Jazz Fest is probably the only time of year that you’ll see Preservation Hall mentioned in Rolling Stone. As usual, this year’s fest (which ended on Sunday) has touched off a flurry of national media attention aimed at New Orleans. Here are some highlights.

The New York Times has a Fest wrap-up. The Treme Brass Band’s new-found pop-cultural cache seems to be netting them a lot of photographic shout-outs this year. Or maybe it’s just my imagination.

USA Today talks about everyone from Widespread Panic to B.B. King, then becomes the latest in a long succession of publications to note that “Jazz Fest” may be a misnomer. They also note the overuse of gumbo as a metaphor for New Orleans culture.

On a completely unrelated note, the Dallas News thinks that Jazz Fest is a big “musical gumbo”.

The Seattle Pi chronicles street performer Grandpa Elliot’s first Fest performance, while the The New York Daily News opines that Jazz Fest is even better than Mardi Gras. I’ll leave that one to the philosophers.

NPR’s Patrick Jarenwattananon marvels at our airport’s Louis Armstrong statue and at the ubiquity of crawfish in Jazz Fest cuisine. In his closing thoughts he ponders whether “Jazz Fest” might in fact be a misnomer, then gets right back to the food.

The Root revels in the music, then wonders at the irony of Fest sponsor Shell’s culpability in Louisiana coastline destruction.

And of course there are the blogs. FUV Blog laments that Art Garfunkel ain’t what he used to be, while the Festival Chrashers take in Steve Martin’s comedy-inflected banjo stylings. Coventry Music recounts their Jazz Fest experience, complete with photos, video and setlists.

Photo montages abound, including one at the New York Times. The Discerning Photographer can’t seem to get enough of sousaphones and Mardi Gras indians .