Issue Articles
My Music with Charlie Halloran
Charlie Halloran is a well-known figure in the neo-trad jazz scene that thrives on Frenchmen Street. Halloran’s band, The Tropicales, is known for its blend of Latin jazz, calypso, rhumba […]
Frenchmen Street Hideaway: Saxophonist Clint Maedgen’s multimedia performance radiates through cyberspace
The climate of chaos has wrought many changes, and seemingly even opened up new doors for entrepreneurs as dusty, worn pathways from the past inevitably close down. Personal engagement these […]
My Music with Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins, in his own words, as told to Thomas Cole. “I grew up in the lower 9th Ward where my daddy managed a funk R&B band with rehearsals at […]
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom: Taj Mahal with Jon Cleary
The pandemic has touched everyone’s life in too many ways. Withdrawal symptoms from life as we knew it abound as fatigue with all the fear and precautions sets in. The […]
Positive Sound in a Negative World: Jon Cleary’s first trip to New Orleans
“I grew up in England hearing New Orleans music. My mother and father both love it and it was the soundtrack of their teenage years. Jazz fans at that time […]
My Music with Basin Street Records founder Mark Samuels
“I’ve been listening to and even playing music since fifth grade. I performed in the Ben Franklin high school band, and had the opportunity to perform in that band and […]
Lil’ Red, ‘Live at the BMC’ (Independent)
With Live at the BMC, Lil’ Red (Nancy Gros) overcomes any of the usual problems with recording a live CD, and the sound is remarkably clear. The repertoire is familiar […]
No Regrets: A conversation with drummer Barry Martyn
Barry Martyn is a U.K. born and raised jazz drummer, principally interested in the New Orleans jazz revival circuit. Upon first visiting New Orleans in 1961, he studied drums under […]
Martin Scorsese, “The Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story” (Netflix)
Bob Dylan’s musical career has taken many unforeseen twists and turns, with the period immediately following Blood on the Tracks remembered as anything but his best. As Dylan laughingly recalls […]
My Music: Nancy Gros
“As a child the radio was my favorite toy. I sat in front of it whenever I could, listening to pop music and would sing along on WTIX that played […]
