Issue Articles — Features
The Queer Americana Scene: New Orleans’ Black, queer frontwomen Joy Clark, Lilli Lewis and Mia Borders claim their cubes.
Mia Borders will perform on the Festival Stage at Jazz Fest on Saturday, May 7, at 11:15 a.m.Lilli Lewis will perform on the Lagniappe Stage at Jazz Fest on Friday, […]
Blood Harmonies | Oh, the Life of Steve Riley: Dewey Balfa, Riley Family Band and the Rebirth of the Mamou Playboys
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys will perform at the Fais Do Do Stage on Friday, April 29, at 3 p.m. Burke Riley Cajun Quintet will perform at the Kids […]
‘I’m legit, the best’: An interview with Alfred Banks
Alfred Banks has always been an underdog. He started rapping as a teenager before working his way to performing with acts like Tank and the Bangas, Big Freedia, Lupe Fiasco, […]
André Bohren and Electric Yat Quartet bring classical music to the streets
“St. James Infirmary Blues,” a song deeply connected to New Orleans, ends with just a touch of Chopin’s “Funeral March,” the third movement of his Piano Sonata No. 2. At […]
Music is everything: Cuban-born percussionist Alexey Marti creates his own style
“Yeah, this is my hometown,” declares the remarkably talented Cuban-born percussionist and composer Alexey Marti, who has now lived in New Orleans for 14 years. He will be making his […]
The Big 6 Brass Band is the street sound of New Orleans
The Big 6 Brass Band took off flying when the group was formed in 2017. It jumped into the arena by immediately putting out a mixtape of cover tunes, dropping […]
My Music with Raphaël Bas
Guitarist and harmonica player Raphaël Bas grew up in Bourges, France. Bas moved to New Orleans and incorporated the sounds of New Orleans traditional jazz into French Gypsy swing. His […]
Swashbucking Outlaw: Rickie Lee Jones makes her French Quarter Festival debut
When Rickie Lee Jones finally makes her debut at the thrice-delayed French Quarter Fest, she’ll be warmed up and rarin’ to go, fresh from major East Coast tour capped off […]
Joyful and swinging: Steve Pistorius is an advocate for the preservation of traditional jazz
Traditional New Orleans jazz has taken pianist Steve Pistorius all over the world, from New York to Singapore to the Galapagos Islands. He’s played at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the […]
Light It Up: New Orleans classic R&B singer Vegas Cola makes her French Quarter Festival debut
Vegas Cola grew up in Treme, one of New Orleans’ historic and famously musical neighborhoods. A singer, songwriter and bandleader, she naturally channels her city’s many music genres into original […]
