Issue Articles
Mark Your Calendars
The 24th International Blues Challenge (IBC) is right around the corner. The competition presented by The Blues Foundation starts January 31 and continues through February 2, 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee. […]
Behind the Brass
Putumayo World Music is known for its world music compilations that are dressed in colorful packaging and found in museum gift shops and bookstores, but on October 23 Putumayo released […]
A Cause for Hope
The second annual Hip-Hop for Hope benefit concert series will take place in several locations around New Orleans on November 1, 2, and 3. The event is led by a […]
Read a Book!
The Young Leadership Council (YLC) is reviving its “One Book, One New Orleans” project this October. The campaign wants everyone in the city over the age of 16 to read […]
A Bright Idea
A new Ninth Ward Business Innovation Center hopes to spur economic development in the weary region. A partnership between the Idea Village, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH), and […]
Audry’s Old Bed, Tragedy on Dogpound Road (Independent)
Audry’s Old Bed already has quite an interesting history for being a fairly new alternative-folk father-son duo. John and Kyle Herbert were based in pre-Katrina New Orleans. Shortly before Katrina, […]
A New Boo
One of the masterminds behind Mardi Gras in New Orleans for the past 60 years is cooking up something fresh for Halloween. Blaine Kern, Sr., chairman of the famed float-building […]
Zydepunks: Exile on Decatur Street
Hipsters and stoners converge at Checkpoint Charlie’s on this muggy Friday evening. The smell of stale beer drifts through the air and the next band up is the Zydepunks. The […]
Back to Congo Square
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation is reviving the historic Congo Square for the first annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival, which will be held September 29 and 30. The […]
Harlem Experiment, Harlem Experiment (Ropeadope)
In 2001, Ropeadope Records began an interesting experiment. They took acclaimed musicians from varying musical genres but the same hometown and put them all in the same studio to see […]
