New Orleans was once a musical oasis, seemingly unnoticed by the world outside. This year, two of our Top 10 albums of the year received Grammy nominations—Rebirth Brass Band, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys—and four of the artists record for companies based somewhere outside Louisiana. Trombone Shorty and Curren$y record for major labels, GIVERS’ [...]
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The Music Box in the Bywater: A House in E Major
December 1, 2011 – 12:15 am
The dark, ramshackle house at 1027 Piety St. was a haunting presence on the block even before the flood. It was the oldest house on the street, dating back to the end of the 18th Century when it was surrounded by swamp and muddy sandbars built from the seasonal overflow of the Mississippi. Since 1999, [...]
Miss Pussycat
August 1, 2011 – 12:10 am
Photographer: Erica Stavis How does one capture music in a photo? The beat can’t be displayed in black and white; the melody not developed in a print. Ultimately it’s about the movement in the music with the motion of the band and the audience becoming an integral part of the experience. Last summer, [...]
Quintron, Sucre du Sauvage (Goner Records)
May 1, 2011 – 12:58 am
Quintron and Miss Pussycat put their creative lives on display at NOMA earlier this year in the show, “Parallel Universe.” She displayed her puppets, photos and videotapes, while Quintron set up his gear amid portraits from the museum’s collection and recorded an album. Sucre du Sauvage is that album, and the conceptual structure serves him [...]
Quintron’s Exile in City Park
May 1, 2011 – 12:05 am
The history of recorded music is littered with albums whose recording sites are central to their sound and lore: from the Rolling Stones making Exile on Main Street in the basement of Keith Richards’ villa in southern France to Radiohead recording OK Computer at St. Catherine’s Court. Closer to home is Quintron’s 12th album, Sucre [...]
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Grand Isle (Independent)
March 1, 2011 – 12:56 am
It’s always intriguing to see where Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys will evolve to next. Over the course of a storied 23-year career, the pendulum has repeatedly swung between traditional and progressive and back again. Now, with the group’s first studio disc in five years, this CC Adcock-produced affair is adventurous, but much more [...]
Quintron Debuts New Album at NOMA Tonight
April 28, 2010 – 8:59 am
[UPDATED] In January, Quintron and Miss Pussycat opened “Parallel Universe,” their two-person show at the New Orleans Museum of Art. As part of the show, Quintron installed himself and his equipment with the plan of recording an album in the museum. For the last week, he has lived in a tent in the Bestoff Sculpture [...]
Video du Jour: Quintron at NOMA
February 12, 2010 – 11:17 am
Quintron and Miss Pussycat have settled into “Parallel Universe,” their retrospective show on the second floor of New Orleans Museum of Art. Here Quintron and Curator of Contemporary Art Miranda Lash discuss the portraits in Quintron’s studio.
YouTube du Jour: Quintron’s Drum Buddy Arcade
February 3, 2010 – 1:00 am
In our current Mardi Gras issue, Abby Lunetta wrote about the newest exhibition at the New Orleans Art Museum, Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park. The show opened this past Friday, and runs until May 2. The exhibit includes several of Quintron’s “Drum Buddy” synthesizer/drum machines, one of which can be [...]
Slideshow: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Exhibit Opening at NOMA
February 2, 2010 – 7:11 pm
Quintron and Miss Pussycat’s new exhibit, Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park, opened at the New Orleans Art Museum with a party this past Friday, January 29. The king and queen of the hour, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, were there for the reception, along with what must have been over 75% [...]
