Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Tuba Skinny • Six Feet Down
Formed in in 2009, Tuba Skinny has steadily evolved from a loose collection of street musicians into a solid ensemble dedicated to bringing the traditional New Orleans sound to audiences around the world. Drawing on a wide range of musical influences—from spirituals to Depression-era blues, from ragtime to traditional jazz—their sound evokes the rich musical heritage of their New Orleans home. The band has gained a loyal following through their distinctive sound, their commitment to reviving long-lost songs, and their barnstorming live performances.
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Fundada en 2009, Tuba Skinny ha evolucionado constantemente de una colección suelta de músicos callejeros a un sólido conjunto dedicado a llevar el sonido tradicional de Nueva Orleans a audiencias de todo el mundo. Basándose en una amplia gama de influencias musicales -desde espirituales hasta blues de la época de la Depresión, desde ragtime hasta jazz tradicional-, su sonido evoca la rica herencia musical de su hogar en Nueva Orleáns. La banda ha ganado un seguimiento leal a través de su sonido distintivo, su compromiso de revivir canciones perdidas hace mucho tiempo, y sus actuaciones en vivo.
Reverend Gary Davis • Pure Religion & Bad Company
Review by Lindsay Planer
This Rev. Gary Davis release has been issued throughout the world under a bevy of names and should not be confused with the Prestige disc simply titled Pure Religion. These recordings are notable for both their sacred and secular nature. Equally as interesting is the wide range of performance styles that the Reverend incorporates throughout this long-player. Among them are the rarely displayed preachin' blues of "Bad Company," "Runnin' to the Judgement," and "Pure Religion." Notable are the spoken introductions or talkin' blues recitation techniques, as well as the more obvious and overtly religious themes. Davis took his commitment to the Lord seriously and had become an ordained minister in the summer of 1937. His vehemence and compulsion to spread the word is a blatant motif that works on several simultaneous strata. In the musical parables of "Seven Sisters" -- which should not be considered a voodoo reference -- and "Right Now," Davis recalls the fatality of not rebuking sin with lyrics like the following: "Don't 'cha put off today for tomorrow -- for tomorrow may never be. Let the Saviour bless yo' soul, right now." This collection also includes a few equally heady instrumentals -- most notably "Cocaine Blues," "Buck Dance," and "Hesitation Blues." Davis' astonishingly potent guitar playing and conversational approach have arguably never been captured more aptly on record. The direct lineage to artists such as Dave Van Ronk, Jorma Kaukonen, Stefan Grossman, and Brownie McGee becomes infinitely clear. Their versatility in technique coupled with simultaneous chord strumming and picking can be sourced right here. "Moon Goes Down" is one of the more secular pieces and originates in the slave fields as a "holler." Davis' emotionally heavy performance and dirge-like chord changes rank the tune among his most emotive recordings.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/pure-religion-bad-company-mw0000263505
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Reseña de Lindsay Planer
Este lanzamiento del Rev. Gary Davis ha sido publicado en todo el mundo bajo un montón de nombres y no debe ser confundido con el disco de Prestige simplemente titulado Pure Religion. Estas grabaciones son notables por su naturaleza sagrada y secular. Igualmente interesante es la amplia gama de estilos de interpretación que el Reverendo incorpora a lo largo de este disco de larga duración. Entre ellos están el raramente mostrado predicar el blues de "Bad Company", "Runnin' to the Judgement" y "Pure Religion". Destacan las introducciones habladas o las técnicas de recitación del blues parlante, así como los temas más obvios y abiertamente religiosos. Davis se tomó en serio su compromiso con el Señor y se ordenó como ministro en el verano de 1937. Su vehemencia y compulsión por difundir la palabra es un motivo descarado que funciona en varios estratos simultáneos. En las parábolas musicales de "Siete Hermanas" - que no debe ser considerada una referencia vudú - y "Ahora mismo", Davis recuerda la fatalidad de no reprender el pecado con letras como las siguientes: "No dejes el hoy para el mañana... porque el mañana puede no ser nunca. Deja que el Salvador bendiga tu alma, ahora mismo". Esta colección también incluye unos pocos instrumentos igualmente embriagadores... más notablemente "Cocaine Blues", "Buck Dance" y "Hesitation Blues". La asombrosa potencia de la guitarra de Davis y su enfoque conversacional nunca han sido capturados de forma más adecuada en un disco. El linaje directo con artistas como Dave Van Ronk, Jorma Kaukonen, Stefan Grossman y Brownie McGee se hace infinitamente claro. Su versatilidad en la técnica, junto con el rasgueo simultáneo de los acordes y el picking puede ser obtenida aquí mismo. "La luna se hunde" es una de las piezas más seculares y se origina en los campos de esclavos como un "grito". La actuación emocionalmente pesada de Davis y los cambios de acordes como el canto de la muerte clasifican la melodía entre sus grabaciones más emotivas.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/pure-religion-bad-company-mw0000263505
The Guitar in Stuart England A Social and Musical History by Christopher Page
This is the first history of the guitar during the reign of the Stuarts, a time of great political and social upheaval in England. In this engaging and original volume, Christopher Page gathers a rich array of portraits, literary works and other, previously unpublished, archival materials in order to create a comprehensive picture of the guitar from its early appearances in Jacobean records, through its heyday at the Restoration court in Whitehall, to its decline in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The book explores the passion of Charles II himself for the guitar, and that of Samuel Pepys, who commissioned the largest repertoire of guitar-accompanied song to survive from baroque Europe. Written in Page's characteristically approachable style, this volume will appeal to general readers as well as to music historians and guitar specialists.
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