Issue Articles
Satchmo SummerFest: All Things Armstrong
[UPDATED] Trumpeter and New Orleans’ patron saint of froggy singers, Louis Armstrong, claimed throughout his life to be born on July 4, 1900. But birth records somewhat recently uncovered in […]
Big Freedia: Do Azz I Say
The last time I met with bounce rapper Big Freedia, in 2009, I’d picked up her and DJ Rusty Lazer (Jay Pennington) at the airport after their second-ever string […]
Jazz Fest Focus: Ms. Lauryn Hill
When rap group the Fugees released Blunted on Reality in 1994, not many realized it would be the initial unfolding point of a mysterious musical history that would wind its […]
Soul Rebels in Action
For 20 years, the Soul Rebels have remained a modern face in brass band music. “We are trying our best to push the envelope,” says Lumar LeBlanc, snare drummer and […]
New Orleans Nightcrawlers: French Quarter Fest Focus
The New Orleans Nightcrawlers brass band began innocently enough in 1994 as a writer’s workshop founded by pianist Tom McDermott, sousaphonist Matt Perrine and trumpeter Kevin Clark. “We really just […]
Pfister Sisters: French Quarter Fest Focus
Jazz harmonizers the Pfister Sisters have existed long enough to be considered a tradition, singing with everyone from the Neville Brothers to Jimmy Buffett to Linda Ronstadt. They sang on […]
Magnetic Ear: French Quarter Fest Focus
Over the years, brass-driven band the Magnetic Ear has marched so far from its point of origin that it’s a wonder bandleader saxophonist Martin Krusche doesn’t change the group’s name. […]
Talkin’ About My Generationals
Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, writing partners and core members of indie-pop band Generationals, are not related. But having played music together since freshman year of high school, they now […]
Matt Perrine and Debbie Davis: The Couple That Plays Together…
Without music, how many would never have fallen in love? Without love, how many songs would have never been written? And yet two musicians in an intimate relationship sounds like […]
Impulss-ive Parenting: Mr. Mom Radio
Rappers popularized the questionable phrase “baby mama.” But in naming his new WGSO radio talk show about parenting, local rapper Daniel “Impulss” Perez chose “Mr. Mom Radio.” The premise: “I […]
