Issue Articles — Features
New Orleans Rock: On the Scene
Before reading any further, stop to picture in your mind what you think of when you hear the words “New Orleans music.” I’ll wait. Now, what did you see? If […]
Truly Alternative: And Now For Something Completely Different…
If I had a muffuletta for every band working out in New Orleans, I’d have my lunches covered until at least 1993. The following bands cover a musical spectrum from […]
New Music: The House Levelers
As local colleges fill up for the fall semester, the number of progressive rock aficionados in New Orleans also increases. Though often overlooked, a progressive community has flourished in New […]
The Classic Ellis Marsalis
Ellis Marsalis, easily one of the most important jazz educators today, gives us a lesson of a different kind on the A.F.O. release The Classic Ellis Marsalis. It is a […]
Pat Benatar and Roomful of Blues: Blues Surprise
You’d have thought that if anyone was a committed female rocker, it would be Pat Benatar. Sure, early Simon and Linda Ronstadt were considered strictly pop artists and they strayed […]
Great Moments of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues
ROY BROWN – GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT I heard the news/There’s good rockin’ tonight! It was a song of things to come. It opened with a Judgement Day blast of horns […]
Reggae Riddums Festival Food and Crafts
Exotic fare and crafts are the premier attractions of New Orleans festivals, and continuing the tradition of the Jazz Fest’s Congo Square, Reggae Riddums serves up some of the best. […]
Wanda Rouzan Sings Lady’s Blues
In a city known for its jazz, R&B and blues singers, music aficionados are often surprised to find a dearth of female artists. Quick, name the most well-known female artists […]
The Bluerunners: Snake Tied and Cajun Fried
It is a Saturday night at Carrollton Station, a tiny club with a floor that shakes on hot nights. The Bluerunners, a band from Lafayette, Louisiana, scorches the crowd with […]
Jazz Art
In case you haven’t noticed, we live in a time and country where everyone is supposed to be a specialist—cosmetologist, urologist, dietician, mortician—you name it. In the U.S. of A. […]
