Issue Articles — Fresh
Taking Back the Banjo
If there was a moment where the banjo was branded with a stereotype, it would have to be when Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight went on a canoe trip down […]
Vinyl Comeback
There was once a time where albums were not downloadable packages with PDF cover art. They were carefully crafted masterpieces; music on a grand and heavy scale. On the surface, […]
Horns and Wires
In the city where traditional jazz is still king, the phrase “electronic improvised jazz” may raise a few eyebrows. But a group of New Orleans musicians are trying to push […]
The End of the Show
The Medicine Show has finally delivered its cure. For the past 10 years, this music show at Grant Street Dancehall in Lafayette has raised money for the Dr. Tommy Comeaux […]
Truth and Water
Somewhere south of Nashville, in a great big hardwood ballroom of a recording studio with baffles and warrens of isolation booths, it’s business as usual. Some very competent musicians have […]
Has Harry Got Game?
The Hornets returned to New Orleans this season, and with them came the NBA All-Star Game, which takes place February 17 in the New Orleans Arena. Harry Connick, Jr. has […]
Growing Up
On one page of One Generation at a Time: Biography of a Cajun and Creole Music Festival, a pre-fame Steve Riley stares up from the foot of the Festivals Acadiens […]
Turning 30
The Radiators are about to celebrate their 30th year as a band, but that’s not about to slow them down. The Rads are hitting the road again this winter and […]
Movers at a Standstill
The Imagination Movers started taping their upcoming television series for the Disney Channel at the University of New Orleans’ Nims Center in Harahan last October. After three solid months of […]
