Issue Articles
Evan Christopher Brings a Modern Edge to the Creole Clarinet
Thunder rumbles off the bayou and wind-whipped palm fronds rattle outside Evan Christopher’s Mid-City home. It’s a gray afternoon in June and through the sounds of a brewing storm, the […]
Keeping Time at the Louisiana State Museum’s Jazz Collection
Once a key feature of the Old U.S. Mint’s exhibition space, the Louisiana State Museum’s internationally renowned Jazz Collection sustained damage during Hurricane Katrina. It was the exhibit’s partial destruction, […]
Tom McDermott Writes Music for Steven Soderbergh’s “The Knick”
In 1900—decades before the advent of antibiotics and blood banks—surgery was still an evolving, experimental field defined by high mortality rates and less-than-scientific forays into the unknown. Hence the tagline […]
Prospect.3 Gets Ready for Now
Prospect.3: Notes for Now, the third incarnation of the international contemporary-art biennial founded by Dan Cameron in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and curated by Franklin Sirmans, will feature the […]
Fest Focus 2014: Gregory Porter
No male jazz singer has elicited more attention recently than Gregory Porter, who, since his 2010 debut, Water, has consistently been hailed as the best new voice in the genre. […]
Young Men Olympian Celebrates its 130-Year Anniversary
The sound of Doc Paulin’s trumpet and the sight of men in color-coordinated suits carrying ribbon-bedecked streamers and fans through the streets of Uptown New Orleans was a regular part […]
Hurray for the Riff Raff, Small Town Heroes (ATO Records)
With the release of Small Town Heroes, the buzz around Alynda Lee Segarra’s Hurray for the Riff Raff has exploded into a full-fledged roar—and for good reason. Released less than […]
Beacons of the Scene: Preservation Hall Launches Pres Hall Brass
The latest development in Preservation Hall’s kinetic drive to update itself comes in the form of Pres Hall Brass, a relatively new ensemble created with the city’s thriving brass band […]
Nas to Perform Illmatic in Its Entirety at BUKU Music + Art Project
On April 15, 1994, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, a 20–year-old lyricist from New York’s Queensbridge projects, released his debut album, Illmatic. It quickly proved to be a hip-hop game-changer, […]
BackTalk: Jon Batiste, Living in the Moment (Interview)
At 27, Jon Batiste is already something of a visionary. Since leaving New Orleans 10 years ago to study at Juilliard, the pianist has cultivated a holistic approach to his […]
