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Treme’s Legacy (S4 E4)
Here’s a good question: If you died today what would you leave behind that you would be remembered for? That’s the question being asked in the penultimate episode of HBO’s […]
Treme S4 E3: Those Bells Are Tolling For Us All
In season four of the HBO series Treme the narrative force of this post-Katrina epic is dwindling along with the fortunes of its characters. Death and failure weave through the […]
Treme S4 E2: Death’s Grip On New Orleans, Wendell Pierce on Violence in New Orleans
HBO’s New Orleans-based drama Treme is down to its final three episodes. The action is picking up dramatically as story lines resolve with Shakesperian suddenness and finality. Those of us […]
Treme S4 E2: Death’s Grip On New Orleans
HBO’s New Orleans-based drama Treme is down to its final three episodes. The action is picking up dramatically as story lines resolve with Shakesperian suddenness and finality. Those of us […]
Treme at Buffa’s: If You Can’t Make It Here, You’d Better Not Leave (S4 E1)
A New Orleans tradition was renewed Sunday night when people gathered in the back room at Buffa’s to watch the HBO drama Treme and hear one of the featured artists […]
HBO’s Treme Finishes Shooting Final Season
It was a raw and misty late afternoon in February during Mardi Gras. Spotlights illuminated the gloaming Marigny shadows with a surreal, almost funereal light. David Simon and Eric Overmyer […]
A Month to Remember: New Orleans Shines in January
This past January was an eventful month of music in which New Orleans witnessed more highlights than most of the world’s top cultural cities experience in a year. Memorable shows […]
Treme Episode 9: Musicians Seal the Deals
Most of the musicians on Treme play themselves. Others are given small acting roles, and a very few are actually both musicians and actors playing out storylines that overlap with […]
Treme Recap: Get No Kick Out Of That Modern Jazz
Treme does such a wonderful job representing New Orleans music I find it odd when the music story line hits a clam, but there were bum notes all through last […]
Voodoo and Treme: We Do What We Need To
Black night is falling. The stars are incredibly close. Jack White is mining the past to an adoring crowd in City Park. The Saints are being crushed in Denver. I’m […]
