Hard to Rock in New Orleans

“So you want to be a rock ‘n’ roll star, Then listen now to what I say…” —The Byrds, 1967   The Home of the Blues, the Birthplace of Jazz—yes, […]

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For Your Pleasure: James Hall and Grant Curry of Pleasure Club

  Pleasure Club are one of New Orleans’ best kept secrets. But while the city has been home to James Hall (vocals/guitar) and Grant Curry (bass) for the past 15 […]

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Progress Is As Progress Does

For as much as everyone in New Orleans complains (including yours truly) about how nothing seems to happen in local music industry, I was astounded to see that there was […]

Obituary: Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips 1923-2003 Sam Philips, one of the architects of popular music, died in a Memphis hospital July 30, 2003. He was 80. Best known for discovering Elvis Presley and […]

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Creole Everything

Handsome Moïse Viatorand his beautiful sister Alida, aged 22 and 19, respectively, were raised on the family farm in Eunice and home-schooled by their mother Deborah-Helen, an esteemed violin maker,and […]

Mayoral Music

Thank God it’s September, and we can see an end to the physical heat and a rising temperature in the music scene. If you’re reading this as a visitor to […]

Jazz Fest 2003 A to Z

Compiled by Bunny Matthews, Geraldine Wyckoff, Christopher Blagg and James Bailey.   If being outside in the fresh air with thousands of other human beings in the center of a […]

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St. Rock: La Vida Jeff & Vida

Vida Wakeman grew up bohemian, with parents that traveled Europe until they settled in Munich. Jeff Burke grew up “as American suburban as you can get in the rolling hills […]

2002 Best of the Beat Award Winners

2002 Best of the Beat Award Winners

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Blues Hound: Washboard Blues

Keri the bartender is slinging margarita’s at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville on Decatur Street. She is no bimbo behind the bar, dressed down in t-shirt and jeans and primed for action, […]