Under the Umbrella of Traditional Jazz

Bands to Watch: Joe Tullos

The Radiators: Rock Solid for 20 Years

New Orleans’ longest-running and most successful rock band was launched, with the help of free Michelob, unlimited pizza, and a chainsaw. When Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin, Ed Volker, Reggie Scanlan […]

Cosimo Matassa

Some of the best-known records made at Cosimo Matassa’s studio used their own language to express the simple pleasures of living. Songs like Huey “Piano” Smith & The Clowns’ “Don’t […]

Irvin Smith Reflects on a Lifetime in Music

Essence, Psycho Ward, Master Smoke & Paul Deo

The third annual Essence Music Festival returns to the Superdome July 3-5, and organizers have once again assembled an all-star lineup of super R&B, gospel, blues and jazz talent. The […]

Rest in Peace, Gentlemen

New Audio Developments on the Web; Independent Record Distribution; New Local Band Web Pages

Sista Teedy Signs with NYNO, Jazzland, Rocky’s Pizza Juke Joint, Crescent Music Services, NoiseLab & St. Roch Records

Snippets of the Sights & Sounds of Summer