Archive | May, 1998
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May 1998 Contents

Features

Fest Focus: Al Belletto

Robert Fontenot

Fest Focus: Anders Osborne

Scott Jordan

Fest Focus: Coteau

Todd Mouton

Fest Focus: Dash Rip Rock

Mark Miester

Fest Focus: Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders

Jonathan Tabak

Fest Focus: Donald Harrison

Roger Hahn

Fest Focus: Hunter Hayes

Todd Mouton

Fest Focus: James Cotton

Scott Jordan

Fest Focus: Lonnie Brooks

Scott Jordan

Fest Focus: Mardi Gras Indians

Jonathan Tabak

Fest Focus: Original Dixieland Jazz Band

John Radanovich

Fest Focus: Ronnie Dawson

Alex Oliver

Fest Focus: Terrance Simien

John Radanovich

Fest Focus: The Doobie Brothers

Christine Fontana

Fest Focus: The Mas Mamones Mambo

Mark Miester

Fest Focus: The Skatalites

Alex Oliver

Fest Focus: Wendell Brunious

Roger Hahn

Fest Focus: Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers

John Radanovich

Henry Butler: Unlocking the Keys

Roger Hahn

Kids in the Hall: A New Generation Carries on the Tradition at Preservation Hall

Roger Hahn

Zydeco: What’s in A Word?

Michael Tisserand

BackTalk

Dr. John

Jeff Hannusch

OffBeat Eats

Fest Focus: Jazz Fest Food

Buckley Wineholt

Dis 'n' Dat

NOCCA Celebrates 25 Years, the Armed Forces Festival, Cox Cable, Loyola’s New Music Dean & the Dew Drop Inn

David Jones

Bayou Beat

Sacaulait, Jazz in Lafayette & “Let the Good Times Roll”

Arsenio Orteza

Bluesworthy

The Fest of Times

Scott Jordan

Eye Music

Jazz Fest, Rain or Shine

Doug MacCash

Feedback

Best of A Northern Round-Up & The Annual Jazz Fest Critique

Mark Miester

Film & Video Bits

Good for What Ails You & Other Films at the Fest’s Video Gallery

David Jones

Grapevine

The Second Year of LMNOP & Layout Changes at the Fair Grounds

James Lien

Pass A Good Time

The Other Festivals Around the State

Julie Posner

Plugged In

Fest Feedback, Take Two

Alex Oliver

Savoring Sin City

Post-Fest Dining

Buckley Wineholt

Straight, No Chaser

Last Minute Shows, New Records and Jazz Tent “”Sleepers

Jonathan Tabak

Street

Cool Riddims, Music Factory Café, The Flavor Kings & More

Karen Cortello

Talkin' 'bout New Orleans

The Life of Jerry Jumonville & Saying Goodbye to Red Tyler

Jeff Hannusch

Reviews

Cool Riddims and Sista Teedy, Pledge to My People (NYNO Records)

Roger Hahn

Dave Bartholomew, New Orleans Big Beat (Landslide)

Rick Coleman

Los Hombres Calientes, Los Hombres Calientes (Basin Street)

Roger Hahn

Stanton Moore, All Kooked Out (Fog City)

Alex Oliver

The Yockamo All-Stars, Dew Drop Out (Hannibal)

Scott Jordan

Various Artists, Jazz: The Language of New Orleans, Volume 2 (Louisiana Red Hot)

Jonathan Tabak

Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Funk is in the House (Bullseye Blues & Jazz)

Scott Jordan

Bookmark

From A Bend in the River

Alex Rawls

Mojo Mouth

Welcome to Jazz Festers, LMNOP, “FotoFest” at the CAC & OffBeat Music Krewe Rolls

Jan Ramsey

Letters

Letters May 1998

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