Issue Articles
No Parlor Tricks: Givers remains a working-class band
Whether they know it or not, millions of people have heard the passionate, melodic music made by New Orleans–based indie-pop band Givers. That’s because nearly every song on Givers’ 2011 […]
Send Me a Friend Partners with Positive Vibrations Foundation
After Anders Osborne got clean and sober, he quickly realized he needed some help at work. A gigging, touring musician, Osborne works at festivals, clubs, theaters and music halls, most […]
Bill Graham’s Legacy: The Fillmore at Harrah’s New Orleans
Live Nation will open a new music venue in New Orleans in early 2019. The Fillmore at Harrah’s New Orleans, a 2,200-capacity music hall, will fill the long-vacant second floor […]
SOUNDCHECK: Five Questions with Carlo Ditta
Carlo Ditta’s Orleans Records has created an invaluable legacy. The label’s catalog includes Professor Longhair, Danny Barker, Willy DeVille, Mighty Sam McClain, Roland Stone, Little Freddie King, Guitar Slim Jr., […]
Tony Joe White talks back
Growing up in north Louisiana’s West Carroll Parish, Tony Joe White picked cotton on his dad’s farm and pokeweed in the woods and fields. When he wasn’t working or going […]
Street Parade: Runnin’ Pardners guitarist Brint Anderson has a new menu
On the final day of the 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Brint Anderson played his final show with George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners. Well, maybe not […]
A Second Chance at a First-Class Life: Mike Zito aspires to even greater things.
Mike Zito is making the most of his second chance at a first-class life. In May, the Memphis-based Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Awards named Zito best blues-rock artist. It’s his […]
In Memoriam: Clarence Fountain (1929-2018)
Clarence Fountain, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner who led the Blind Boys of Alabama for nearly 70 years, died June 3 in Baton Rouge. His death leaves Jimmy […]
New Orleans Jazz Museum launches Gallatin Street Records
Earlier this year, the New Orleans Jazz Museum issued Gallatin Street Records’ debut release. Gypsy-jazz band Bon Bon Vivant recorded Live at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the museum’s […]
The Posies Talk Back
Amidst the Seattle grunge-rock surge of the late 1980s and early ’90s, the Posies struck their own idiosyncratic path. In 1988, Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, two indie-pop prodigies from […]
