Stompers Alison and Lefty’s New Orleans Bounce Showcase steals the show at SXSW
March 22nd, 2010
Big Freddia
Still, one of the best events at the (SXSW) festival was one of the most basic: a showcase of New Orleans bounce, the raunchy, local hip-hop style that developed in the 1990s but is only now escaping its hometown. The beat is fast, syncopated and relentless, and bounce fans know exactly what it’s for: shaking rumps at high speed. Katey Red, a tall transsexual in a black sequined dress and high heels, rattled off rhymes about sex and prostitution. No subtlety was necessary.
Pareles also reviewed the Bounce Showcase on his bog. SXSW: Do the Monkey on a Stick – NY Times Blog
“Let Me See that Sissy Bounce.” Big Freddia interview in the Austin Chronicle.
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