Music
Aaron Neville, The Tattooed Heart (A&M Records)
No one should begrudge Aaron Neville’s success. His was a hard-fought campaign to rebound from the “Tell It like It Is” travesty, which found him in possession of a national […]
Mr. Harold Dejan: A Life in Music Examined
Harold “Duke” Dejan, the 86-year-old leader of Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band, had come to the backyard studio of producer/Olympia trumpet player Milton Batiste on this April morning to be interviewed. […]
Leo Nocentelli’s Nocentelli
“Make sure you get the name right,” cautions Leo Nocentelli over the phone from his home in North Hollywood. “This isn’t the Meters.” The former Meters guitarist is secure about […]
Alex Chilton Lets Them Scream
Alex Chilton is strolling through the women’s clothing section of the Woolworth’s at Rampart and Canal, discussing astrology and rain coats. Astrology had come up a few moments ago at […]
Kermit Ruffins Comes Out Swingin’
The Treme district is soggy under a lifeless gray sky on this chilly Sunday afternoon in February, but the sunny disposition of Kermit Ruffins refuses to be dampened. The neighborhood’s […]
Look at Snooks Eaglin Now!: On the Road Again
Late one foggy night many years ago, a night steeped in the lore of New Orleans R&B, a ’49 Studebaker barreled down a lonely road between Donaldsonville and New Orleans, […]
