Issue Articles — Features
The World Comes to Cajun Country
Imagine a mostly-free festival where you can hear master drummers from the African nation of Burundi, watch medieval Belgian stilt-dancers, listen to voodoo-influenced music from Haiti, dance to Caribbean zouk […]
Tipitina’s: The Legend Lives On
When you enter the door at Tipitina’s night club, you immediately view the first visible shrine to one of New Orleans’ musical patron saints, Henry Roeland Byrd, the one and […]
Spotlight: March Features More Than Its Share of Music and a Streetcar Named Desire
Spring in New Orleans heralds anticipation of several annual events: the Jazz Fest, Spring Fiesta and the Crescent City Classic. But a newly created music contest for up-and-coming local musicians […]
The Symphony Returns
In the 1970s, a festival organizer came to explore New Orleans as the site of a dance, drama, opera and classical music festival. The response he received, says Tulane University […]
Jazz Fest Update: River Tent Revealed
This year, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival marks its 20th anniversary as one of the world’s great musical events. The Fest is probably one of the outstanding bargains […]
Masks: The Soul of Mardi Gras
No American city is more hospitable to those reptilian souls who wish to shed their old skin and try a new one. New Orleans is an international capital of transformations…and […]
Snug Harbor: Jazz Haven
Five years ago New Orleans music was booming. Oil was flush, collaborations between musicians and various artists blossomed, and the town was pitched for a world’s fair whose promoters promised […]
Jazz Festing
In the spring of 1970, something great happened in New Orleans: musical history was made. Four stages, a gospel tent and a few food and crafts booths were set up […]
Zulu
If you had to pick one day out of the year to be in New Orleans, the obvious choice is Fat Tuesday, better known as Mardi Gras Day. That presumes, […]
A Mecca for Cajun Music
Like kids in high school, the dancers eye each other nervously as they line up to choose partners. Two lines form facing each other and the teacher patiently explains new […]
