New Orleans to Texas

So, a slice of a lost New Orleans through the mouth of a man who considered the city his second home:
Red Lantern (mp3) - Jeff Klein
Officially, Klein lives in Austin (he was raised in upstate New York) and has the kind of friends you might expect from someone who spends a lot of time in music hubs. Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) and Ani DiFranco perform backing tracks on The Hustler. Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) produced the record. Given Klein's artistic persona as a jaded womanizer, Dulli seems like the perfect production partner. But to tell you the truth, I prefer the unadorned sound of Klein's previous record, Everybody Loves A Winner.I'm Sorry Sweet Emily (mp3) - Jeff Klein
Another contributor to Klein's new album is Billy Harvey (you must visit his mind-blowing Web site), an artist I first heard about at I Was Stolen By The Gypsies. That blog does a bang-up job of covering Texas singer/songwriters like Harvey, Salim Nourallah and Kacy Crowley, with lots of great live performance photos. Go check it out--especially if you're a Texan!
1 Comments:
Couldn't agree more -- Dulli and his Whigs always seemed to force their "energy". It was a hook I guess, but it wore off pretty durn quick. Red Lantern is a chip off the old block. I like Sweet Emily, though it too seems to be reaching at times for that perfect emotion.
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