Issue Articles — Features
Just Judy: Judy Hill, I Wanna Tell You About Ooh Poo Pah Doo
Taking its name from Jessie Hill’s 1960 hit, the Ooh Poo Pah Doo is a new bar with an old soul. Opened in 2013 by the late R&B icon’s daughter, […]
Old Soul: Jonté Mayon’s pillars of sound
Of all the things to slice through New Orleans summer heat, the sweet sound of Jonté Mayon in vocal flight spilling out onto Decatur Street from B.B. King’s Blues Club […]
Find That Girl: Robin Power Royal and Prince
The singer, rapper, actress, New Orleans resident and model known as Robin Power Royal was known by another name until she met Prince—she became one of the Purple One’s many […]
His Purple Majesty: A Local Tribute to Prince
Here in the world’s music capital, many of us, whether we knew it or not, lived just one or two degrees separated from The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. I […]
Roots and Beyond: Stephen Marley Returns to New Orleans
Laughter sprinkles through the very amiable Stephen Marley’s conversation. Though when he speaks about the value of reggae music’s one love, socially conscious and political messages, he becomes quite serious. […]
Prime Royalty: Lena Prima follows in her dad’s footsteps
Lena Prima, the singing daughter of New Orleans and Las Vegas music star Louis Prima, is so obviously his musical child. You hear it in her warm and playful alto […]
Jazz Fest Redux 2016 (Continued)
➼ Original Jazz Fest Redux 2016 by Rory Callais (RC); Sam D’Arcangelo (SD); Laura DeFazio (LD); Frank Etheridge (FE); Brett Milano (BM); Jennifer Odell (JO); Clea Simon (CS); John […]
A Southern Trinity: Rising Appalachia is captivating audiences
Leah Song and Chloe Smith, the effortlessly harmonizing sisters in the folk-jazz-world music group Rising Appalachia, learned how to hold an audience’s attention on the streets of New Orleans. After […]
Jazz Fest Redux 2016
By Rory Callais (RC); Sam D’Arcangelo (SD); Laura DeFazio (LD); Frank Etheridge (FE); Brett Milano (BM); Jennifer Odell (JO); Clea Simon (CS); John Swenson (JS); John Wirt (JW); Geraldine Wyckoff […]
Marriage and a Food Truck
The partners behind Black Swan Food Experience are getting hitched. When Shana Turner met Shawneki “Nikki” Wright eight years ago in a karaoke bar, she had an actual written […]
