Issue Articles — BackTalk
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis began expressing his thoughts on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina before a question could be asked concerning the subject at hand—his involvement with Habitat for Humanity’s and the […]
John Blancher Rocks Back
Since so many of New Orleans’ finest scattered after Katrina’s hell-bent wrath and destruction, sometimes the easiest way to locate a musician is on the road. Recently Dan Willging caught […]
Robert Mercurio
Galactic, arguably the most popular New Orleans band in the contemporary galaxy, celebrates its tenth anniversary on September 9 and 10 at Tipitinas’s, augmented by a universe of guest stars, […]
Aretha Franklin
Photo by Earl Perry On the Wednesday preceding her Friday night Essence Festival performance, Aretha Franklin was in her bus heading to New Orleans. Ten of the 23 musicians who […]
Ballzack
In 1831, the father of French literary realism Balzac wrote, “There is nothing left for literature but mockery in a world that has collapsed.” 164 years later, the father of […]
Buckwheat Zydeco
“I’m music-crazy. I learned by ear, so what I hear, I play. If it’s complicated to me, I know how to get there.” Jackpot!, Buckwheat Zydeco’s first studio CD since […]
Brian Wilson
It may seem odd, and rather unlikely to more than a few New Orleans Jazz Festival aficionados that Brian Wilson, the founder and creative force behind the legendary Beach Boys, […]
Joe Krown
Raised in Westbury, Long Island, New York, keyboardist Joe Krown commenced playing piano as a child. In college at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Krown discovered the […]
Arthur Hardy
Appearing In New Orleans: Nightly during Carnival, live from the parade routes on WDSU-TV and WWL radio. There is no “official spokesperson” for Mardi Gras, the planet’s largest […]
