Blogs
Hangout Day 3: Everybody Wants to See Paul Simon
It amazed me what a small space the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama was held in. The two main stages faced other across a stretch of beach that […]
Treme Wrap-Up: Dealing with Death
Last week, I wondered if Dinneral Shavers had been sufficiently set up as a presence to make his death carry the weight in the show that it did in life, […]
Hangout Day 2: Cee Lo Late (Again)
Cee Lo Green continued to disappoint on the summer’s festival circuit. At Coachella, he was late to the stage, where he was eventually booed, and Saturday at Gulf Shores’ Hangout […]
Hangout Festival Day 1: Jam Lives
The Hangout exploded from a little-known beach festival in 2010 to the sixth largest U.S. outdoor weekend festival in one year, and the ticket lines show it. The intersection of […]
Golightly’s Hill Country Help
Musicians continue to belly up to the bar for a glass of something real served in a vintage glass with a retro umbrella and a contemporary kick. At best, that’s […]
Pick Your ?
So last weekend, Joseph and I are driving over to Pass Christian, MS to attend our niece’s wedding. Hadn’t been to Mississippi for a while on a road trip. Whenever you […]
Stevie Wonder in New Orleans May 12: Videos
This past Thursday, May 12 Stevie Wonder received an honorary degree at Tulane University’s graduation ceremony in recognition of both his musical, charitable, and activist achievements. Wonder expressed his thanks […]
Treme Wrap-Up: Time for Your Close-Up
[SPOILER ALERT] “The process don’t matter if you don’t get no result”—appropriate words from Albert Lambreaux, who could have been speaking for the city in late 2006 as easily as […]
Not Wanted on the Web?
I’m in the process of reading an advance of Everything is an Afterthought, Kevin Avery’s biography and selected works of the music critic Paul Nelson. Reading Nelson’s writing reminds me […]
Post-Jazz Summer Blues?
Well, sort of. After Jazz Fest, the music community does takes a sigh of relief that it’s all over. Jazz Fest is the time when musicians, and most who benefit […]
