Remembering Lee Allen (1926-1994), the Great New Orleans R&B Tenor Saxophonist

An OffBeat Interview with Michael Ray

The stage comes ablaze with color and light as Michael Ray & The Cosmic Krewe take their places amidst a bewildering array of instruments and pulsing neon sculptures of strange […]

Second-Line Season Arrives; New Sets from Rebirth, Frogman, Oliver Morgan, Snooks

Legends of Specialty Records Reunite for Concert; Soul Rebels Release Their Debut

New Discs from WWOZ, Derek Shezbie, Danny Barker and the Wild Magnolias

Harold Battiste: One For All

Harold Battiste is a sax player, a record maker, a jazz educator. His story, as told to John Sinclair, is an oral history of a life in New Orleans music. […]

Dr. John Comes Clean

The Good Dr. John’s profile is as high these days as it’s ever been. Rhino Records issued the Mos’scocious anthology, the first definitive collection of Mac Rebennack’s work. A fresh […]

Various Artists, Best of New Orleans Gospel, Volume 2 (Mardi Gras)

Tommy Ridgley, Chuck Carbo, Ernie K-Doe, Deacon John and Other R&B Stars Get Busy

Mardi Gras Indians Have Their Day; Greg Stafford and Friends Send Off Mr. Barker