Issue Articles
A Shining Krown and Visiting Duke for Mardi Gras
For a piano player, a solo gig at The Maple Leaf is a dream come true and a daunting responsibility. The New Orleans piano tradition has one of its richest […]
Bobby Charles: Talking to New Orleans
Legendary songwriter Bobby Charles has the soul of a Native American. In the history of rock and roll, Charles is one of the genre’s great mysterious spirits, a man who […]
Lenny McDaniel, Tired Angels (Café au Lait Music)
New Orleans’ singer/songwriter/guitarist Lenny McDaniel seems to have found a happy medium. On his third effort Tired Angels, McDaniel strikes a balance between the lighthearted and memorable rock and soul […]
Lyons’ Tale & Bohren’s Back
“In the back of my head there was Muddy Waters and all the other blues singers singing, ‘Going down to New Orleans,’” says 27-year-old guitarist and singer Jeremy Lyons regarding […]
Talking Tracks with Allen Toussaint
The late great blues and barrelhouse pianist Champion Jack Dupree was one of the fortunate ones. When Dupree appeared atthe 1990 and 1991 JazzFests and recorded a trio of albums […]
Allen Toussaint Decks the (Rock and Roll) Hall of Fame
The late great blues and barrelhouse pianist Champion Jack Dupree was one of the fortunate ones. When Dupree appeared at the 1990 and 1991 JazzFests and recorded a trio of […]
Anson Funderburgh and Sam Myers & Holiday Blues Gifts
“I’m still waiting for when I have to grow up and get a real job,” laughs blues guitar-great Anson Funderburgh. Calling from a tour stop in California, Funderburgh is reflecting […]
Brint Anderson
While Green Bay cheeseheads and New England chowderheads were roaming the streets of New Orleans in January 1997, guitarist Brint Anderson had an epiphany visiting with a long-bearded, sharp-dressed man […]
