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Finding Her Home: Dayna Kurtz has harvested the fruit of years cultivating her place in New Orleans music
Dayna Kurtz is sitting in a rocker on her porch, mostly in the dark, clipping something with a pair of scissors. “I’m cleaning garlic,” she says. “It’s been hung and […]
Up From The Swamp: Swamp pop hero Tommy McLain returns to the studio
Tommy McLain is having a moment—a bright moment in the classic swamp pop singer’s long life of golden ups and disastrous downs. North Carolina’s Yep Roc Records has just released […]
Jazz Master Donald Harrison Passes Down Afro-New Orleans Musical Culture
Big Chief Donald Harrison, who in 2022 was recognized as a Jazz Master by the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts, put the links connecting New Orleans musical styles into […]
Feeling the Darkness: Shawn Williams is country-based with a New Orleans flair
Let’s get the obvious question out of the way: Is Shawn Williams really the person in her songs, the one with the messy emotional life? Absolutely, she replies. But not […]
Exciting, Expansive and Accessible: Matt Booth, Oscar Rossignoli and Brad Webb are Extended
New Orleans is a welcoming city. It embraces musicians who arrive and takes pleasure in inviting them into the scene just as it does with so many visitors. The members […]
All you need is roux: A personal Jazz Fest retrospective
Jazz Fest popped my cherry in 1988, when I hit the mud running and instantly went native, gatoring in the Blues Tent (still on the infield then), joining in tribal […]
Chapel Hart: A Unique and Genuine Country Trio
There’s nothing like them in Nashville or New Orleans. Sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and their first cousin, Trea Swindle, are Chapel Hart, a trio of young African American women […]
My Music with Detroit Brooks
Detroit Brooks grew up in a musical family with a foundation in gospel music—he and his siblings all sang in church. In the secular music world, of which he is […]
Monogram Hunters honor Mardi Gras Indian tradition with love and devotion
When Tyrone “Pie” Stevenson was a little boy, he stood awestruck on the steps of his childhood home, gazing at the resplendent Mardi Gras Indians who danced and chanted […]
HaSizzle, “The King of Bounce,” shakes up the music scene in New Orleans
To all of us who live here, and especially to Hasan “HaSizzle” Matthews, the heart, soul, and spirit of New Orleans have long been considered the city’s greatest exports. Tourists […]
