Issue Articles — Letters
September 2011 Letters
BIRTHDAY It was refreshing to read a researched article on 100-year-old Lionel Ferbos. I liked it so much I reprinted 200 copies and distributed them for his Palm Court birthday […]
August 2011 Letters
RADIO REQUESTS I was told that a guy from River Ridge was in the write-up on a band called the Missing Monuments. I don’t know him personally but I enjoyed […]
July 2011 Letters
ADVERTISING MUSIC This is in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “Pick Your?”.—Ed. Right on about increasing Louisiana tourism by advertising our music! We play many festivals, performing arts centers, […]
June 2011 Letters
CULTURE ON A PEDESTAL I am a native Louisianan who grew up in Baton Rouge and Hammond and I’m an avid music lover (especially any music with roots in Louisiana). […]
May 2011 Letters
NOT AN ACCORDION Thank you for the review of my new CD On the Street. It captures what the band sounds like on the recording and what we are trying […]
April 2011 Letters
SMOKE FREE Although I’m thrilled with the new movement in town to ban smoking at more clubs (“A Breath of Fresh Air”—February 2011) and enjoyed the article about this in […]
March 2011 Letters
PRIDE ON BOURBON I have lived in New Orleans for about two years and some of the first gigs I got were on Bourbon Street. At that time, the fare […]
February 2011 Letters
WALTER PAYTON Regarding the letter from Barry Wratten published in the January 2011 issue. The correct name of the city is Bonn. I remember the N.O.R.O. concert very well. Not […]
January 2011 Letters
KID ORY The Kid Ory article in December’s issue features major factual errors. The caption to the main photo with the piece is identified as “Louis Armstrong’s band,” featuring Kid […]
December 2010 Letters
TALES OF THE OFFBEAT As a fan of old pulps and EC Comics, I am quite captivated by the cover of your Halloween issue. Great job. —Randy Haecker, New York, […]
