Issue Articles — Features
Ten Years Gone: Lafayette’s Brass Bed courts national attention
The Secret Will Keep You, the third album from Lafayette psychedelic-pop band Brass Bed, inspired national acclaim in 2013. NPR, The New Yorker, Spin, Paste, VICE, Mother Jones and more […]
March 1, 1949: Louis Armstrong’s Reign As King Zulu
In June of 1926, when Louis Armstrong was 24-years-old, the trumpeter and his Hot Five entered the Okeh recording studio and cut “The King of the Zulus,” a tribute to […]
Looking In the Score: Angela Hewitt finds what the composer has left us
World-renowned classical pianist Angela Hewitt was born in Canada. She began her piano studies at age 3 and went on to study at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music. She has […]
Feel Right: Mystikal’s fresh chapter at Buku
In June of 1995, Mystikal, whose self-titled debut for New Orleans’ Big Boy Records label was creeping its way up Billboard’s hip-hop and R&B albums chart (its re-release as Mind […]
Givers: Straight from the heart
Modern and NewGivers: Straight from the heart During their relatively short life as a band, Lafayette’s Givers have played all sorts of festivals, from Bonnaroo (where they’ll appear this […]
Keeping the Blues Legacy Going: Jonathon “Boogie” Long at the T-Bois Blues Festival
Over the last few years, Jonathon “Boogie” Long has shredded with enthusiastic fervor from the Acura Stage and the Blues Tent at Jazz Fest as well as the Bogalusa Blues […]
Buzz Band: Dash Rip Rock’s Bill Davis talks about South By Southwest
As everyone who’s followed the Austin, Texas industry festival can attest, South by Southwest has changed a lot over the years. But some of its attractions remain in place: the […]
Michael Cerveris: From Tommy to Piety
Michael Cerveris’ grand struggle between theater and music. Last year, when Michael Cerveris won for Best Actor in a Musical at the Tony Awards, he got up in front […]
Carnival Tales
Musicians tell their favorite Mardi Gras stories With Carnival season approaching, we’ve once again asked some musicians to tell us their favorite Mardi Gras stories. The stories we got […]
Ronald Lewis: Mysteries and Magic
Ronald Lewis’ lifetime journey in New Orleans’ African-American cultural traditions. Through the decades, Ronald Lewis has played numerous roles in the New Orleans—and particularly his Lower Ninth Ward—community. He’s […]
