SXSW; A Change in the Air; Big Easy Awards and More

Metropolis on Hiatus; 10th Anniversary FIL Book; New Cajun Discs

Spiritualettes, Gospel Soul Children CDs; The Paulin Brothers; and Blue Lu

Taj Mahal, Jon Cleary Create Phantom Blues

Alison Krauss & Union Station, House of Blues, March 6, 1996

Letters April 1996

Jazz Funerals in Time

No one knows when the first jazz funeral occurred, but whenever it did, the word jazz did not apply. From the dawn of jazz music in the 1890s through middle […]

The French Quarter Festival, April 12-14, 1996

The French Quarter Festival (April 12-14), which began as a way to lure locals back into the Quarter, is now celebrating its 13th year. Part of the idea was to […]

Festival International de Louisiane ’96

As Festival International de Louisiane has grown in stature over the past nine years, it has become a tradition for New Orleanians and informed visitors to carefully plan out the […]

Zydekidz

The kids are definitely in the hall! Generation Z, the new breed of zydeco artists, is beginning to make its sound heard. With new venues to play and demand for […]