Issue Articles
Do You Know…the Magnetic Ear
Who: Martin Krusche’s Magnetic Ear is a five-piece band that runs the jazz gamut. A native of Munich, Germany, tenor saxophonist Krusche has been here since 1995 with a couple […]
John Sinclair, Va Tutto Bene/It’s All Good (Stampa Alternativa)
Poet, critic, and counterculture icon John Sinclair’s new book is a great introduction to his oeuvre as well as a compilation of writings that illustrate his themes and concerns. The […]
Louis Prima and Sam Butera and the Witnesses/Pete Fountain, Live Jazz From Club 15 (Request)
It is amazing how some New Orleans music, while still full of the soul and authenticity that is secreted from the pores of the Crescent City, can still sound good […]
Obituary: Jessie Mae Hemphill
(1934-2006) Singer and blues woman Jessie Mae Hemphill passed away Saturday, July 22. The world had not heard her guitar playing since she’d had a stroke in 1993, but she […]
Obituary: Barbara George
(1943-2006) New Orleans singer Barbara George passed away Thursday morning August 10 in Houma, Louisiana after a long illness of complications from hepatitis C. She was 63 years old. George […]
Bouncing Back
In the summer of 2005, writer Nik Cohn, published Triksta, which details his immersion in the world of New Orleans’ street rap and bounce music. In it, he writes of […]
The Black Keys
Straight out of Akron, Ohio, the Black Keys brought their road tested stage show to TwiRoPa as a sort of wind-down for Jazz Fest. Guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick […]
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Pain, Pleasure, Fear, and Opera, the latest recording from local band Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, is a conceptual leap forward. After the good-natured hijinks of their first record […]
