By Larry Blumenfeld, in the Village Voice, here.
[ "New Orleans inspires even inveterate Twitterers and Facebook correspondents to release their thumbs and touch real life. Except the guy at the bar of a club called DBA one recent Monday, who just leaned harder into his BlackBerry, typing feverishly as Glen David Andrews—trombone in one hand, mic in the other—upped the tempo of "It's All Over Now." Some people just don't get it.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which celebrated its 40th year through two long weekends from April 24 to May 3, is the grandest showcase, the tourism calling card, for a culture that defies the virtual. At the festival's Gospel Tent five days later, Andrews stirred fervor with hymns from his new CD, Walking Through Heaven's Gate. Monday, secular. Friday, sacred. Same effect. These are the two sides of New Orleans' musical coin, and nowhere is that truer than Andrews's old neighborhood, Tremé: He recorded his album at Zion Hill Baptist Church there, where he was baptized 30 years ago." ]
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The Glen David Andrews CD is mind-blowingly great. We've had it for almost two months and its still in the play rotation, especially on Sunday. John Hayes at Robert Frost's banjo told me that he's heard so many bad versions of "I'll Fly Away" that he assumed it had been strip-minded of all musicality until GDA's version proved him wrong. Order your copy from the Louisiana Music Factory now!
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