The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
A few things happened to led us here to this point. 1. Some how, me & Suave (actually Suave & I but fuck formalities) got into a spirited discussion about how smooth & heavily sampled this Aaron Neville track is. In the end, I started doing digging & listening on my own, checking other [...]
The Telekino Times-Picayune (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Currently working through a particularly unshakeable earworm - Allen Toussaint's 'Southern Nights' (1975). Glen Campbell took it to number one on the pop and country charts in 1977 - here he is performing it live in short shorts, with a little help from a friend. Compare the hit version to the Toussaint original - with eerie lead vocals run through a Leslie speaker... Meanwhile the Lawrence Welk version...
XXL Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
I’m not pissed off at Lil’ Wang as much as I’m pissed off at Dirk Nowitzki. That butter leatheXXL Mag Dot Com family, Don't ever, ever, ever get a drug addiction, or an alcohol addiction, or a Allen Toussaint & The Stokes "Go Back Home" (1965) [audio:http://www.xxlmag.com/online/wp-content/u
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Coldplay will release an eight-song EP next month, "Prospekt's March," that will include a new version of the song "Lost" featuring rapper Jay-Z.
Billboard (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Legendary New Orleans artist/songwriter/producer Allen Toussaint has teamed with producer Joe Henry for his next album, a collection tentatively titled "The Bright Mississippi" due out in early 2009 on Nonesuch.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
That New Orleans R&B is among the most significant influences in American music is a given. Precisely where it ranks among the other influencers is subject to long and entertaining debate. Beyond argument, however, is the influence Allen Toussaint has had on New Orleans R&B over the past 50 years. His fingerprints are all over it.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Filed under: I Freakin' Love This Song Spinner.com : 'Milkcow's Calf Blues,' Robert PalmerFrom 2001's 'Hellhound on My Trail: Songs of Robert Johnson'Robert Palmer may never shake off his reputation as the sophisticated '80s rocker who was surrounded by supermodels in the 'Addicted to Love' and 'Simply... Read more
BasinStreetRecords (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Kermit Ruffins , the Rebirth Brass Band , Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and many more will invade London when the New Orleans Saints play the San Diego Chargers at Wembley Stadium the weekend of October 24-26. Read all about it HERE .
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
For all but the most dedicated record collector, Lee Dorsey's terrific singles for Amy -- including the hits "Workin' in a Coalmine" and "Ride Your Pony" -- are all anybody knows about Lee Dorsey's collaboration with Allen Toussaint . Those were the recordings that were the hits, those were the recordings that were played on oldies radio, and those were the recordings that were reissued on CD, while...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Mighty prescient song written by Allen Toussaint, made famous by The Pointer Sisters, the groups first hit record in 1973.
Dine Online (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Firing up Festival New Orleans Friday and Saturday 24th / 25th October will be a weekend to celebrate - ‘New Orleans style’, as the deep South’s’ finest exports have joined forces to provide what can only be described as two days of ‘food for the soul’. Not only is there going to be [...]
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
No one snake-hipped his way up the pop charts with more panache than New Orleans R&B legend Lee Dorsey on 'Ride Your Pony' and 'Get Out Of My Life, Woman.' Produced at the famed Cosimo Recording Studio by storied Crescent City knobsmen Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn. Dorsey's first Amy album is sweetened here by the addition of my 3 bonus tracks. This is an album that I have added 3 more of my...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
How does this line up sound? Dr John, Allen Toussaint, Buckwheat Zydeco, BeauSoliel avec Michael Doucet, Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins and The Barbecue Swingers, Marcia Ball, John Mooney and Bluesiana, The Annointed Jackson Sisters, New Birth Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Bordreaux, Apache Hunters and Hardhead Hunters Mardi Gras Indian Tribes, Young Men Olympia Untouchables Social Aid and Pleasure...
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
(New Orleans ultra-funky guitar master Nocentelli played with Fats Domino at 11, with Allen Toussaint at 14, was a Motown session musician at 16 and is a member of the legendary Meters!!!) Leo Nocentelli Live on Fair Game (PRI) Host: Fath Salie He's a New Orleans native and guitarist for The Meters, pioneers of funk. Last year he returned home to play in a dream band called The New Orleans Social Club,...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Legendary singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder has been chosen as the second recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The award presentation will take place in the Library's Great Hall on Feb. 23, 2009.
