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"Best Email Newsletter in New Orleans" ~ New Orleans Press Club
Raj Smoove, the greatest DJ in the world, graces the cover of our September 2019 issue. It's also our restaurant issue, with tons of food. Elsewhere, we remember Art Neville, chat with filmmaker Ken Burns, and lots of local music coverage, reviews and more!
August 28th
Raj Smoove has never had a “real job.” No summers mowing lawns, no part-time gig stocking shelves over the holidays, no late-night restaurant shifts in the French Quarter. At age 14, he played his first gig. Today, he’s arguably the city’s busiest DJ.
August 28th
The vibrant restaurant scene in New Orleans continues to expand with some truly exciting new dining options. Here’s a little taste.
August 28th
Edgar Caro did not fully understand his success until he rifled through his grandmother’s cookbooks. He had taken a risk, he said, when he opened Baru 12 years ago, serving Latin Caribbean food at a time when New Orleans was saturated with Creole and Italian.
August 28th
Ross and Sharonda Baudy met in Katy, Texas. “I didn’t like him at first,” says Sharonda. Ross, who moved from Gentilly to Texas after Katrina, had purchased the nightclub at which she was the general manager. “He came in and fired everyone!”
August 28th
In addition to an early successful solo career, Neville founded the brilliant funk groups the Meters and the Neville Brothers. Among his many accolades, he won three Grammys, earned a Lifetime Achievement Award last year from the Recording Academy and more.
August 28th
Five weeks before the September 15 debut of Country Music, his latest television epic, Burns rhapsodized over country music pioneers the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. He quoted verses from Hank Williams.
August 28th
September 2019
Raj Smoove, the greatest DJ in the world, takes on the New Orleans music industry
Eat New: A Dozen Recommendations For New Restaurant Dining Choices
Love Affair: Why Caribbean Food Works In New Orleans
Not Fancy, Just Soulful: Deja Vieux food-truck park is a unique dining experience
In Memoriam: Art Neville (1937 – 2019)
Ken Burns talks back
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