Issue Articles — Features
Lifetime Achievement in Music Business: Doris Bastiansen of the Kerry Irish Pub
New Orleans has a long list of storied music venues known the world over for their timeless performances that connect musicians with the spirit of their audience members. And yet […]
Positive Vibrations HeartBeat Award (Culture Bearer): Herreast Harrison
Herreast Harrison’s life story sings of destiny. A soft-spoken yet sharp-witted and culturally astute and involved woman, Harrison, 81, took her cues from her mother, Mattie Johnson, in her love […]
Positive Vibrations HeartBeat Award (Musician): Dr. Michael White
Renowned and multiple-award-winning clarinetist, composer and educator Dr. Michael White came to learn that just performing New Orleans jazz was not enough. Part of the deal was carrying on the […]
Lifetime Achievement in Music Education: John Snyder
When John Snyder joined the Loyola University faculty as the Conrad N. Hilton Eminent Scholar in Music Industry Studies, he brought decades of creativity and expertise to the job. “One […]
The Best Music of the Year: The 50 best albums of 2018
We’ve polled our writers and editorial staff and have gathered 50 of our most recommended albums of the year. We didn’t include reissues and only included releases reviewed in 2018. […]
Music Is Freedom: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys celebrate 30 years
There was barely room to breathe November 3 at Fred’s Lounge in Mamou, a hole-in-the-wall world-famous for beer drinking and Cajun dancing at 8 a.m. (yes, 8 a.m.), Saturdays. A […]
The Fess Centennial: Professor Longhair’s 100th birthday
Henry Roeland Byrd was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana on December 19, 1918. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the iconic pianist, vocalist and composer, affectionately called Fess, will be […]
I Did Every God Damned Thing Myself: The Dave Bartholomew Century
Dave Bartholomew celebrates his 100th birthday on Christmas Eve, just as New Orleans fetes its own 300th anniversary, a synchronicity that underscores Bartholomew’s indelible imprint on the music and culture […]
Smoky Greenwell, Johnny Sansone and Jason Ricci at the Harmonica Mini-Collective
“If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.” Charlie Parker’s famous quote is especially true of musicians residing in New Orleans—something happens when you live in […]
Hitting His Prime: Meet the crawfish-catching opera star André Courville
André Courville lives two minutes from the Atchafalaya Basin, America’s largest river swamp. At nearly one million acres, the Basin is a wildlife wonderland, home to 65 species of reptiles […]
