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New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Shrines: A Guided Tour
Ernie K-Doe once declared, ”I’m not sure, but I’m almost positive, that all music came from New Orleans.” While some might debate K-Doe’s blanket observation, it is a fact that […]
Blues Bests at The Fest
Ernie K-Doe may have only been half-serious when he uttered his now-famous remark, ”I’m not sure, but I’m almost positive that all music came from New Orleans,” but some-folks take […]
10th Anniversary of the Louisiana Hall of Fame
When her health began declining in the late nineteen-eighties, longtime musician Lou Gabus realized that performing was no longer an option. Encouraged by friend, Merle Haggard, Gabus embarked on a […]
Blackula, the MacGillicuddys, the Continental Drifters & More
For Blackula vocalist Brooke Lamm, the return is especially gratifying. It was Lamm’s illness that sidelined the band and almost took his life. Blackula burst onto the local scene in […]
All That: The Men From F.I.A.S.C.O.
The word sousaphunk isn’t in the dictionary. But someday it might be. The Sousaphunk Saga of All That began in 1994 when DJ Davis, WWOZ DJ and host of the […]
The Soul of Stavin’ Chain
Legendary TV producer Hugh Wilson, while down here in the Eighties producing the much lamented Frank’s Place, was moved to say this about his location: “There are four things you […]
Rebecca Barry, New Records From Terence Blanchard & Branford Marsalis
Young jazz lioness Rebecca Barry celebrates the release of her long awaited debut CD, And Then Some, on Thursday, March 25th at The Funky Butt. The twenty-three year old tenor […]
Grown Up All Wrong and Great Pop Things
Nothing starts an argument like a list. When the American Film Institute (AFI) announced what it considered the Hundred Greatest Movies last May, critics and moviegoers pounced on the list, […]
Everybody’s Got An Opinion!: The Top 10 Music Events of 1998
Jeff Hannusch, our columnist for “Talkin’ Bout New Orleans,” said that these were his favorite “musical moments” off 1998: 1) Otis Clay at the Victoria Pavilion, Kitchener, Ontario. The God […]
Anniversaries at the Clubs
The Maple Leaf Turns 25 Inspired by Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” as well as the burgeoning need for a decent watering hole in Uptown New Orleans, Carl Brown and […]
