Issue Articles
The New Generation of Brass Bands: Live For Today
Sean Roberts, 23, likens learning how to play the trumpet to learning how to walk or talk. “I didn’t even really have to learn,” explains the trumpet player with To […]
Luke Winslow-King: French Quarter Fest Focus
Luke Winslow-King stumbled across the city of New Orleans almost by chance when he found himself in Louisiana after road-tripping through California and Texas with a friend. After only a […]
BMI Songwriter Stage: French Quarter Fest Focus
New Orleans has given birth to a plethora of songwriters—Fats Domino, Dr. John, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint and countless others—but is not commonly hailed as a songwriters’ haven. This year, […]
MyNameIsJohnMichael: What’s in a Name?
It all started with a bet. John Michael Rouchell was having lunch with a friend who, midconversation, told him that he was the laziest songwriter he’d ever met and bet […]
Down Bohren’s Road
“I don’t even really think of myself as an educator,” Spencer Bohren humbly states, “I’m just an artist.” Tell that to the thousands of students who have benefited from Bohren’s […]
Farewell, Asshole
It’s here, the beginning of the end. After a successful on-again, off-again 10-year run, The Asshole Monologues embarks on its self-proclaimed farewell tour. The production, inspired by Eve Ensler’s Vagina […]
