Louis Armstrong Archives • Ink 19

An interview with Fiona Ross
- Interviews
- October 29, 2019
Stacey Zering sits down with UK jazz performer Fiona Ross.
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
- Music Reviews
- May 10, 2019
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Smithsonian/Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Kermit Ruffins & Irvin Mayfield
- Music Reviews
- December 5, 2017
A Beautiful World (Basin Street). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Roots of Popular Music: The Ralph J. Peer Story
- Music Reviews
- October 16, 2017
The Roots of Popular Music: The Ralph J. Peer Story (Sony Music). Review by James Mann.
Blair Crimmins & the Hookers
- Music Reviews
- February 20, 2017
You Gotta Sell Something! (New Rag Records). Review by James Mann.
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers
- Music Reviews
- February 18, 2016
#imsoneworleans (Basin Street Records). Review by James Mann.
Hawaii!
- Features
- January 15, 2016
Sick and tired of winter? A nice shot of Hawaiian music will warm you right up, says James Mann. Aloha!

Wine Me Up Jazz Jam
- Event Reviews
- October 1, 2013
Lest Melbourne lag behind the trendsetters, Open Mike’s hosts a variety of swell weekly open-mic events. Rose Petralia sat in on a Jazz Jam, but she had beer, not wine.
Wine Me Up Jazz Jam
- Event Reviews
- October 1, 2013
Lest Melbourne lag behind the trendsetters, Open Mike’s hosts a variety of swell weekly open-mic events. Rose Petralia sat it on a Jazz Jam, but she had beer, not wine.
Jitterbug Vipers
- Music Reviews
- September 25, 2013
Phoebe’s Dream ( Flying High Records). Review by James Mann.
Alberta Hunter
- Music Reviews
- October 18, 2011
Downhearted Blues: Live at the Cookery (Rockbeat ). Review by James Mann.
The Secret Life of Glenn Gould
- Print Reviews
- July 9, 2010
It wasn’t all Bach and hypochondria in the life of mercurial pianist Glenn Gould. Shelton Hull finds this new biography awash in details of the great musician’s love life and other psychological insights.
Tom Casino
- Interviews
- July 1, 2010
After spending decades as a session musician, Bay Area blues artist Tom Casino carves his own identity in the aging genre by adding drunken wit and Ramones pop-punk to the mix.
Zach Lupetin & the Dustbowl Revival
- Music Reviews
- June 29, 2010
You Can’t Go Back to the Garden of Eden. Review by Tim Wardyn.

Gary Giddins
- Interviews
- October 29, 2009
After thirty years, music critic Gary Giddins is still listening, still watching, and still… writing a multi-volume biography of your grandma’s favorite crooner, Bing Crosby? Ink 19 sat down with Giddins to talk about the shape of jazz to come.
Ministry and Co-Conspirators
- Music Reviews
- September 12, 2008
Cover Up (Megaforce/13th Planet). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Blues Anatomy with Jef Lee Johnson
- Music Reviews
- April 2, 2008
Rediscovering Lonnie Johnson (Range). Review by Jen Cray.
A Fly On The Wall To The Sticky Oatmeal Of Consumer Misery
- Outsight
- October 28, 2004
Some DVD notes, a book about The White Stripes and if you think there aren’t CD reviews here, you’ve got another thing coming.
Arturo Sandoval
- Music Reviews
- September 17, 2003
Trumpet Evolution (Crescent Moon / Columbia). Review by Stein Haukland.
Tony Bennett’s Wonderful World Live in San Francisco
- Screen Reviews
- February 24, 2003
Tony Bennett — crooner, icon and last man standing. Ben Varkentine (and this DVD) explain why this true American idol is still relevant.

Derek Menchan: A Special Interview
- Interviews
- December 6, 2019
The multi-instrumentalist opens up on influences that shaped his The Griot Swings the Classics.
Blackwater Holylight
- Music Reviews
- December 5, 2019
Veils of Winter (Riding Easy Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Lion’s Law
- Music Reviews
- December 4, 2019
Cut the Rope (Pirate’s Press Records). Review by Scott Adams.
The Bakersfield Sound
- Music Reviews
- December 4, 2019
The Bakersfield Sound (Bear Family Productions). Review by James Mann.
Fea
- Music Reviews
- December 3, 2019
No Novelties (Blackheart Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
AFI Fest 2019
- Event Reviews
- December 2, 2019
For the fifth straight year, Lily and Generoso assess a selection of new features from the eclectic program at AFI FEST, Los Angeles’ most prominent film festival.
Paul Vernet
- Music Reviews
- November 29, 2019
Personal Mythology. Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Charlie Rauh
- Music Reviews
- November 29, 2019
Hiraeth (Destiny Records ). Review by Stacey Zering.
Timeless Concert Images
- Print Reviews
- November 28, 2019
Legendary Rock Photographer Bill O’Leary snapped darn near every band of note in the past forty years. Float down memory lane from Zappa to Alice Cooper.
Graham Reynolds
- Music Reviews
- November 27, 2019
Marfa (Golden Hornet Records). Review by James Mann.