Issue Articles
Tank and the Bangas’ Wild Ride
Tank and the Bangas call their rehearsal space and its cozy lower Ninth Ward confines “Bangaville.” The band meets twice a week, from 10 p.m. to midnight on Tuesday and […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with Karen Carter Peterson
What are some of the memories you have of Essence Fest? I actually attended the first Essence [in 1995] and have been practically every year since then. My mother used […]
My Music with Dee-1
“Hell yeah [Shamarr Allen and Dee-1’s song “Bring ‘Em to the Dome” helped the Saints in the Super Bowl]—definitely. Because we wrote that song before the season even started [August […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with Jon Smith
This is the 29th year of the Creole Tomato Festival. What are the keys to keeping an annual event such as this running and successful? Feed people good food and […]
My Music: John-Michael Early of Flow Tribe
People who live on the West Coast are similar to us on the Third Coast. We have similar lifestyles, similar tastes in music—we both enjoy good times dance music and […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with Emanuel Lain, Jr.
Leading question, do you think Armstrong Park is under-utilized and under-supported as a public space? When we first got started, concierges were telling tourists not to even cross Rampart Street. […]
Marc Stone, Poison & Medicine (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
New York City-born bluesman Marc Stone has parlayed two decades of performing in his adopted hometown of New Orleans, in addition to countless hours of sharing Deep South musical gems […]
Devon Allman, Ragged & Dirty (Ruf Records)
Following on the heels of New Orleans-born Royal Southern Brotherhood’s considerable success and coming at a time of raised visibility due to his father, Gregg, entering the twilight of his […]
Upbeat Academy Takes Off
“I can certainly relate to a kid in the school system—maybe because they’re bored, maybe because they’re not engaged in the right way—being labeled as having behavior issues, because I […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with Jared Zeller of Bayou Boogaloo
What excites you the most about this year’s Bayou Boogaloo? As far as the festival goes, being able to make it and call it the 10th annual festival is pretty […]
