Issue Articles — Features
Tony Jackson: The man of a thousand songs.
Now known as the most innocent of standards, “Pretty Baby” is really an artifact from the heyday of Storyville. And it’s virtually all that survives from the career of […]
Two Japanese jazz musicians travelled 7,000 miles to find a home in New Orleans
Haruka Kikuchi grew up in Tokyo: a big city girl with a background in classical music. Yoshitaka “Z2” Tsuji is from Osaka; his mother started teaching him piano when […]
Like a Cobra in the Dark: A conversation with Alex McMurray
Alex McMurray is rightfully recognized as a great guitarist and singer-songwriter, but beyond that he is also a tremendous navigator of the New Orleans music scene. Besides being a […]
Moving and Grooving: Joshua Gouzy is fostering friendships in a dozen of bands
A member of 11 New Orleans bands, Joshua Gouzy gigs at least seven days a week. The bassist also founded one of those bands, the New Orleans Catahoulas. Specializing in […]
Dave Bartholomew Memorial
The day after the massive funeral and second line for Dr. John, even as WWOZ was continuing its unprecedented marathon of Dr. John programming, the radio station broke […]
A Lasting Legacy: Scott Aiges and his wife Lisanne are leaving New Orleans for Denver
Scott Aiges, the first “official” Times-Picayune music writer; band manager; entrepreneur; organizer of multiple events around the city; former director of the New Orleans Music Office; and most currently an […]
The Rolling Stones American Tour in 1981 set a record that would stand for 33 years
It’s the Summer of ’81 and Keith Richards, attired in a black bomber jacket, black t-shirt, black jeans and blue suede boots, strides into the rural Massachusetts recording studio basement—Long […]
Essence: The Party with a Purpose
Essence Fest holds many vivid and very individual memories for those who’ve attended the fest, as well as those who’ve performed. There was Aretha Franklin’s stunning appearance at the first […]
Natural Appeal: Marc Morial remembers the birth of Essence Festival
“The festival has exceeded my wildest imagination,” exclaims Marc Morial of the 25th anniversary of the Essence Festival. Morial, who is currently the President of the National Urban League, was […]
The Royal Affair: Alan White of Yes has played drums with rock royalty
Archetypal prog-rock band Yes traversed North America last year on its fiftieth anniversary tour. Yes is bringing its time signature-shifting, riff-packed, melodic and majestic repertoire to American stages again this […]
