Issue Articles
Sudan Social Aid and Pleasure Club Dances for Peace
When the Sudan Social Aid & Pleasure Club jumps out of the doors of the Treme Center, all eyes excitedly turn to the members’ striking attire and accessories. The organization, […]
Ironing Board Sam & the Sticks, Ironing Board Sam & the Sticks (Music Maker)
Ironing Board Sam is quirky, though always in a magically creative kind of way. The 75-year-old keyboardist, vocalist and composer is blessed with an imaginative mind that often moves his […]
The Cookers, Time and Time Again (Montema Music)
Okay, simply put, Time and Time Again is a great album. That is not at all surprising considering the depth, experience and power of the members of the Cookers. To […]
Backtalk: Jimmy Cliff
The voice of Jimmy Cliff is that of reggae music. With its Jamaican lilt, it holds the history of the music’s evolution and its socially conscious purpose. Cliff, 66, was […]
Bobby Rush is Still a Bayou Boy
“I’m almost back at home,” Bobby Rush exclaims with a laugh. Youthful for age 80, Rush is laughing because what he means is that since he lives in Jackson, Mississippi, […]
Obituary: Warren B. “Porgy” Jones
“Music was all around—everybody played something,” trumpeter Porgy Jones once exclaimed of growing up in the French Quarter. Jones enjoyed a diverse, almost 60-year musical career doing what came naturally […]
Obituary: Tim Green
The beautifully gentile sound of Morikeba Kouyate’s kora rang out to welcome Tim Green’s many loving fans and fellow musicians at a musical tribute in honor of the saxophonist. Green, […]
Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, On the Corner of Hope and New Orleans (Independent)
Vocalist Antoine Diel quietly, though with great expressive elegance, opens On the Corner of Hope and New Orleans with a heartfelt rendition of the moving “His Eye Is on the […]
Obituary: Idris Muhammad
In the heyday of New Orleans rhythm and blues, it was rare that sidemen on recording sessions were credited. That’s why few people know that the drums heard on […]
Backtalk: Henry Butler and Steven Bernstein
Piano virtuoso and vocalist Henry Butler agrees that the music on his and trumpeter/arranger Steven Bernstein’s album, Viper’s Drag, represents the meeting of two great musical cities: New Orleans and […]
