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Club Scouting
Music die-hards with enough energy left after a long day at the Fair Grounds will want to check out New Orleans’ music clubs. Besides the many special events the clubs […]
Jazz Cats
New Orleans. The birthplace of jazz. But like all children must grow to leave the nest, so too has jazz all but left its mother city. It did not, however, […]
Fest Time: French Quarter Festival
There’s nothing in the world like springtime in New Orleans…the flowers are in bloom…the weather is ideal…and the city is alive with color. And, there’s nothing more New Orleans than […]
NewsBeat November 1990
Ah, November. We can finally sigh with relief after an enormously hot summer in New Orleans and get on with enjoying what this city has to offer in abundance: music, […]
Club Scouting 1990
My Dearest Stella: I was filled with an overwhelming joy upon learning that you will be visiting the City of Sin for the Jazz Fest celebration. Knowing that you are […]
Requisite Records
Please Shop Early: Tips From the Record Tent Frankly, that’s our hottest tip for finding the best records, tapes and CDs at the Festival Record Tent. Because many of our […]
Spring Festivals: In-Fest-Ation
Ah, springtime in Louisiana! Every mother’s son and every son’s church puts on their own version of a fair or festival in April throughout Louisiana. Just so we can lead […]
Festival Season: Rites of Spring
Spring is the season for festivals in Louisiana, and March and April kick off with several festivals worth catching: the Louisiana Black Heritage Festival (March 10-11); the Amite Oyster Day […]
Brass Band Jazz, Part Two: A Modern Tradition
(The second of a three part series on Modern Brass Band music. Read parts one and three.) Jazz historian and clarinetist Dr. Michael White is the author of “The New […]
Brass Band Jazz, Part One
(The first of a three-part series on Modern Brass Band music. Read parts two and three.) St. Clair Bourne, an African-American filmmaker with over 30 documentaries and features to his […]
