Burke Ingraffia | a southern singer/songwriter who writes jazz, funk, and Americana music. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Burke lives in Fairhope, Alabama. He combines the sounds of New Orleans with the folk simplicity of the deep south. and adds poetic spiritual messages with his well thought out lyrics. People of all ages and all backgrounds can find something they like about his songs.

Burke's voice is clean and smooth. His delivery and tone has been compared to those of Michael Franks, Paul Simon, Tracy Chapman, Nick Drake, James Taylor, Cassandra Wilson, and Jimmy Scott.

Independence, Louisiana

Independence, Louisiana CD Cover
Independence, Louisiana is a multi-genre record covering the styles of New Orleans jazz, new folk, pop, funk, Latin jazz, and blues. Finished only months before Hurricane Katrina changed the musical landscape of New Orleans in 2005, this record is a unique snapshot in time that will never be reproduced. The 13-song CD features 20 New Orleans musicians from the local scene, many of whom scattered in the diaspora that followed the storm.

© 2005 | Divine Mercy Music (ASCAP)

Produced, Engineered, Edited, and All String Arrangements by Cale Pellick

Track List

  1. I Like The Feeling
  2. Traveling at Night
  3. Independence, Louisiana
  4. Give it Away
  5. What Can I Do For You?
  6. Woodpecker's Song
  7. King of Elephants
  8. Stalking
  9. Crazy Streets
  10. Pirate's Play
  11. Lucy's Light
  12. Divine Mercy
  13. Nobody's Listening
Musicians on this CD

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From the Liner Notes
In the summer of 200 I ran into Cale Pellick at Whole Foods on Esplanade Avenue. It had been eight years since we both began as jazz studies students at U.N.O. Unlike Cale I never finished that degree, being much too undisciplined and finding that no one cared that I wrote charming little folk songs. Cale and I began to arrange five of mynew songs to record. He called in Mark Anderson and Ted Ludwig, and we were also luck to have a friend from our U.N.O. days, Paul Turnipseed. I knew the songs stood on their own, but what these guys added amounts to the best representation of my vision as a songwriter. It is with great pride and pleasure that I present these works to you.

© 2001 | Divine Mercy Music (ASCAP)

Produced by Cale Pellick

Track List

  1. Undercover
  2. She's Just a Girl
  3. Everything is Wet
  4. The Frame Maker
  5. Lazy Bones

Musicians on this CD

Executive Producers

  • Stephen B. Murray, Jr.
  • Ed Ingraffia

Recorded and Mixed
Word of Mouth Recording Studio
Tim Stambaugh, Engineer
New Orleans, LA
June 21, 22 and July 1, 2001

Mastered by

  • Parker Dinkins

Throwing Shadows at the Sun

Throwing Shadows at the Sun CD Cover

© 1998 | Divine Mercy Music (ASCAP)

Produced by Jeff Lowes and Burke Ingraffia

Track List

  1. Ursa Minor
  2. What Lies Ahead
  3. Four-Leaf Clover
  4. Soft Shoe
  5. Is the Wind Wanting?
  6. Softest Sound
  7. Tumble Dry
  8. Mirror People
  9. Not Yet
  10. Pirate's Play
Musicians on this CD

Burke Ingraffia

Burke Ingraffia's Self-Titled CD Cover

© 1995 | Divine Mercy Music (ASCAP)

Produced by Paul Spencer and Mike Ofca

Track List

  1. Friday Evening Traffic
  2. First Feet
  3. Road to Gubbio
  4. Double Life
  5. Ace of Hearts
  6. The Milk Song
  7. Easy Like Me
  8. Patience Keeps You Waiting
  9. Weed in the Garden
  10. I'll Be a Little Late
Musicians on this CD

Saturday, January 07, 2006
By Keith Spera
Music Editor- New Orleans Times Picayune

Selecting the best local releases from south Louisiana's bounty of music from the past year is no easy task, even in a year interrupted by Hurricane Katrina.

But it sure is fun to try.

What follows are my 10 favorite local CDs of 2005, in alphabetical order. For each artist, the CD represents a leap forward and/or a clearly articulated, professionally rendered vision, one that holds up to multiple listens.

To narrow the field, only acts based in and around New Orleans were considered. Harry Connick Jr. and Wynton Marsalis released excellent albums last year but didn't qualify for this accounting by virtue of their New York residencies.

If you are rebuilding a Katrina-soaked local music collection, these discs would be a good place to start.
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1 of 20 More Honorably Mentioned
Burke Ingraffia
Independence,Louisiana
Caleo Records