Issue Articles
BackTalk: Glen Hansard
As a musician and storyteller who channels his heart and soul to his fans using nothing more than his voice and acoustic guitar, Glen Hansard has developed a singular knack […]
Ashlin Parker hits the Spot at Parkway Bakery
What did you order today? I ordered a hamburger po-boy, but I’m regretting not ordering the roast beef. What do you like about Parkway? Parkway has the best po-boys, […]
Mardi Gras Day With the Skull and Bones Gang
As the sun prepares to rise on Mardi Gras Day, strange rumblings start to reverberate throughout the Sixth Ward. Scary figures dressed in black begin to emerge from the Backstreet […]
High School Marching Bands Roll for Mardi Gras
High school marching bands can be the highlight of any Mardi Gras parade. The booming bass drums push the crowd back from the curb while the blare of the brass […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with
Ken Swartz
How did you come up with the name of your latest album, While I Was Waitin’? About two years ago, we made an album for Adelphi Records, the blues label, […]
My Music: Fred LeBlanc
As a child, one of my earliest memories is watching Mardi Gras parades and having the drum section pass by and just having that visceral feel of air moving as […]
BackTalk: Don Was
Improvisation has always been at the core of jazz music. Collective improvisation—a piano player riffing on a bass line thumping out of an upright following the whims of a drummer—has […]
BackTalk: Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes never stops moving, but he’s always in the driver seat. The 23 year old multi-instrumentalist can barely contain the undercurrent of crackling energy that propels him through his […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra
Your single “Must Be Christmas” with the Band of Merrymakers debuted on November 17. How did that project come about? This past spring, I had a writing session with a […]
Andrew Block, You Can Only Go Up From Here (Independent)
Everything about Andrew Block’s debut CD You Can Only Go Up From Here seems to have been fit precisely into place, from the carefully chosen album artwork to the perfectly […]
