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1997: CD Year in Review
Once again it’s time for our panel of experts to gather and give out the grades to the latest batch of Louisiana releases. 1997 marked a very good year for […]
The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars: Takin’ A Different Road
Historically, every musical style was born of a variety of influences. The genius in creating a new sound is incorporating aspects of seemingly disparate music styles into a new form. […]
Cyril Neville’s Perfect World
It’s as close to perfect as perfect can be. Just the day before, the Neville Brothers closed out the 1997 Jazz Fest in fine form, and now you find yourself […]
Our Columnist Visits the White Buffalo; New Eddie Bo, Davell Crawford Discs
Please forgive me, dear readers, for missing my appointment with you in these pages last month, but your correspondent had the pleasure of traveling north to Detroit and Chicago to […]
Carnival Tales
Dave Malone “Mardi Gras is kind of like the ’60s,” says the Radiators’ Dave Malone. “If you remember it, you weren’t really there.” Thus, Dave’s recall of his hard-livin’ early […]
Livin’ Large: The Hard Life, Fast Times, and Golden Smile of J. Monque’D
It is a beautiful day in J. Monque’D’s neighborhood. You can’t quite see the Mississippi River from the door of his rented shotgun apartment, but you can feel the cool […]
Street Music
…A stranger to New Orleans…upon entering the square finds the multitude packed in groups of close, narrow circles, and in the center of each circle sits a musician… —Henry Edward […]
