Issue Articles — Features
FQF IQ: Your A-Z Guide to All the Artists at This Year’s French Quarter Festival
French Quarter Fest 2016 will feature more than 1,700 local artists on 23 stages spread throughout the Quarter. Our comprehensive guide to this year’s festival will help you plan your […]
Valence and Chestnut: Caesar Brothers Play New Orleans Music the Way it Should Be Played
Drummer Rickey and keyboardist Norman Caesar were born and raised in New Orleans’ notorious Uptown funk neighborhood. Related to the Nevilles by marriage—Cyril’s wife, Gaynielle Neville, is their aunt—they grew […]
There’s Nothing Like Chubby: Grammy Winner Chubby Carrier Isn’t Afraid to Take Chances
“Isn’t that crazy, man?” Chubby Carrier says about being in his 27th year as a zydeco accordionist, songwriter and performing front man. But since winning the Grammy in 2011 for […]
Everything Old is New Again: The Batture Boys’ New Vibe
The Batture Boys are a brand-new band; they’ve just been around for a long while. Tommy Malone and Ray Ganucheau have played together on-and-off for two decades, mostly on Malone’s […]
Following Your Bliss: Mason Ruffner Doesn’t Adhere to a Formula
Mason Ruffner had everything it takes to build a mainstream blues-rock career—everything but the desire to do so. Back in 1989, Ruffner had the elements in place: He had a […]
On the Move: The New Breed Brass Band is Making Noise
The New Breed Brass Band rolls at four major New Orleans festivals this year. In order of its appearances they include the Freret Street Festival, the French Quarter Festival, Jazz […]
Medicine Man: Marc Stone’s Surge Of Sunshine
For a lot of New Orleans music fans, French Quarter Fest starts when Marc Stone kicks his band into high gear Friday morning at the Tropical Isle stage. The Gazebo […]
Ten Years Gone: Lafayette’s Brass Bed courts national attention
The Secret Will Keep You, the third album from Lafayette psychedelic-pop band Brass Bed, inspired national acclaim in 2013. NPR, The New Yorker, Spin, Paste, VICE, Mother Jones and more […]
March 1, 1949: Louis Armstrong’s Reign As King Zulu
In June of 1926, when Louis Armstrong was 24-years-old, the trumpeter and his Hot Five entered the Okeh recording studio and cut “The King of the Zulus,” a tribute to […]
Looking In the Score: Angela Hewitt finds what the composer has left us
World-renowned classical pianist Angela Hewitt was born in Canada. She began her piano studies at age 3 and went on to study at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music. She has […]
