Issue Articles — Cover Story
Sonny Landreth: Inside the Slide
Bassist Dave Ranson was one of the first to be blown away by Sonny Landreth’s six-string prowess. He was 12 or 13, and he went to a party where the […]
John Boutte and ¡Cubanismo!
On Mardi Gras Mambo, Latin dance band ¡Cubanismo! joins John Boutte and top-shelf Crescent City musicians to create a totally authentic, Havana-New Orleans, second line revue. In John Boutté’s French […]
Quintron
The musician known as Quintron is a New Orleans enigma. A quick check on the Internet reveals over 245 sites mentioning the artistry of Quintron. In New York, he performs […]
James Andrews
It’s a typically hot and humid Friday afternoon in New Orleans. Trumpeter and vocalist James Andrews is sitting in a coffee shop on Royal Street sipping peach tea. When I […]
Kermit Ruffins
“Hey, Ronald, turn that up. I like to hear those big band arrangements,” shouts Kermit Ruffins, referring to his juke box selections at Joe’s Cozy Corner. The barkeep gladly obliges, […]
Lil’ Band O’ Gold
Warren Storm laughs a deep laugh. The 63-year-old musician sits on an apartment couch, looking at photos and remembering his first tour. He’s worked professionally for more than five decades, […]
John Mooney
About one hundred years ago, out of an unforeseen fusion of cultures, came a new sound that broke all the rules. It was a method, of sorts, for exploring those […]
Jazz Fest 2000: 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 […]
Henry Butler and Corey Harris
The key word here is “inscrutable.” When folk-blues scholars three or four generations down the line queue up the music on Corey Harris and Henry Butler’s new CD, vu-du-menz, that’ll […]
Galactic: A Lust for the Groove
Galactic, n. 1. an elite sect of interstellar nomads, originating from the Crescent nebula, who seek out and plunder worlds in an insatiable lust for groove. –adj. 2. pertaining to […]
