Issue Articles
Spring Is Upon Us; Start It With Spare Parts
Springtime in New Orleans means festival time with the French Quarter Festival (April 10-12) and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the end of the month. Roadtrippers will be […]
Acadian Allons Au Video
Before you pass a real good time this month, you might want to sample a few Cajun concoctions on video just to set your mood straight some, cher. The 1989 […]
Steve Riley: Cajun Crusader
Mardi Gras night in Mamou, Louisiana, and the main street stage is being broken down. The riders who were triumphantly dancing on horseback this afternon have all gone home to […]
Festival Exotique: Festival International de Louisiane Brings Cultural Tidbits from Around the Globe to Cajun Country
As April rolls around and the thoughts of most New Orleanians turn to Jazz Fest, another wonderful music and arts celebration—Festival International de Louisiane—is also shifting into gear. One of […]
Take A Chaw on These Mardi Gras Tidbits
Get out your new suits, gang, ’cause Mardi Gras is just a few days away. But meanwhile, take a chaw from our latest batch of plugs… DIAMOND DATES DEPT… Just […]
A Fistful of Notable Video Releases
Now that there’s a little breathing room between Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest, you may want to catch up on some interesting and offbeat videos. Among the more enticing: The […]
Blues Record Company News, Ronnie Earl, Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial and More
RECORD COMPANY NEWS: Alligator Records has just signed its first non-American musician. His name is Peter Hole, a slide guitar player from Australia, who, according to the folks at Alligator, […]
The Cult and Lenny Kravitz, Municipal Auditorium, February 4, 1992
The biggest disappointment of this odd bill was that Lenny Kravitz was relegated to the typical 45-minute set of an opening act. The members of the Cult apparently didn’t learn […]
Harold Battiste, Jazz Perspectives from New Orleans and Los Angeles, UNO Liberal Arts Alumni College, February 15, 1992
Harold Battiste is a warm, knowledgeable human being, with extensive recording, playing, producing and teaching experience. He was perfectly suited to guide a small interested audience through the vagaries of […]
Mardi Gras Music
Ah yes, it’s that time of year again in the ol’ Big Easy…a town where as soon as the Christmas decorations come down, the Mardi Gras decorations go up. A […]
