Issue Articles — Features
From Congo Square to Bamako
When Jeff Klein went to Africa for the first time in January this year, after playing African drums all over the United States for more than 20 years (Klein’s originally […]
Lawdy Miss Clawdy: Lloyd Price in New Orleans
Lloyd Price, the Kenner-born R&B star who recorded numerous pop and R&B hit singles including “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Stagger Lee” and “(You’ve Got) Personality,” has written an unusual autobiography titled […]
Cyril Neville’ s Christmas poem
The Night Before Funkmas It was the night before Funkmasand all through the city.The whole town was gettin’ ready To get down to the real nitty gritty.The posters and fliers […]
Home To Play
Three New Orleans bands strengthen their ties to the local music community by building new studios. New Orleans often raises a musician from his or her infancy, watching as music […]
Blues Bard of the Bywater: It’s nice to have Andy J. Forest around
Andy J. Forest enjoys his drive to work so much he wrote a song about it. “Bartender Friend,” the opening track on Forest’s great new album, Word Shadows & Ghost […]
Spreading Awareness: Tab Benoit’s Voice of the Wetlands re-educates while having fun.
It didn’t take a lot of people to turn Tab Benoit into an activist for wetlands preservation. In fact, it took very few people— which was exactly what he saw […]
Expanding Our View of the Blues
It seems that we may have gotten the blues all wrong. Instead of the taproot of American popular music, drawing on work songs, spirituals, and juke joint rhythms, the blues […]
October Blues
I’m going down to Louisiana Baby behind the sun Well you know I just found out My trouble’s just begun I’m going down to New Orleans Get me a mojo […]
Sound and Vision: New Orleans Film Festival
Born to Be Blue leads music films at New Orleans Film Festival. Over the course of 26 years, the New Orleans Film Festival has grown into one of the most […]
Reunited, and It Feels So Good: Continental Drifters
When word got around that the Continental Drifters were re-forming, the first question fans probably asked was: Which Continental Drifters? The beloved roots-pop collective that was a fixture in New […]
