Issue Articles
Buzz Band: Dash Rip Rock’s Bill Davis talks about South By Southwest
As everyone who’s followed the Austin, Texas industry festival can attest, South by Southwest has changed a lot over the years. But some of its attractions remain in place: the […]
Bruskers, Who?
Late last summer, ace guitarist Jimmy Robinson played a memorable gig at an olive garden—not the chain restaurant, but an actual olive garden in Franciacorta, Italy. He was in town […]
The Spring Sex Playlist
Spring is here, and a young man’s or woman’s thoughts naturally turn to… well, sex. With that in mind, we present a playlist of ten new and old New Orleans […]
Carnival Tales
Musicians tell their favorite Mardi Gras stories With Carnival season approaching, we’ve once again asked some musicians to tell us their favorite Mardi Gras stories. The stories we got […]
Aaron Neville: The No-Ballad Playlist
Everybody knows that Aaron Neville sings a ballad like nobody else, but some casual fans think that’s all he ever does. The rock ’n’ roll and funk tracks are a […]
Mike Zito & the Wheel, Keep Coming Back (Ruf)
This might be just another good album of hopped-up blues-rock in the Winter/Thorogood vein if not for Zito’s lyrics, which give things a little more of an emotional kick. The […]
Bobby Rush
Now it can be told: Veteran blues great Bobby Rush never actually ate chicken heads. Still, it makes sense that his 1971 song about that particular delicacy has become his […]
McLaughlin, Nuccio, Fohl & Coman
Nashville-based ace songwriter Pat McLaughlin won’t be hurting for a good band when he hits town next month. At Siberia on January 22, he’ll be backed up by drummer Carlo […]
All “Louie Louie” Playlist
January 20 marks the 19th anniversary of the death of Richard Berry (born in Extension, Louisiana), the man who wrote the sacred rock ’n’ roll text known as “Louie Louie.” […]
REWIND: Red Rockers, Condition Red (415)
Lead singer/guitarist (and current Cowboy Mouth member) John Thomas Griffith hits Rewind on one of New Orleans’ first punk artifacts, the Red Rockers’ 1981 debut. “You could probably count […]
