Issue Articles — Features
Motel Radio: A Higher Frequency
“It’s where you want to be,” Winston Triolo says of his band’s song, “Palmilla.” “It’s exactly where you want to be when too much shit is going on.” His eyes […]
Soul Brass Band: Kicking in a New Way
Drummer Derrick Freeman leads the Soul Brass Band, which was formed just a year ago. Its name was obtained by pure circumstance with no intention of stepping on the toes […]
STS9: Rebirth
Two years ago STS9 were a band in transition. In the midst of recording their long-awaited follow up to 2009’s Ad Explorata, the group abruptly parted ways with founding bassist […]
Charlie Wooton: Hard Groove
Restlessly creative bassist Charlie Wooton keeps rows of candles burning. Along with former Neville Brothers drummer “Mean” Willie Green, Wooton lays the groove down for the New Orleans Suspects. He […]
Lil Poochie/Hezekiah Early: Two Legends
Robert Lee “Lil Poochie” Watson, 65, and Hezekiah Early, 82, have some years between them, though they’ve shared decades of playing the blues. The Natchez, Mississippi natives started hooking up […]
Cedric Burnside: Raw and Real
The late R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough—guitarists, vocalists and composers—remain legendary as master purveyors of “hill country” blues, a style specific to north Mississippi, particularly in the area around the […]
Festivals Acadiens: Cosmic Moments
“If you had told me in 1974 when we were doing that very first one that in 2016, we would have 65 groups playing and it still wouldn’t be enough […]
John Gros: With a Little Help From His Friends
In mid-August John Gros was preparing to drop his first solo album in 12 years, River’s on Fire, when he got the call. His father Don’s Baton Rouge house had […]
Kenny Neal: More to Life
Kenny Neal, one of Baton Rouge’s internationally known blues artists, grew up in the country. His bluesman father, the late Raful Neal, filled the family’s house in West Baton Rouge […]
Acadiana Floods: We’re Going To Need Help
A week after an unprecedented volume of rain fell in Louisiana in August, causing floodwaters to ravage homes and businesses from Baton Rouge to Acadiana, Cezanne “Wish” Nails stood outside the […]
