Issue Articles
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 […]
Proto-Drummer Roy Haynes Is “Not Most People”
Roy Haynes, one of the greatest drummers in jazz history, was born in Boston in 1925 and has provided the rhythms for such immortals as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Lester […]
American Routes: Nick Spitzer’s Highway of Sounds
One of the most interesting radio programs emanating from New Orleans is the weekly two-hour show American Routes, produced on Royal Street by former State of Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer […]
A Delta Odyssey: Highway 61, 17 and 49 Revisited
There’s a lot to do during Labor Day weekend. You can stay in New Orleans and watch the mass of freaks and drag queens give Decadence a crazy new shine […]
