Issue Articles — Features
Lenny McDaniel: Happy at Last
Lenny McDaniel is happier than he’s been in a long time. His CD is selling well, and its title track, Tired Angels, was voted song of the year at the […]
DJ Jubilee
Next to James Brown, DJ Jubilee may be one of the hardest working men in show business. The local rapper, born and raised in the St. Thomas Housing Development, currently […]
Race That Train: Mike West and Myshkin
Some people have what’s known as a calling in life. A calling being more than simply a profession, rather, it’s a thing that you live, breathe, eat, smell and taste […]
The Latin Quarter: Latin Music in New Orleans
Cultural roots of enormous depth connect New’ Orleans and Latin music. As a result, the popularity of the genre in the Crescent City is no isolated phenomenon. Pulitzer Prize-winning author […]
Fest Focus: Hunter Hayes
The lighted sign outside Mulate’s Cajun Resaurant reads “WELCOME FRI 3-7, BEER $1.” This isn’t the kind of place you’d expect to interview a six-year-old. But this is where Hunter […]
Fest Focus: Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
Like the Caribbean Négritude poets Aimé Césaire and Léopold Senghor, Ziggy Marley and his siblings see their music as a vehicle for social protest and asserting the value and dignity […]
Fest Focus: The Doobie Brothers
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Zydeco: What’s in A Word?
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Fest Focus: Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders
Think of “traditional” or “classic” New Orleans jazz and what comes to mind? The scratches, hisses, and pops of a mono recording from the dawn of the recording era? A […]
Fest Focus: Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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