Review: Ziggy And The Coalminers Strike Gold

Review: Ziggy And The Coalminers Strike Gold

 David West digs in to some Southern soul cooking with Zigabloo Modeliste July 21, 2011, 14:15 GMTThe spirit of Louisiana came to Croydon last Wednesday (13 July), as New Orleans’ legend Zigaboo Modeliste brought his funk to Fairfield Halls. Joining the...
Zigaboo Modeliste – New Life

Zigaboo Modeliste – New Life

by Nick DeRiso New Life arrived amidst much anticipation of something in keeping with drummer Zigaboo Modeliste’s mythically groovetastic tenure with the Meters. And, bless him, I got it. But that wasn’t all. Take the title track. “New Life” doesn’t mimic the expected...
Agency Spy

Agency Spy

Best Party of the Week: The beach in Cannes was packed Wednesday night with parties all along the Croisette. The place to be – hands down – was the Re:Generation party hosted by Microsoft and Innocean Worldwide. Celebrating the acclaimed documentary produced last year...
New Life – Music Review

New Life – Music Review

by John Swenson Drummers have the most difficult time going from being sidemen to leaders. Whether you were the propulsive force of your previous band or the featured soloist, the transition to front man from behind the kit is almost always problematic. Zigaboo...
Re Generation Music Project

Re Generation Music Project

Zigaboo Modeliste and Mark Ronson Regeneration Music Project Red Carpet Premiere Los Angeles, CA Zigaboo on David Letterman Zigaboo Modeliste “A LA Modeliste” with Mark Ronson, Erykah Badu, and the Dap Kings Zigaboo with Erykah Badu and Mark Ronson...