Allen Toussaint

Calendar for the week

Calendar for the week

Recordings

Fun, Fun, Fun

Local promoter stages a wild and woolly music festival

Sarah Dougher

The Bluff (Mr. Lady)

Big Not So Easy

Dazzling film explores a bayou time

The Other Elvis

With a coat of Toussaint

Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint

The River in Reverse
(Verve Forecast)

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Forbidden Fruit

The kiddies should be lining up as we slap a parental advisory on the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

Elvis Costello Is King

The kiddies should be lining up as we slap a parental advisory on the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

Top Ten Songs From the First Season of Treme

​For someone like David Simon -- the creator of both The Wire and Treme -- music is just as integral a part of his televisions series as the writing and directing.Simon established himself in the early part of last decade with his brilliant series The Wire, which will arguably go down as the ... More >>

Mavis Staples and Dr. John at Celebrity Theatre 6-16-11

Jason P. Woodbury​ Mavis Staples and Dr. JohnCelebrity TheatreThursday, June 16"Joyful noise." That's how Mavis Staples described what her and her band create onstage. It's an apt characterization, one that is appropriately loaded with gospel history, and one that connotes how the 71-year-old sing ... More >>