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June Yamagishi
Jazz Fest 2001 Redux
ARMSTRONG EVERYWHERE Armstrong—Armstrong everywhere! It was beautiful finally to see and hear everyone playing Pops in all his incarnations and ideas. He was the best and most influential musician of […]
Papa Grows Funk, Doin’ It (Independent)
It’s tough being a funk band in New Orleans. From a historical perspective you’re inevitably compared to the deified Meters, and nowadays, you’ve got to play sloppy seconds to Galactic. […]
Papa Grows Funk
The midnight fog slips off the Mississippi, moving slowly across the west bank levee like a glimmering shroud. A tanker navigating the treacherous current at New Orleans hugs the Algiers […]
The Houseman
I met Thery “the Houseman” DeClouet for a chat on Election Day, 2000 at his aunt’s house on his Hollygrove home turf. Here, the typically bumpy streets are lined with […]
Jazz Fest 2000: From A to Z
When you want to make a complicated thing simple, you break it down to the ABCs. When you want to get a handle on an event as sprawling as Jazz […]
The Wild Magnolias, Life Is A Carnival (Capitol/Metro Blues)
The major label release from the standard bearers of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Indian funk tradition is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated and long awaited New Orleans records […]
Johnny Vidacovich, ’bout Time (Independent)
Johnny Vidacovich is one of the relatively hidden treasures of New Orleans music to outsiders, but locals know how important he is to the fabric of the city’s […]
Toussaint Toujours: Jazz Fest is Dancing to Toussaint’s Tune
TRIBUTE TO ALLEN TOUSSAINT: SUNDAY, MAY 1—GENTILLY STAGE, 2:20 P.M. One of the signature moments of this year’s Jazz Fest will be the Allen Toussaint tribute on May 1. […]
Kids’ Stuff
Children’s music isn’t just about children anymore. Today’s kids music records are also made with adults in mind, and not just in the “why don’t you play something we can […]
