Issue Articles — Features
A High Watermark for Floodgate
Ever since Kyle Thomas was a teenager the odds have been stacked against him. The music that is in his soul was often criticized and deemed unacceptable by many close-minded […]
Fertile Ground
One of art’s more subtle functions is its ability to remind the audience other aesthetics exist, and that there is no one “right” way to appreciate art. A local painter […]
A Dozen Questions with the Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen began shaking genre labels at the inception of the band and continue to do so with their new line-up and recent release on Mammoth records, Ears Against […]
Timothea: The Lady Sings the Blues
The blues are best delivered after they’ve been lived and listening to Timothea belt out the blues, a listener can feel every hurt and heartbreak that has come her way. […]
Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas calls himself “the Forrest Gump” of the blues. The thirty year old Baton Rouge singer, songwriter and guitar player resembles Lenny Kravitz more than Tom Hanks, but Thomas […]
Maceo Parker
Saxman Maceo Parker’s musical history is almost a direct parallel to the history of funk, the present of which he continues to contribute to. Parker landed a gig with the […]
Kevin Clark: New Orleans Trumpet
New Orleans trumpet man Kevin Clark, a four-year veteran of the Crescent City’s vivid traditional jazz scene, has just made a very good record indeed. It’s called New Orleans Trumpet, […]
Tom McDermott: All the Keys and Then Some
One night, about ten years ago, I walked into Cafe Sbisa’s on Decatur Street looking for a cup of good coffee and maybe something sweet for dessert. They sent me […]
Cutting Edge ’96: What Worked, What Didn’t
Scenes witnessed at the recent Cutting Edge Music Business Conference: John Sinclair, venerable New Orleans musician, writer and radio personality, delivering the conference keynote address to an audience of […]