June 2018
BackTalk
- The Posies Talk Back
Amidst the Seattle grunge-rock surge of the late 1980s and early ’90s, the Posies struck their own idiosyncratic path. In 1988,…
Cover Story
- Chef Alon Shaya just might be building an empire based on treating people right
When Chef Alon Shaya was fired from his namesake restaurant Shaya last fall by the Besh Restaurant Group, now renamed BRG…
Features
- Sneaux Flow: Slangston Hughes' guide to sno-balls
New Orleans native Slangston Hughes might be best known as a hip-hop MC, but he also happens to be a sno-ball… - Ripe and Ready: Recipes for Creole tomato season
Few things are as satisfying in the New Orleans summer as sinking your teeth into a perfectly ripe Creole tomato. Of… - Jazz Fest Redux 2018: the best (and occasionally worst) moments
“Where are you going with that smile on your face?” “I’m going to the international circus of Jazz Fest, where I will… - Femaissance's Activist Art: granny panties and glitter-covered silicone chicken legs
“Community can exist in a capitalist structure when there’s small business,” says Maddy Rose, co-founder and curator of Femaissance, the all-female…
Fresh
- Woodenhead Plans New Recording
For the majority of rock bands, the prospect of recording an album’s worth of new material at a live show would… - Charting: Top Sellers During Jazz Fest Season
Johnny Sansone: Hopeland (Short Stack) Marcia Ball: Shine Bright (Alligator Records) Walter “Wolfman” Washington: My Future is My Past (Anti-)… - My Music: Nathan Williams, Jr. of Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers
“As a kid, it was very inspirational to be part of [my dad’s group Nathan &] the Zydeco Cha Chas. I…
In The Spirit
- Maggie Morgan at Manolito
"I picked Jarboe, a musician who’d sing with Swans and Neurosis in the ’80s, but also does a lot of experimental…
Letters
- Letters to the Editor
Terrible Taste Not for nothing, but why the hell were fighter jets passing above the Fest grounds and rudely intruding on…
Mojo Mouth
- A Modest Proposal
New Orleans summer doldrums are officially here. Hurricane season, too. As I write this, there’s a possible tropical storm brewing in…
Obituaries
- In Memoriam: Scotty Cathcart Hill (1947-2018)
“The trombone is a fascinating instrument,” Scotty Hill declared in a 1999 interview when he was inducted into New Orleans Magazine’s…
OffBeat Eats
- Chef Frank Brigtsen on Brigtsen's Blackened Yellowfin Tuna
Which of your dishes says the most about you? Although we’re known for many things, the dish I have to…
The Dish
- Chef Frank Brigtsen on Brigtsen's Blackened Yellowfin Tuna
Which of your dishes says the most about you? Although we’re known for many things, the dish I have to…
Reviews
- Derrick Freeman and James Martin, Soul (Independent)
It’s almost guaranteed that if Derrick Freeman’s name is on it, there’s going to be some funk involved. Sure enough, the… - Panorama Jazz and Brass Band, Let the Music Play You (Independent)
In 2014 Panorama Jazz Band made a commitment to release one song a month available via their Bandcamp subscription club, called… - Various Artists, Rhythm ‘n’ Bluesin’ by the Bayou: Livin’, Lovin’ & Lyin’ (Ace Records)
Just as when the bayous are flowing it guarantees that the crawfish keep a-growing, here comes another release in Ace’s popular… - Retrofit, BEasy (Independent)
The debut EP of a band of up-and-coming younger session musicians and sidemen from New Orleans and Baton Rouge, BEasy puts… - Dexter Payne Quintet, Jazz for All (Jazz Forro) (Dexofon Records)
The past 30 years have seen a groundswell of American interest in early Brazilian music, fueled (I believe) in part by… - Sasha Masakowski, Art Market (Ropeadope)
Sasha Masakowski was partly responsible for one of my favorite tracks of 2017: the title song of the Masakowski Family’s N.O.… - Nutria, Call to the Air (Breakfast for Dinner Records)
Nutria is a jazz trio founded in 2014 by UNO grads Byron Asher, Shawn Myers and Trey Boudreaux. This second album… - Little Freddie King, Fried Rice & Chicken (Orleans Records)
Fried Rice & Chicken is split into two distinct sections, studio tracks recorded between 1994 and 1995 and live tracks recorded… - G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, Swing 17 (Independent)
While there are several bands in town that specialize in gypsy jazz, G & the New Orleans Swinging Gypsies stand apart… - Funk Monkey, Rollin’ Live at the Leaf (Independent)
Funk Monkey features an A-list of local talent including Greg Hicks, trombone (Bonerama); Brad Walker, sax (Eric Lindell/Colin Lake); Bert Cotton,… - Dr. Michael Torregano, For Your Ears Only (Mikeyjazz Music)
Michael Torregano reaches deep into the American songbook, a favorite source of material for the New Orleans pianist. Folks with similar… - Dr. Michael White, Tricentennial Rag (Basin Street Records)
A Birthday Ode to New Orleans In honor of New Orleans’ 300th birthday, Dr. Michael White has put together some…
