Boogie Woogie Flu

by Scott Schinder On April 28 and 29, the House of Blues in New Orleans will host the eighth edition of the Ponderosa Stomp, the annual mara...

Today is the second annual Record Store Day. This is a day for music lovers. Sure, the economy is shot. The record business is too, but tha...

"Going Down Slow" mp3 by St. Louis Jimmy, 1941. available on That's Chicago's South Side "Going Down Slow" mp3...

Blood, Frogs, Gnats, Flies, Pestilence, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, and Death. Happy Passover! Download: "Matzoh Balls" mp3 b...

Guitarist Duane Jarvis died this week after a long battle with cancer. I met him around 2002, when he was touring with my friend Amy Rigby, ...

by Scott Schinder In its 23-year existence, the Austin, Texas-based South by Southwest music festival/industry gathering has always mirrored...

by Mike DeCapite April is here. When I got home from work on Friday my room was shadowy and the sky was bright above the alley. I set an a...

I don't usually review new releases here (or even write reviews, for that matter) but today when I opened the mail and found this brand ...

My apologies for the silence of The Flu. I've been in a state of suspended digiflux - stuck between the digital world and my analog way...

My server is down - both here and at my website - and apparently has been for a couple of days. The mp3 links are currently not working. Thi...

by Pete Wingfield I wrote and recorded "Scratchy 45s" in 1976, as a tribute to the New Orleans R&B that I loved then, and stil...