Hindustan Times
In one of the early episodes from the first season of Treme, the American TV drama series themed on post-Katrina New Orleans, Elvis Costello drops in at a club to watch one of the flood-ravaged but still music-drenched city’s leading lights, jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, play. Ruffins, of course, has no idea about who or how big the English singer-songwriter Costello is. When, during a break, someone tells him he should go and say hello to his famous fan, Ruffins, whose gigs usually end with a free-for-all cook-out that he does himself for his audience, is reluctant. “So, do you want to spend all your life playing small clubs and doing your barbecues in New Orleans?” asks the rather surprised man. “That’d be alright,” says Ruffins with a smile. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Monday, April 9, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Allen Toussaint, American TV drama series, argus48, Art Neville, Costello, Download Central, Elvis Costello, French Quarter, Galactic, Hurricane Katrina, John Boutté, Kermit Ruffins, Mac Rebbenback, Mardi Gras paraders, Music, New Orleans, Nola’s jazz, Preservation Hall, Sanjoy Narayan, The Meters, Tom McDermott, Treme, Twitter
Rarely have I known someone to be as passionate about music as was my friend Amitava. Incorrigible Deadhead and passionate lover of guitar jams, he’d drop by in office occasionally to check what I was listening to and pass me his pen drive for a top-up. I enjoyed feeding him new music; mainly because he would not only listen to the stuff I proffered but promptly provide feedback on the music as well as regularly on this column. Amitava ‘Goldie’ Guha passed away recently and I shall miss him sorely.
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged A Ghost is Born, alternative indie-ish, Amitava, Amitava ‘Goldie’ Guha, argus48, Being There, Blues, Buddy Guy, cocky rock, dBpm, Deadhead, Delhi, Grammys, Guy, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Kermit Ruffins, New Orleans, psychedelic folk rock, rock, San Francisco, Sanjoy Narayan, Siri Fort Audi, The Album, The Grateful Dead, The Mother Hips, The Whole Love, Twitter, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The first time I went to New Orleans, it was a short, unsatisfying visit. This was long before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and a few months before 9/11 had even happened. But, it was bang in the middle of Mardi Gras, when the city gets caught up in a frenzy of activity and a throng of tourists. I was there to attend a conference for three days and the little free time that I got in the evenings to explore the city wasn’t enough. Yet, in the madness of Mardi Gras I got a taste of a city that I instantly decided that I had to come back to. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged argus48, Bryan Lee, Cajun, Download Central, Fats Domino, Galactic, Iko Iko, Kermit Ruffins, Mardi Gras, Martin and Wood, Medeski, Nugs Net, Page McConnell, Phish, Porter Batiste Stoltz, Sanjoy Narayan, Steve Riley, The Grateful Dead, The Mamou Playboys, The Radiators, The String Cheese Incident, Tipitina, Twitter, Walking to New Orleans, zydeco
