Issue Articles — Fresh
Overdue Recognition
The National Endowment for the Arts recently unveiled the eleven recipients of the 2006 National Heritage Fellowships, the highest honor that the NEA bestows upon folk and traditional artists. Louisiana […]
Do The Dew Drop Inn
Post-Katrina New Orleans presents a host of practical challenges for clubs and live venues, a central part of Louisiana’s music economy. A new television program from Cox Communications is looking […]
Proud to Play On
With an aftermath so immense and far-reaching that affected locals still consider it recent, it’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf […]
One Year Later
Wynton Marsalis and chef Emeril Lagasse will team up as part of a three-day New Orleans Cultural Tribute observing Katrina’s one-year anniversary. Events include the Ambassador of Swing Talent Search […]
It Doesn’t Look a Day Over 18
Abita Beer is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the release of Abita’s 20th Anniversary Pilsner Beer, and on August 12 at the Contemporary Arts Center, it celebrates the new brew […]
Grant Street Lives
Music fans in Lafayette were in rock ’n’ roll heaven June 30. Not only was Jerry Lee Lewis in town performing live, but he was helping to reopen a stage […]
A Blue-Eyed Farewell
One day in 1955, 15-year old Doug Ardoin sat down behind a make-shift drum kit, twisted the harmonica rack that he’d fashioned from a coat-hanger around his neck, plugged in […]
Saturn Returns
The Saturn Bar, the Bywater institution located at the intersection of St. Claude and Clouet is one of the first businesses to reopen on St. Claude Avenue. In mid-June, Eric […]
No More Playing Possum
Blackfire Revelation’s web site proclaims, “We come from the woods and that’s exactly where we’re headed back to when we’re done with you,” and it sounds like that’s exactly what […]
Weird Science
Imagine Weird Al Yankovic bent on world domination, or perhaps a more malevolent Mystery Science Theater 3000. Or Morgus the Magnificent with an electric guitar. Somewhere in the area defined […]
