Issue Articles
Charmaine Neville
Charmaine Neville, daughter of famed sax player Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers, has created a music and singing career that’s hers and hers alone.
Terence Blanchard
A very ordinary looking Fed-ex parcel stood on the porch of Terence Blanchard’s lovely Garden District home on a bright, unusually mild June morning. I soon discovered, however, upon handing […]
Fest Focus: Nicholas Payton
When young trumpet lion Nicholas Payton takes the Jazz Tent stage on Sunday, April 28, it will be a high point, though by no means a culmination, in a lifetime […]
Fest Focus: Raymond Myles
When Raymond Anthony Myles takes the stage at the Gospel Tent he is usually accompanied by the sound of screaming women. At the sight of this extravagantly dressed man, a […]
The Treme Brass Band
With the brass band revival in full swing, Treme vets James Andrews, Kirk Joseph, Benny Jones and Lionel Batiste come together with their protégés to keep traditional street music marching […]