Naomi & Her Handsome Devils Live at the Uptown Swingout
The long awaited third album from what can only be called a swing revival supergroup is finally here. Recorded last summer at the Minneapolis Uptown
Hot Boudin by The New Orleans Swinging Gypsies
Despite the name The New Orleans Swinging Gypsies aren’t a Hot Club group, but they are more influenced by Django than most of the local
Barely Covered by The Stompin’ Lickers
Have you noticed Hollywood counts on European actors when they need a pitch perfect American accent? Christiane Beinl, who leads Vienna’s Stompin’ Lickers hones in
Martin Wheatley’s Arcadians: Strings Ain’t What They Used To Be
Martin Wheatley is a London born master of all string instruments with a specialty in the banjo styles of the ragtime and early jazz era.
The Crustaceous Capers of the Jumbo Shrimp Jazz Band
New Orleans is the only American city seemingly impervious to the natural fading in popularity of musical styles. Jazz had a thirty year reign nationally
Ralph Grugel: The Bums at Fagan’s
The Bums at Fagan’s has been reissued in tribute to the namesake of Toledo’s annual GrugelFest, Ralph Grugel, who is credited with bringing the Dixieland
