. The album is actually a live recording from Club Metronome in Burlington, Vt., which is perfect for the improvisational style to which all of these musicians gravitate. It just can't be reproduced in the studio.
No song on the album, with the exception of the introduction, runs less than six minutes. This means, of course, that the repetitious beats will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day, maybe the week, but you'll definitely be dancing along with it.
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