Issue Articles
Brice Miller: A Man of Many Talents
It’s difficult to shortlist Brice Miller’s myriad musical endeavors. A singer and trumpeter born and raised in New Orleans jazz tradition, Miller performs with the Mahogany Brass Band and Ecirb […]
Clint Morgan, Troublemaker (Lost Cause Records)
Based in Olympia, Washington, singer-pianist Clint Morgan comfortably inhabits the historically linked but often segregated worlds of blues, country and rock and roll. It’s all there in his third album […]
Keith Burnstein, Things That Are Heavy Make Me Feel Light (Independent)
For his fourth solo album, singer-songwriter-keyboardist Keith Burnstein complements his genre-straddling songs with dynamic, expansive production. It’s a pleasure to hear horns and woodwinds throughout the project, including horn-chart arranger […]
Ledisi Talks Back
In March, following a string of nominations that began in 2008, Ledisi won her first Grammy Award. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the New Orleans-born singer and actress accepted the […]
Cultural Emissary: Composer Tree Adams pivots from NCIS: New Orleans to Dagnasterpus
During his tenure as composer for NCIS: New Orleans, Tree Adams enjoyed extended stays in the TV series’ namesake city. For the first three of his four seasons with the […]
Alligator Records: Fifty years loving the blues
The blues brought Bruce Iglauer to Chicago in 1970. A blues fan since he attended a 1966 festival performance by Mississippi Fred McDowell, Cincinnati native Iglauer founded Alligator Records in […]
Shannon McNally Talks Back
As a singer-songwriter who performs any American roots music of her choosing with panache, Shannon McNally reinterprets one of outlaw country’s founding rebels with the recent release of The Waylon […]
Quinn Sullivan, Wide Awake (Mascot/Provogue)
Admired since his boyhood by Buddy Guy, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton, 22-year-old Quinn Sullivan has grown into a complete artist. Modern though his music is, Sullivan retains his strong […]
The Tasmanian Devil: Brandon “Taz” Niederauer returns to New Orleans
In the spring and fall of 2012, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer sat in with George Porter Jr., Troy Turner and other local performers at New Orleans music venues. The nine-year-old guitar […]
Purveyors of Joy: Maria Muldaur teams up with Tuba Skinny
Maria Muldaur loves vintage clothes, furniture and music. That means Tuba Skinny is right up her alley. A traditional jazz band, Tuba Skinny plays in the streets of New Orleans […]
