Issue Articles
Greg Barnhill Talks Back
The Ozone Songwriter Festival in Mandeville features more than one-hundred and fifty performances on four stages. In its sixth year, the festival begins November 3 with a showcase concert headlined by Jason Scheff, former lead singer with Chicago. A fundraising event for the festival, the Friday night showcase also features The Voice finalists Morgan Myles, Kim Cruse and Gabriel Broussard.
Neo-Psychedelic Cinematic Dream-Pop: Steve Kilbey talks about The Church’s upcoming House of Blues show
Steve Kilbey and his bandmates in the Church have been weaving neo-psychedelic cinematic dream-pop since 1980. The Australian band hit its chart summit in 1988 with the global hit, “Under the Milky Way,” and corresponding album, Starfish. This year’s well-received new album from the Church, The Hypnogogue, demonstrates Kilbey’s still shining creativity. The Church’s 26th studio album, The Hypnogogue is the first concept album in the band’s 43-year history and the most prog-rock project to date.
Never Too Young To Start Dreaming: Robert Finley enjoyed his late-blooming glory
Robert Finley may be the most unlikely success story in Louisiana music. A sharecropper’s son raised in a family of gospel singers in the small north Louisiana town of Winnsboro, he didn’t make music his primary occupation until he was sixty years old.
Lucinda Williams: Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)
With a little help from her friends, Lucinda Williams more than gets by with Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart.
Robbie Robertson found a lifelong muse in New Orleans
Robbie Robertson found a lifelong muse in New Orleans
Tribute: Joe Krown pays tribute to his New Orleans piano heroes
Joe Krown’s multidimensional career includes his work as a soloist and group leader
Aaron Neville Talks Back
Even though he’s retired from performing, Aaron Neville is having a banner year. In February, the beloved singer from New Orleans won his fifth Grammy Award. His winning song, a collaboration with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band called “Stompin’ Ground,” appears in the music documentary Take Me to the River: New Orleans.
Lucinda Williams’ Life Story—Anything Can Happen
Anything Could Happen: Lucinda Williams tells the story of her life
Nelson Blanchard’s album debut is decades in the making
After 60 years of performing and 41 years of operating a recording studio that’s hosted Louisiana stars and national acts, Nelson Blanchard has, at last, recorded an album of his own.
