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Artists Only
“Art is about paying attention.”—Laurie Anderson “Art isn’t something you marry. It’s something you rape.”—Edgar Degas “Art is seduction, not rape.”—Susan Sontag “Art is making something out of nothing and […]
Creole Everything
Handsome Moïse Viatorand his beautiful sister Alida, aged 22 and 19, respectively, were raised on the family farm in Eunice and home-schooled by their mother Deborah-Helen, an esteemed violin maker,and […]
Aaron Neville
It has been an honor in my life to know Aaron Neville, one of the greatest singers in the world. We have not always agreed on everything—particularly some of the […]
Satchmo Spotlight: The Louis Armstrong Home, Queens, NY
Phoebe Jacobs, Executive Vice-President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, will participate in a forum entitled “The Women in Louis Life” at the Old U.S. Mint on Friday, August 1 […]
Satchmo Spotlight: Roland Guerin
Jazz bassist Roland Guerin began his musical sojourn on viola, switched to guitar and ended up on bass: “Guitar kind of felt natural to me. But when I felt a […]
Greetings from the Ninth Ward: Wish You Were Here, Dawl!
GREETINGS FROM THE NINTH WARD Wish You Were Here, Dawl! “Dude, you are totally not from the Ninth Ward!” –Heather Sher, one of Darwin’s Angels, as heard on Quintron’s […]
