Issue Articles — Cover Story
Premature Burial: Glen David Andrews’ Journey Back From the Dead
Ten years from now Where will I be? Will I be shining like a star Bright as the eye can see? Or will I can be kicking the breeze Hanging […]
Why Does James Booker Matter?
With increasing frequency, the life, music, and mystique of pianist James Booker are asserting their presence again in our consciousness. Never far from the surface, Booker’s keyboard prowess and legendary […]
Royal Teeth: Ready for the World
Life is about to get interesting for Royal Teeth. The Lafayette-rooted band has built a national foothold in record time, landing TV-commercial and videogame placement barely two years after forming. […]
Leroy Jones: Blowing Up a Storm
More often than not, when he’s playing at home in New Orleans, Leroy Jones throws his horn over his shoulders, tosses his music books and CDs into his cruiser basket, […]
Brass-A-Holics Autonomous
The Brass-A-Holics have made a powerful impact on the New Orleans music scene in an extremely short period of time. Formed in 2010 by trombonist Winston Turner, one of the […]
“Bad Beth” Patterson:
Folk and Rock, Devil and Angel
It’s the night before the opening of Jazz Fest, and the tourists are wandering into Beth Patterson’s set at Margaritaville. No doubt they’ve noticed an attractive, silver-voiced woman playing a […]
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux:
Shaman of the Tribe
The clouds are gathering and darkening over the corner of 2nd and Dryades on Mardi Gras 2013. Rain has been forecast. The streets are crowded, and the once organized but […]
Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s Spiritual Vibrations
The funky blues guitarist they call the Wolfman only let opportunity pass him by once. One night in the early ’60s, Joe Tex, soul master and fixture of R&B scenes […]
The Roots of Music: Working on a Dream
On April 30, 1803, James Madison and Robert R. Livingston representing the United States and Francois Barbe-Marbois, a finance minister from France, convened upon the Spanish-built Cabildo. Their mission: to […]
Cheeky Blakk: Queen Be Hustlin’
Any local may be surprised to learn that New Orleans is a more openly sexualized city than its continental counterparts. While not nearly as over the top as the oft […]
