Issue Articles — Cover Story
Quintron and Miss Pussycat: Homemade World
You don’t expect to hear Mr. Quintron discuss a water pump. The world of Quintron and his wife/percussionist/puppeteer Miss Pussycat is rarely so mundane, but while in New York City […]
Don Vappie: Give Me Back My Banjo
Give Me Back My Banjo! In 2007, the Folk Alliance hosted a concert by three banjo players at Memphis’s Marriott Hotel. The three men sat in a semi-circle of chairs, […]
Trent Reznor: Before the Slip
Trent Reznor speaks in full sentences. Most interview subjects don’t, but it’s likely that the architect of Nine Inch Nails has sorted out his relationships to his demons through an […]
Road to Caviar
The Vettes’ music isn’t traditional New Orleans music. “Our music is ’80s/new-wave, mixed with indie. It has a modern twist to it,” says Rachel Vette, laughing. “I don’t know if […]
Dr. Michael White: Out of the Woods
Dr. Michael White is haunted. Everywhere he goes he encounters spirits. White isn’t particularly superstitious, nor is he charismatic in either the born again or the voodoo sense. Nevertheless, he […]
Re-Funked
When you think of the Essence Music Festival, you think of Frankie Beverly and Maze. Stevie, Aretha, Beyoncé, Chaka Khan and Prince have played it, but Maze embodies its values […]
Little Freddie King: A King’s Life
Few musical genres have suffered as much bastardization, misinterpretation and just plain abuse as the blues. Once reserved almost exclusively for the juke joint—that back o’ town bastion of crap-shooting, […]
We Are Family: The Neville Brothers
How do you explain the post-Katrina hostility toward the Neville Brothers? When Quint Davis announced that they would return to Jazz Fest this year to once again close the festival […]
Tom McDermott: The Keys to the City
Tom McDermott does not stand out in a crowd. The affable, laid-back pianist could be a bit character from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi, a reference that traces McDermott’s […]
Decisions, Decisions
She doesn’t have to do this. As a member of the Cowsills, Susan Cowsill performed on Playboy After Dark, countless talk shows, the Dean Martin Variety Hour, and the family […]
