Issue Articles
Johhny Sketch & The Dirty Notes celebrate 20th anniversary at Tipitina’s
Twenty years ago, in early November of 2001, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes played their first gig, a battle of the bands at Loyola University. They won, thanks partly […]
Rodney Crowell talks back
Rodney Crowell has seldom met a life experience he couldn’t get a song out of—particularly in recent decades, when he’s chosen to work outside the boundaries of hit singles and […]
Classy and Unsinkable: Miss Sophie Lee is back as The Frenchmen Muse
It’s a quiet Tuesday afternoon on Frenchmen Street, during the week that was supposed to come between Jazz Fest weekends. There’s not a tourist in sight, and a few beloved […]
Joe Tullos, Vessels (Big Sun)
You didn’t have to know Joe Tullos personally to be moved by this, his final set of recordings. Tullos was a bit of a Renaissance man, but above all a […]
Party Spirit: Dash Rip Rock continues to evolve
In a perfect world, Dash Rip Rock would now be getting ready to play its big set at French Quarter Fest, a moment that would have capped off a busy […]
Nancy Sinatra talks back
She grew up as pop royalty, embodied mid-’60s glamour, romanced Elvis onscreen, and made the history books with “These Boots are Made for Walking.” All things considered, Nancy Sinatra’s career […]
Mike Zito, Resurrection (Gulf Coast)
Resurrection is blues-rocker Mike Zito ’s third album in a year and a half, and they’ve all been the same—but different. His tribute to Chuck Berry recorded in 2019 was […]
Beth Patterson, Singles (Stone Groove)
Rush fan that she is, Beth Patterson couldn’t resist making the cover of her singles collection a sendup/homage to the prog trio’s pivotal album Signals. Like her Canadian brethren, she […]
David Shaw Talks Back
A quiet year for David Shaw, front man for the Revivalists, would probably be a noisy one for most anyone else. The Revivalists haven’t been completely inactive during the pandemic. […]
Maria Muldaur and Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Digging into the tradition, playing vintage material for young hipsters, making musicology fun—Maria Muldaur started doing that in the Boston coffeehouses five decades ago, and Tuba Skinny is doing it […]
