Rebuilding New Orleans One Song At At Time
THR artists Wilson & Moore’s Side By Side selected as one of Keith Spera’s Top 10 CDs in 2010. Honorable mentions also go to THR releases Lighthouse (Susan Cowsill), Good To You (Honey Island Swamp Band) and Rites of Man (Tom Paines). To read more and see the Spera’s other choices, click the logo below.
The Rites of Man – Jacob Leland – The Rites of Man is the debut album from the Tom Paines, the latest incarnation of veteran New Orleans jacks-of-all-musical-trades Alex McMurray and Jonathan Freilich. They’ve collected folk songs from throughout the English-speaking world in the decades surrounding the turn of the 19th Century into the 20th…. [Continue Reading]
The Tom Paines Rites of Man (Threadhead) – By Noah Bonaparte – Alex McMurray and Jonathan Freilich together form a Rosetta Stone of modern New Orleans music. This is due not just to the depth of their quality collaborations — Royal Fingerbowl, Tin Men, 007, Valparaiso Men’s Chorus, Mirlitones and Jackals, to name a few… [Continue Reading]
Alex McMurray is a New Orleans based guitarist, singer and songwriter. His latest CD, the critically acclaimed How to Be a Cannonball, was released in April 2009 on Threadhead Records. Besides writing for and leading his own band, Alex McMurray is involved with several outside projects. The guitar/washboard/sousaphone trio of Alex, “Washboard” Chaz and Matt… [Continue Reading]
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