Issue Articles
January 2010 Letters
MANTRA MUSIC Thanks a lot for the positive review of our new album Devaloka (Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band, Nutone Music) in the October issue. We’re grateful to […]
December 2009 Letters
NOLA BIBLE My wife and I live in Baltimore and have been coming to Jazz Fest since ’93. Absolutely love it and we make it most years. Fell in love […]
November 2009 Letters
WETLANDS Excellent article on Tab Benoit and the Voice of the Wetlands, in fact, the best I’ve seen—thanks for “getting” it, and helping to tell a story that needs to […]
October 2009 Letters
ARMSTRONG PARK You are right on with your (“Weekly Beat”) article on Armstrong Park. I moved here eight years ago and opened a bed & breakfast. I had been active […]
September 2009 Letters
SEA CRUISE First let me state: I am forever grateful to Huey Smith for writing and giving “Sea Cruise” to me. This letter is a rebuttal to false or misunderstood […]
August 2009 Letters
WHY NOT ESSENCE? I go to Essence at the Convention Center every year. It is fabulous. Artists, fashion designers and crafts persons, come literally from all over the world. And […]
July 2009 Letters
FANTASTIC We enjoyed the 40th anniversary edition of the Jazz Fest very much. It was my seventh time around, and if money permits there certainly will be an eighth in […]
June 2009 Letters
MUSICAL MORONS Wow, I am dismayed to hear that the crowd booed Dr. John. I was not impressed that Bon Jovi was playing and was not interested in seeing him. […]
May 2009 Letters
IS R&B DEAD? You asked if New Orleans R&B is dead [Weekly Beat March 26]. I don’t think it is—at least as long as the great New Orleans drummers keep […]
April 2009 Letters
EARLY & SMOKE FREE I took particular interest in Jim Markway’s letter to the editor in March’s issue discussing the lack of venues in the city and the low pay […]
