Carlo Ditta is one of the most crucial spokes in the New Orleans wheel whom you never heard of. Maybe that’s because he’s been too busy being a singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer-label operator working… Stardom may have eluded him, but as a newly released recording demonstrates, Professor Longhair set a standard for Crescent City piano that no one will ever top. The superb blues… Does one really review a Professor Longhair live album? I’m not meaning to sound rhetorically cute or anything but the prospect of giving a ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ to the recording now jouncing… Though he had been an active presence around the Louisiana music scene for decades and was a well-known character around New Orleans, the great piano legend Professor Longhair, known to most… An unreleased live album from one of New Orleans’ greatest musicians, Professor Longhair, is to be released. ‘Live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival – February 1, 1976’ is… Recorded in Chicago in 1976 Orleans Records will release Professor Longhair’s Live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival-February 1, 1976, a previously unreleased live album, on April 12. The show,… A previously unreleased Professor Longhair recording will finally see the light of day this year. The forthcoming album–Live at the University of Chicago Folk Festival – February 1, 1976–is slated… When it comes to New Orleans music, Carlo Ditta might not be a household name. But the 59-year-old producer, songwriter, and guitarist has been a vital figure on the Crescent… “It’s a revelation, a strangely wonderful set that, at its best, melds John Prine’s wit to Tom Waits’ mouth and rocks the swamp while doing so.” —Robert Fontenot (December) Source Carlo Ditta What I’m Talking About Orleans Records Carlo Ditta is a hipster poet from New Orleans. He’s also a record producer and owner of Orleans Records. He’s also an…Rant ‘N’ Roll: Tasha Taylor, Carlo Ditta & Town Mountain | The Aquarian Weekly
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