Issue Articles — Features
Bryan Lee: Behind Those Shaded Eyes
Bryan gets up from the bar, after his thirty minute break, and walks the familiar walk. His path to the stage has been trodden a thousand times but the journey […]
Piano Bar Profile: Miss Lily
When people think of Bourbon Street, images come to mind of a cacophonous carnival of sights and sounds, bright lights and loud music, a frenzied, often garish atmosphere. This boozy […]
Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Nick LaRocca’s Jazz Pioneers
Only four years before I learned to play the trumpet…the first great jazz orchestra was formed in New Orleans by a cornet player named Dominic James LaRocca. They called him […]
New Music-Progressive in Perspective: An OffBeat Primer
On a recent Saturday night, the variety of music available in New Orleans was enough to generate an Excedrin headache in even the most earnest of aficionados. The French Quarter, […]
Zydefest
Looking for a hot time over the Labor Day weekend? With South Louisiana’s sultry summer weather and a zydeco festival, you’ve got it! The seventh annual Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival […]
Obscure Wonders
Most visitors to New Orleans are quickly made aware of the standard sights and tourist fare. Beyond Bourbon Street there is the French Quarter, the Garden District, the streetcar, the […]
Keeping One’s Cool
“Summertime and livin’ is easy…” Who said that? Well, it is kind of easy you know, because in this kind of tropical climate you simply must take it easy. Push […]
The Roots of Jazz, Part Two
While many people think of jazz strictly in terms of brilliant soloists, the heart of jazz remains essentially an ensemble music of collective improvisation that swings and employs “blue notes.” […]
Quintessential Louisiana Cool
In certain places and times there have been those among us who have been so proficient in expressing their unique inner fires that even while pushing everything to the edge […]
Reggae: Rastaman Vibrations in the Park
The types of music whose genealogical trees are rooted in New Orleans are about as many as the number of bands you can see on any Saturday night. Blues, jazz, […]
