Issue Articles
A Second Chance: Why New Orleans matters to the Stones
The year was 1979. The place was the Venue, a well-appointed nightclub near London’s Victoria Station. The packed house cheered as the lanky figure of Charlie Watts stood up behind […]
Waiting on Mac
When I learned that Dr. John passed away, I went into a state of shock. Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack Jr. had been ill for some time and had stopped performing, […]
Tales of LAND & SEA: You’re in good hands with Anders Osborne
Buddha and the Blues is not just an album title. It’s a road map that charts the difficult path Anders Osborne has negotiated since his arrival in New Orleans more than 30 […]
Funk on Da Table, Live at Tipitina’s (Coastline)
June Yamagishi is the most celebrated electric guitarist in Japanese music history. His move to New Orleans in search of a higher level of musical enlightenment was something like British […]
Alex Chilton, From Memphis to New Orleans (Bar None)
Celebrity history is filled with people who are victims of their own success. Rock and roll history has produced a curious corollary: musicians who fall victim to their own legends. […]
Tom McDermott, Tom McDermott Meets Scott Joplin (Arbors Records)
In the early 1970s, ragtime jazz was considered about as cool as Mantovani. Marvin Hamlisch, whose interpretation of Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” reached number one on the Billboard charts, was […]
Fest Focus: Monk Boudreaux
Sunday April 28, Jazz & Heritage Stage, 3 p.m. Friday May 3, Acura Stage (Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars), 2:05 p.m. Sunday May 5, Cultural Exchange Pavilion (The Boudreaux Family […]
Fest Focus: Lulu and the Broadsides
Thursday, April 25, Lagniappe Stage, 3:05 p.m. Lulu and the Broadsides is one of the best new bands you’ll hear at this year’s Jazz Fest. Lulu is the alter […]
Missing the Rolling Stones? Here’s Keith Richards to ease the pain
The Rolling Stones broke up in 1986 during the recording of the album Dirty Work following a well-publicized feud between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Jagger went on to release […]
Sympathy for Jazz Fest: Has the Fest lost the collective link to its identity?
The Rolling Stones have been a lightning rod for controversy throughout their career. During the 1960s the group’s management cultivated a dark image, the bad boy antithesis of the Beatles. […]
