Issue Articles
‘Irma: My Life In Music’ documentary honors Soul Queen of New Orleans
On a summer morning a few weeks after Hurricane Ida tore through southeast Louisiana, Irma Thomas talked about her life, music and upcoming documentary, Irma: My Life in Music. The […]
Gregory Porter talks back
Gregory Porter has earned fans throughout the world with his embracing baritone and genre-inclusive style. A two-time Grammy Award winner in the best jazz vocal album category, he’s also received […]
True To Zydeco: Dwayne Dopsie stays clear of rhythmic repetition
From the perspective of Dwayne Dopsie, accommodating zydeco’s danceable rhythms is no reason to forgo the music’s improvisational, genre-meshing joie de vivre. If anyone knows what genuine zydeco is, it’s […]
Music That Makes You Want To Move: Trumpeter and singer Doyle Cooper leads the Doyle Cooper Jazz Band at Satchmo SummerFest
Doyle Cooper loves playing music that makes people move. For this 28-year-old singer and trumpeter, that music is traditional New Orleans jazz. He leads both the Doyle Cooper Jazz Band […]
Brice Miller: A Man of Many Talents
It’s difficult to shortlist Brice Miller’s myriad musical endeavors. A singer and trumpeter born and raised in New Orleans jazz tradition, Miller performs with the Mahogany Brass Band and Ecirb […]
Clint Morgan, Troublemaker (Lost Cause Records)
Based in Olympia, Washington, singer-pianist Clint Morgan comfortably inhabits the historically linked but often segregated worlds of blues, country and rock and roll. It’s all there in his third album […]
Keith Burnstein, Things That Are Heavy Make Me Feel Light (Independent)
For his fourth solo album, singer-songwriter-keyboardist Keith Burnstein complements his genre-straddling songs with dynamic, expansive production. It’s a pleasure to hear horns and woodwinds throughout the project, including horn-chart arranger […]
Ledisi Talks Back
In March, following a string of nominations that began in 2008, Ledisi won her first Grammy Award. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the New Orleans-born singer and actress accepted the […]
Cultural Emissary: Composer Tree Adams pivots from NCIS: New Orleans to Dagnasterpus
During his tenure as composer for NCIS: New Orleans, Tree Adams enjoyed extended stays in the TV series’ namesake city. For the first three of his four seasons with the […]
Alligator Records: Fifty years loving the blues
The blues brought Bruce Iglauer to Chicago in 1970. A blues fan since he attended a 1966 festival performance by Mississippi Fred McDowell, Cincinnati native Iglauer founded Alligator Records in […]
