Kiss This: Punk in the Present

Tab Benoit, the Olde Absinthe Bar, Mitch Woods, Luther Allison & More

Tipitina’s: Times Change and Why New Orleans Musicians Don’t Make Any Money

Tipitina’s—it’s a household word when it comes to talking about New Orleans music. But it wasn’t always that way. Fifteen years ago, when I moved back to my native New […]

Congo Square Benefit Performance, House of Blues, August 7, 1997

Letters September 1997

Rufus Thibodeaux: Forever Fiddling

The Double Life of Gina Forsyth

David Sharp: The Alarm Goes Off

The Hackberry Ramblers: Bridges to Babylon

The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars: Takin’ A Different Road

Historically, every musical style was born of a variety of influences. The genius in creating a new sound is incorporating aspects of seemingly disparate music styles into a new form. […]