Also featuring:

• OffBeat's famous A-Z guide to French Quarter Fest, with info on every performer
• In-depth Fest Focuses on featured French Quarter Fest performers
  
• The Lost Bayou Ramblers' collaboration with Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes
• Rising local jazz star Aurora Nealand's first band-leading role
• Local funk torch-carriers Flow Tribe
• Backtalk interview with HBO Treme co-producer David Simon
  
• The economic impact of Treme on New Orleans musicians
• The Gravy with funk guitarist Renard Poche
• Review of Three Muses, and Kristin Diable in the Spot at Green Goddess
  
• Herman Ernest, Sherman Washington, and John Berthelot obituaries