Issue Articles — Features
Mardi Gras Music Royalty
Some perennially popular New Orleans recording artists are back in the national spotlight once again. The Meters, The Radiators, The Neville Brothers and Dr. John are currently enjoying successful recording […]
Mardi Arts
Although people think of Mardi Gras as an especially colorful form of entertainment, it is also an art form—actually several art forms. First, there is the art of creating a […]
Mardi Gras Mysteries
One of the strangest things about growing up in New Orleans is not the widespread frenzy of hedonism, crazed dancing in the streets and masking on the Tuesday before Lent—no, […]
Brass Band Jazz, Part Three
(The final of a three part series on Modern Brass Band music. Read parts one and two.) By the late 80s three distinct schools of modem brass band music had […]
Inside Zydeco, Part Two
On the dark, winding, old Breaux Bridge highway, a neon sign outside the former King Creole club flashes: “Saturday at 9 p.m. Fernest and the Thunders.” Inside it’s 9:30 p.m., […]
Modern Jazz: Big Easy Beat
Although most people do not associate New Orleans with modern jazz, there is a modern jazz scene here. Thanks to the ascendency of Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., and, to […]
Return of The Cold
“Book ’em Dano…er, Jimmy.” And he has, Jimmy Anselmo of Jimmy’s club on Willow Street, that is. He’s booked ’em again, this time as a holiday treat for those avid, […]
Toward the Essential New Orleans Collection
In a place where music means so much—and where so much of it has been recorded—what visitor or resident hasn’t entertained the idea of building an essential New Orleans record […]
Brass Band Jazz, Part Two: A Modern Tradition
(The second of a three part series on Modern Brass Band music. Read parts one and three.) Jazz historian and clarinetist Dr. Michael White is the author of “The New […]
Inside Zydeco, Part One
“Honey, in a bar on in a church, it doesn’t make no difference—it’s all the same.” Zydeco. More than just South Louisiana black man’s music, it’s his sustenance. Consumed like […]
