Issue Articles — Cover Story
The Depths of Clint Maedgen
“See that bump you just walked over? Someone’s buried under there.” With these few casually uttered words I am thrust into the bizarre world of Clint Maedgen, creator of the […]
We All Love Earl King: A Personal Remembrance
When a musician of Earl King’s stature dies, the funeral service is often a homecoming of New Orleans musical artists, a chance for people who haven’t seen each other in […]
Backtalk: Irma Thomas
No other city can lay claim to as many unsung musical geniuses as New Orleans. It’s caused by the same combination of provinciality and miscegenation that makes the city such […]
Papa Grows Funk: In The Garden of Musical Delights
There are thousands of bands in America right now struggling to get noticed. Many, if not most, harbor rock star dreams of playing to packed houses, having wild Behind the […]
Zulu’s Big Shot Lundi Gras Schedule
Armand Richard, a soft-spoken but intense man, is the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club’s Big Shot of 2003. Like many New Orleanians, Richard’s krewe—his Carnival club—is the subject of […]
2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: Art Neville
2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: Art Neville
The Radiators: Silver Like A Chalice
A crescent moon carved a scimitar scar across the cobalt midnight sky over the Bahamian islands. Orion’s Belt framed a canvas of diamond stars set in the velvet stillness above […]
Fredy Omar: The Latin King of Frenchmen Street
Since Leaving His Honduran Homeland A Decade Ago, Singer Fredy Omar Has Emerged As the Latin King of Frenchmen Street, the Xavier Cugat of Nueva Orleans According to the Central […]
Bourbon on the Rocks?
When the little green Martians return to their planet, when tourists from Telluride, Timbuktu and Tokyo traipse home, there are three American thoroughfares they all know: Broadway, Sunset Strip and […]
Dominating DJ Davis
Also check out this review of Davis Rogan’s album, The Once and Future DJ, that first caught Treme producer David Simon’s attention. DJ Davis Rogan is waiting, somewhat impatiently, in […]
