Issue Articles
Frenchmen Street: A New View
Frenchmen Street has seen a flurry of building activity over the past few months, most notably the new Dat Dog location and a three story building that is being constructed […]
Teacher and Student: Terrance Osborne and Richard Thomas Create Jazz Fest 2014 Posters
New Orleans artists Terrance Osborne and Richard Thomas produced a pair of posters for Jazz Fest 2014. Osborne’s poster features the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and serves as the main […]
Andrew Duhon Returns to the French Quarter Fest Songwriter Stage
Andrew Duhon doesn’t know if any of his new songs will be ready for the French Quarter Fest audience when he plays on Saturday, April 12. His songs don’t usually […]
Chris Mulé Stretches Out his Solo Sound With the Perpetrators
Chris Mulé really gets around. In the past decade, the Honey Island Swamp Band guitarist, singer, and songwriter has played with everyone from Eric Lindell to Lynn Drury, Sol Fiya, […]
Creating Something Beautiful: Professor Longhair’s House is Restored
Professor Longhair’s newly renovated house on Terpsichore Street was officially unveiled to the public on Feb. 21. Fess’ daughter Pat Byrd tearfully cut the gold ribbon across the front door […]
Not Fade Away: Traditional Irish Music in New Orleans
As early as the late 18th century, Irish immigrants arrived in New Orleans, setting up shops and integrating into the city’s world-famous melting-pot culture. While much of the music that […]
Voodoo Experience Highlight: High Ground Drifters
The High Ground Drifters have made a name for themselves as one of the only bluegrass bands in a jazz town. The six-year-old outfit developed out of a shared love […]
Voodoo Experience Highlight: DJ Tony Skratchere
DJ Tony Skratchere began as a breakdancing B-boy in the late 1980s, progressed to skating and graffiti in the 1990s, and then settled into his current role as a master […]
Cover Bands: What Do You Want?
It’s 10:30 on a Wednesday night. Rob Schulte emerges from the darkened dance floor and settles in behind his expansive drum kit. To his left and right, the other members […]
New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp: Come Blow Your Horn
“It is sort of a fantasy jazz camp,” Banu Gibson says. “Our campers are people who are investment bankers whose parents told them, ‘No, you can’t be a musician for […]
