Results for Louis Armstrong

  • Jolie Holland: Pastoral Folk Musings and Old World Damage

    by Jim WelteSeptember 17, 2008Comments (1)

    Holland, a supremely gifted singer, has established herself as a singular, visionary talent over the past decade. The Texas-born chanteuse, something of a nomad in her late teens, moved to Vancouver in the late ’90s and co-founded the female folk ensemble Be Good Tanyas before leaving the group abruptly in 2000 to pursue a solo career. (read more)

  • Gutter Twins: Joe Henry vs. Tom Waits

    by Greg GastonOctober 24, 2007Comments (5)

    Ironically, the more individualized Henry’s music becomes, the more he reminds me of another auteur: the great Tom Waits. The parallel might not be obvious on surface consideration. (read more)