Issue Articles
Essence Festival 2010: Three Queens
Sometimes you hit a bull’s-eye. With Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson and Alicia Keys, it’s hard to imagine a trio of headliners more perfectly suited to a festival tied to […]
Bonerama: Bell of the Bar
“Fuckin’ cab driver.” It’s November 6, 2006 and Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Tom Morello, Mike Mills and Bonerama have just finished a version of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Ohio.” […]
Americana and Canadiana
Some recent Americana releases and one Canadiana album: Like the equally understated and private Tony Joe White, Otis Taylor‘s quiet authority draws listeners in. He keeps his blues tight, using […]
Say Something
During the Nagin Administration, the mayor’s voice was noticeably absent from discussions of almost any issue that affected the music and second line culture in New Orleans. Now that noise […]
The Oil Makes Such Pretty Patterns
Today, Paul Rioux at Nola.com reported on the candy-coated coverage of the BP oil disaster at Blogs from the Gulf. Writers find the heart-warming, beautiful side of the gulfside efforts. […]
Not Amused?
[UPDATED] Conventional wisdom has been that festivals need older bands from the last days of the monoculture to draw an audience. This year’s Coachella suggested that the tide is turning, […]
The Broad View of Collaboration
On first look, I’m entertained by the Voodoo lineup. Ozzy seems like another Kiss, but I’ve never got Ozzy except on record with Black Sabbath. Any live footage of him […]
A Radical Approach
Once Jazz Fest coverage ends, I more or less put a moratorium on chewing on its booking, but the upcoming CareFusion Jazz Festival in New York City begs for a comment. […]
Dance and Coo
Right now, I have a lot of cool dance music on my desk, a lot of it world incarnations. Lagos Disco Inferno (Academy LPs) collects tracks from the late 1970s […]
The (Mardi Gras) Indian Wars
After our news story on the successful effort of Creole Wild West Chief Howard Miller to copyright his suit, we received a number of comments and a lot of general […]
