Issue Articles — Features
Deepest Blues
Journalist-turned-producer Robert Palmer tells the tale of how he found himself recording North Mississippi blues artists — persevering through lightning strikes and the idiosyncrasies of the region. Robert Palmer […]
Testifyin’: New Orleans Bluesmen
Meet Augie Jr., Coco Robicheaux, Mem Shannon and Brint Anderson, working New Orleans bluesmen. At the end of James Brown’s classic R&B hit “Night Train,” he calls out the […]
Livin’ Large: The Hard Life, Fast Times, and Golden Smile of J. Monque’D
It is a beautiful day in J. Monque’D’s neighborhood. You can’t quite see the Mississippi River from the door of his rented shotgun apartment, but you can feel the cool […]
The Smiley Lewis Story
They Heard Him Knockin’ But They Wouldn’t Let Him In Who was the all time greatest New Orleans blues singer? Take a straw poll of R&B aficionados and local […]
Blues Festin’
A look back at the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival, the King Biscuit Blues Festival, and the Handy Awards. A journey up Route 55 to fabled Highway 61 leads into […]
Elvin Jones is Coming!
When legendary drummer Elvin Jones brings his jazz Machine to New Orleans this month, half of the sextet won’t have far to travel. That’s because three of the six musicians […]
An OffBeat Interview with Johnny Adams
Born Laten John Adams on January 5, 1932 and raised in the Hollygrove section of uptown New Orleans, Johnny Adams started singing with neighborhood gospel quartets in the late 19405. […]
