Issue Articles — Fresh
A Grand Reopening
New Orleans lost its theaters to Hurricane Katrina, with the Orpheum, the Saenger and the Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts all suffering extensive damage. On January 8, the […]
More Meat
Donald Link won a James Beard Award for Best Southern Chef for his work at Herbsaint and Cochon, the latter putting a fine-dining spin on Cajun cuisine and its use […]
Not a Typical Record Label
Music seems to be played around the clock and all year long in New Orleans, imbuing this city with a constant beat that can’t be found anywhere else in the […]
Howlin’ Wolf is 20
1988… George Bush was elected the 41st President of the United States succeeding Ronald Reagan, Sidney Bartholomey was the mayor of New Orleans, gasoline was less than a buck a […]
Subdudes: Up Close and Personal
Fans of New Orleans-bred rock band the subdudes have a new DVD to tied them over until Jazz Fest, their next scheduled appearance. Live and Acoustic was filmed at the […]
Dining with 70,000 Close Friends
A $100 dollar meal should be served piping hot by a uniformed waiter who remarks as he sets down the dish, “This is an Alaskan Halibut served over seared baby […]
For a Song
A little piece of Nashville is moving to New Orleans. On the weekend of December 5 and 6, the Songfest Foundation, Inc. and the American Society of Composers, Authors and […]
Graduation Day
“We’d like to model ourselves after Ben Harper,” says Revivalists’ drummer Andrew Campanelli. “He’s in the jam scene, but he doesn’t do 30-minute jams, and he writes well-written songs that […]
Rock ‘n’ Bowl Turns 20
New Orleans is full of bars and clubs with rich histories and traditions. Some we relinquish to the tourists, but the locals don’t turn loose of places like the Mid-City […]
