We are Family
Alex Rawls contemplates New Orleans’ relationship with the Neville Brothers. Plus, the story behind Richard Thomas’ Neville Brothers’ painting.
Jazz Fest From A to Z
When you want to make a complicated thing simple, you break it down to the ABCs. When you want to get a handle on an event as sprawling as Jazz Fest, the same logic applies. Here’s the rundown—the headliners, the gospel acts, the contingent from Acadiana, the brass bands, the trad jazzers and more. Some are the acts you’ve known for all these years; some are new to Jazz Fest, but the odds are good that everybody but Stevie Wonder and Billy Joel are new to someone.
Ponderosa Stomp Focus
Preview of the seventh annual Ponderosa Stomp Festival happening April 29th and 30th at the House of Blues and the Parish in New Orleans.
The Song Remains the Same…
Or Does It?
Rob Walker presents his liner notes to an imaginary compilation of versions of the New Orleans classic, “St. James Infirmary.”
Time and Place
Geoffrey Himes looks at saxophonist Rob Wagner and the role Frenchmen Street played in shaping his art.
Off the Record
Since Katrina, New Orleans’ brass bands have made few new CDs. Why?
The House of Rock
Gianluca Tramontana takes us inside J&M Studios, arguably the birthplace of rock ’n’ roll.
Let’s Stay Together
Alex Rawls asks the members of New Orleans’ contemporary jazz giants how a group stays together for 30 years.
BackTalk with Terrance Simien
Alex Rawls talks to the first winner of a Grammy for Best Cajun or Zydeco Album. The Grammy, he says, “for the rest of your life, you can list it in your press. That was the main reason behind it. The only chance of making a living playing this music is going out on the road and playing out of the state.”
Pop Life
A new weekly on-line column by Alex Rawls focusing on general thoughts on the Louisiana Music Scene.
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