Issue Articles — BackTalk
Robin Zander of Cheap Trick
“Thank you so much for this interview because normally, I get pushed out of the way for interviews,” Cheap Trick singer Robin Zander says. “It’s usually that freaky white motherfucker […]
Arthur Roger
The walls of Arthur Roger Gallery on Julia Street are uncharacteristically bare. On Art for Art’s Sake (Saturday, October 1), the gallery will host a show by filmmaker/writer/artist John Waters […]
Ira “Dr. Ike” Padnos
The Ponderosa Stomp is a record collector’s library come to life. The classic—and occasionally obscure— R&B, rockabilly, blues, garage and swamp pop songs that shaped pop music history are performed […]
Treme Bloggers
The second season of Treme ended last month, and if you haven’t seen it yet, you really should set this story aside until you have. The series is unusual in […]
Mavis Staples
“Stand flat-footed, and sing from your heart.” These were the words Roebuck “Pops” Staples used to motivate a young Mavis Staples. Together with her father and siblings, the Staple Singers […]
Wendell Pierce
“Work always gets you work, man,” Wendell Pierce says while driving. He’s in the last week of shooting for the second season of HBO’s Treme, but he has been splitting […]
Mayor Mitch Landrieu
During his tenure as the state’s Lieutenant Governor, Mitch Landrieu made “cultural economy” his calling card. He worked to show how cultural products aren’t simply valuable in an aesthetic, intellectual […]
Sonny Rollins
Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins was a teenage saxophone prodigy in the jazz hotbed of Harlem’s Sugar Hill neighborhood in New York City. Under the influence of Charlie Parker and the […]
David Simon of HBO’s Treme
The second floor of the bus and train station is doubling for City Hall offices today. Down a hallway crowded with equipment and crew, past Oliver Thomas—who’s playing himself—is a […]
Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars
The music world lost a great maverick when producer Jim Dickinson died two years ago of heart complications, at the age of 67. Originally a session keyboardist who played with […]
