Issue Articles
10 Remarkable Songs Played at Jazz Fest 2016
This month we look back at the 2016 Jazz Fest and revisit ten of the songs that stood out for us. Keep in mind that your own list will depend […]
REWIND: Marcia Ball, Gatorhythms (Rounder)
Marcia Ball presses rewind on her 1989 album, Gatorhythms. “My songwriting seemed to coalesce on this album—it was the first one I wrote most of the songs on. When I […]
Soundcheck: Rory Danger
You seemed to appear in New Orleans out of nowhere, yet you already had some devoted fans and played with some of the best in town. Can you tell us […]
Sound On Sound: Aurora Nealand Has Always Been a Bit of an Enigma
I have a vivid memory of Aurora Nealand from three Jazz Fests ago. She and her band, the Royal Roses, were playing the Economy Hall stage, where they fit in perfectly […]
Seoul Singer: Miss Sophie Lee Expands Her Palate as a Singer, Songwriter and Restaurateur
Miss Sophie Lee does a lot of dreaming nowadays—a lot of the songs on her new disc, Traverse This Universe, were literally dreamed up. And when it comes to her […]
Crawfish Tracks
Louisiana never seems to tire of crawfish songs, and there’s plenty of excuses to play them at this time of year, with Crawfish Mambo upcoming and mudbugs coming back into […]
Diversity: Honey Island Swamp Band, Demolition Day (Ruf Records)
As anyone who’s seen Honey Island Swamp Band lately can attest, they like to stretch things out. Last year at Jazz Fest they set a possible record by playing a […]
Hometown Groove: Darcy Malone & the Tangle, Still Life (Independent)
At first I thought the source of the band’s name had to be obvious: Must refer to “Love Is a Tangle,” the song Darcy Malone’s father Dave sang with the […]
The Tanglers Bluegrass Band, Backwards Burner (Independent)
How can you tell that a bluegrass band is from New Orleans? For starters, it’s a dead giveaway if they cover a Meters song. Or in this case, two Meters […]
Bas Clas, In Wonderland (Serfdom)
Listen to the start of Bas Class’ new album, and you might be fooled into thinking that Elvis Costello’s started rocking again. It’s not just that singer Donnie Picou sounds […]
