Allen Toussaint - Our New Orleans
What a gift, what a gem. As if to prove the enduring, unconquerable strength and resilience of its joyous culture, the New Orleans music community has rallied from the disaster of Hurricane Katrina with a burst ... [more] by Johnny Harper

The Police - Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out (Hip-O)
It's easy to wax poetic about the multi-talented, popular and experimental trio that was The Police. And after 22 years off, they've taken the trouble to reunite. So things are looking up. Stewart Copeland proves himself endlessly ... [more] by Ric Stewart

Various Artists - Tommy: The Musical
As the month of October dawned in the Crescent City with a lovely respite from five months of oppressive, swamp like heat, a veritable cornucopia of music demanded the attention of local music fans, even those ... [more] by Rebecca Kendig