Our big 2012 Jazz Fest Bible Issue, with cover art featuring Preservation Hall by artist Molly Magwire. The most complete guide to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival available, and a true collector's item.
 

Featuring:

• Pullout pocket guide to the 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest at the Fairgrounds with map and daily schedules
• Jazz Fest A-Z: descriptions of every single artist performing at Jazz Fest
• Fest Focuses: highlights of some of this year's top performers
• Listings of all the best night shows during Jazz Fest
• Featured foods to feast on at the Fest
• The origins of the Honey Island Swamp Band in post-Katrina Bay Area exile
• Esperanza Spalding's attempt to get jazz on the radio
• Jeffery Broussard brings Creole to the people
• Jesse McBride is preserving the music of the AFO greats
• Ned Sublette on Terence Blanchard's performance at the Barranquijazz Festival
• John Swenson on the transmission from the previous generation of Mardi Gras Indians to the new generation
• Behind the scenes of The Stooges Brass Band's Red Bull Studios recording sessions with Mannie Fresh
• Tom Petty on growing up with Southern rock
• Backtalk interview with Seun Kuti
• Where to find the graves of famous New Orleans musicians
• The Electrifying Crown Seekers, the last of the great New Orleans gospel quartets
• The Gravy with Washboard Chaz making dry-rubbed smoked ribs
• "60-Year-Old rapper with a bad knee" Terry Brown at Felix's Oyster Bar
• Review of Liuzza's by the Track