Issue Articles
BackTalk: Pete Townshend
Fifty years ago The Who came screaming out of London with a sound for the ages. Lead singer Roger Daltrey acted out the aggressive youth anthems written by guitarist Pete […]
The Legacy of Theodore Emile “Bo” Dollis
“It was the Bo Dollis Mardi Gras,” declared Mardi Gras Indian historian and radio host Jack Snyder. Snyder was reflecting on Dollis after two weeks of Mardi Gras punctuated by […]
Neville Brothers Reunite for Tribute Concert
Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril Neville will play it again May 2 at the Saenger Theater, reuniting the legendary Neville Brother Band for a tribute concert. The brothers will share […]
James Singleton, Shiner (Independent)
Bass is the sinew of the jazz band. Mistress of the pulse, muted partner of the melodic lead, architect of harmony in motion, in glorious service of the perfect whole. […]
The Write Brothers Take Flight
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Jim McCormick is sitting in his Metairie living room late at night channel surfing. He stops at the George Harrison documentary, watches […]
Write Brothers, First Flight (Threadhead Records)
For the past century, New Orleans has been known as a place of great instrumentalists and great singers. The emphasis has been on live performance and there has been a […]
Obituary: Big Chief Bo Dollis
In a city of originals, Bo Dollis stood out. Over the last half century, he was an integral part of the Black New Orleans tradition of Mardi Gras Indians as […]
Paul Sanchez, The World Is Round Everything That Ends Begins Again (Independent)
Paul Sanchez’s transformation from corporate rocker in Cowboy Mouth to one of the most distinctive New Orleans songwriters was among the happiest post-Katrina storylines in a city struggling to rediscover […]
Ed Volker, Waiting for the Abyssianian (Independent)
Abyssianian as in the abyss, the cryptic goal of life. So inevitable it gets two songs in the set written in 2011, the first an exercise in Central American fiction, the […]
Davis, Ex Machina (Independent)
What do you do after they base a TV series on your album, then enable your next album to be an elaborate rumination on your role in the TV series? […]
