{"id":1062,"date":"2023-04-12T13:04:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.daynakurtz.com\/?page_id=1062"},"modified":"2023-04-25T20:53:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:53:50","slug":"lulu-the-broadsides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daynakurtz.com\/?page_id=1062","title":{"rendered":"Lulu & the Broadsides"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

\"\"Lulu and the Broadsides <\/strong>are releasing their first studio record April 14.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been asked to play both New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and <\/strong>the French Quarter Festival<\/strong>, Crescent City Blues Festival,<\/strong> and Lincoln Center\u2019s Midsummer Night Swing<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n

New Orleans music is for dancing. From King Oliver\u2019s hot jazz to Big Freedia\u2019s frantic bounce, whether the sounds are made for quick-stepping in a parade or swaying slow in your sweetheart\u2019s arms, the common thread running through nearly all of it is that it\u2019s made to move to: wiggle, shimmy, shake your hip and let your backbone slip.<\/p>\r\n

For more than two decades, over the course of a career that took her around the world and back again, singer-songwriter Dayna Kurtz circled back to New Orleans constantly, building a musical community and a fan base until finally, in 2013 she was able to put down roots in the city and make it her home base. And what blossomed from those roots is one of New Orleans \u2013 and maybe the world\u2019s \u2013 best-kept secrets. (\u201cThere\u2019s no logical reason why singer-songwriter Dayna Kurtz is not a full-blown star,\u201d wrote the Boston Globe.) \u00a0For decades, to those in the know, she\u2019s been admired as a writer\u2019s writer and a singer\u2019s singer, and with the Broadsides she\u2019s backed by what can only be called a supergroup of New Orleans aces \u2013 James Singleton on bass, (James Booker, Clarence \u201cGatemouth\u201d Brown, Astral Project) Carlo Nuccio on drums, (Dr. John, Tori Amos) Glenn Hartman (New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars) on keys and Robert Mach\u00e9 (Continental Drifters, Steve Wynn) on guitar.<\/p>\r\n

Dayna\u2019s already carved out a name for herself with a side interest of collecting a repertoire of obscure soul and R&B gems, as well as originals that could have been unearthed from the same record hound\u2019s favorite crypt, all caressed with the rich, rough and smoky vocals a reviewer once described as positively addictive.\u00a0Her eclectic choices and compositions, mining rock and roll, blues and R&B\u2013 have more often than not shone the light on her talent for the low, slow burn, with trademark deep-pitched and honeyed vocals that smolder. Lulu and the Broadsides is where she decides to sizzle, slinging made-for-dancing sets of vintage rhythm and blues with the emphasis on rhythm. Formed in part to respond to demand from New Orleans\u2019 hip, thriving underground dance scene, the band has already been invited to slots at both the French Quarter Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, plus club residencies that dependably pack the dance floor.<\/p>\r\n

With a wide-mouthed, window-rattling sound that stacks up solidly alongside the great blues shouters \u2013 Big Maybelle, Big Mama Thornton \u2013 Lulu and the Broadsides double-dog dare you not to get out there and move what the good Lord gave you. There\u2019s the whomping \u201cPretty Good Love,\u201d their scorching, primal take on Iggy Pop\u2019s \u201cI Need Somebody,\u201c \u00a0the noirish strut of \u201cYou\u2019re Trouble\u201d and Dayna\u2019s tender, aching sounds-like-a-classic soul-ballad \u201cHow Do I Stop.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

This is heart-thumping, pulse-pounding blues for both body and spirit, for joy and desire – scorching ballads for slow grinds side-by-side with red-hot movers to jump and jive to, with a nasty beat and a wild guitar. You\u2019ll sweat through your dress, kick off your heels and get back on the dance floor barefoot.<\/p>\r\n

-Alison Fensterstock<\/p>\r\n

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