Issue Articles — Features
Absolutely!: LeBlanc Family Band Gives 120 Percent
LEBLANC FAMILY BAND: FRIDAY, APRIL 29—KIDS TENT, 3 P.M. Breaux Bridge teenagers Leiton LeBlanc, 14, and her twin siblings Paige and Buddy, 13, never planned to be a Cajun […]
Living a Childhood Dream: Music was Always a Part of Herlin Riley’s Life
HERLIN RILEY QUINTET: SUNDAY, APRIL 24—ZATARAIN’S WWOZ JAZZ TENT, 2:45 P.M. When Herlin Riley enters a stage, he often wields a tambourine and always sports a big smile as […]
The More the Hairier: The Evolution of Homo Jazzfestivus
In the scientific class of major American outdoor music festivals, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Homo jazzfestivus) remains a unique family. While other families in the order throughout […]
Celebrating Alice: Discovering Arlo Guthrie
ARLO GUTHRIE: SUNDAY, MAY 1—BLUES TENT, 5:25 P.M. Once folk music’s goofy, witty young gun, somewhere along the line the inveterate hippie Arlo Guthrie became an elder statesman. “Alice’s […]
Catching on Fire: Snarky Puppy’s Blending Styles
SNARKY PUPPY: THURSDAY, APRIL 28—ZATARAIN’S WWOZ JAZZ STAGE, 5:25 P.M. “You can try it here but you’re crazy and it’s not gonna work.” That’s the reaction bassist Michael League, […]
Love and Passion: Cuban Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval’s Musical Imagination
ARTURO SANDOVAL: SATURDAY, APRIL 30—ZATARAIN’S WWOZ JAZZ TENT, 5:35 P.M. There are precious few musicians in the world as fully realized as Cuban-born trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. His formidable improvisational […]
Keeping Your Gravity: Royal Teeth’s Upbeat Worldview
ROYAL TEETH: SUNDAY, APRIL 24—GENTILLY STAGE, 2:10 P.M. There’s a lot that didn’t happen to Royal Teeth since they last released an album: They didn’t record with a major […]
More Elvis Than Fats: North Louisiana’s Kevin Gordon and Kenny Bill Stinson
KEVIN GORDON: SUNDAY, APRIL 24—LAGNIAPPE STAGE, 4:05 P.M. KENNY BILL STINSON & THE ARK-LA-MYSTICS: FRIDAY, APRIL 29—LAGNIAPPE STAGE, 5:30 P.M. Most lovers of Louisiana music are familiar with the […]
Cajun Punk Meets Irish
The Lost Bayou Ramblers sit down and get up with Spider Stacy of the Pogues. By the time London’s epochal Irish folk-punk band the Pogues recorded “Dirty Old Town” […]
No Borders: Curley Taylor has stopped getting dirty
CURLEY TAYLOR & ZYDECO TROUBLE: SUNDAY, APRIL 24—FAIS DO-DO STAGE, 11:15 A.M. It’s only early March and already zydeco accordionist Curley Taylor has braved the cold and elements to […]
