Blogs
What Will Be The New Normal?
What will be the new normal for people who want to go out to listen to live music?
Patience Is A Virtue
This has been a hard week. The passing of Ellis Marsalis smacked me in the face with the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic’s power. Mr. Marsalis was 85, but to […]
Music and COVID-19
Just like everyone else, I check the latest grim statistics daily; I listen to the latest news to see if any progress has been made in the fight against COVID-19. […]
WHY IS MEMPHIS DOING THIS, AND NOT NEW ORLEANS?
What a great idea! On the morning of March 25, I got this press release from Memphis: Memphis Tourism’s Music Hub Launches “Get Live! Memphis” Online Music Festival with Facebook […]
Battered, But Not Out
From last week to this week, everyone’s world has changed drastically. The entire state of Louisiana—indeed, the whole of the US—is on lockdown. We’re being battered healthwise, financially, economically, culturally […]
Killing The Goose
As I climbed into my office chair overlooking Frenchmen Street, right before we closed the office for the Mardi Gras holiday, I was taken aback by the view of two […]
How A Cultural Fund Could Change New Orleans’ Future
This is how a New Orleans Cultural Fund can do a lot to improve New Orleans for its musicians, culture bearers and businesses.
How Important Are The Grammys?
Are Grammy wins what we really want for New Orleans and Louisiana musicians?
Folk Alliance Conference may be as powerful as Jazz Fest in helping musicians’ careers.
Folk Alliance Conference may be as powerful as Jazz Fest in helping musicians’ careers.
Why Don’t We Appreciate Local Music, And Why We Should
GUEST COLUMNIST: Shain Shapiro. Shain Shapiro is a principal in Sound Diplomacy, a firm whose mission is to help create, support and sustain places to live for, rather than just […]
