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New Cookbook: The Creole Tomato Festival
John “Spud” McConnell offers up some y’at-tacular wisdom when declaring his preferred way to enjoy South Louisiana’s most celebrated indigenous fruit: “Take the Creole tomato, cut off the stem, sprinkle […]
Louie Ludwig with the Moss Pickers, Elevation 13 (Independent)
Musical bon vivant and unreconstructed hippie that he is, NOLA scene vet Louie Ludwig has always been a folkie more in function than form: his muse has wandered all over […]
The Baby Dolls are an Iconic Mardi Gras Tradition
Lifelong New Orleanian Millie Charles, best-known as the founding dean of SUNO’s school of social work, was born in 1924. She and her friends use to wait with great anticipation […]
Rough Seven, Codebreaker (Upperninth)
Rough Seven’s sophomore release, Codebreaker, is a chronologically mixed bag of studio cuts dating back to Scully’s initial self-titled solo debut—following the (thankfully, only quasi-) retirement of rock outfit Morning […]
Pat O’Brien’s: The Songs Remain the Same
On Halloween night, Pat O’Brien’s piano bar was packed with costumed quaffers getting wild and singing along drunkenly to everything from “Elvira” to “Rocket Man.” A guy dressed as an […]
The Armstrong Legacy
“All of the trumpeters that come from New Orleans—whether we know it or not, or whether we acknowledge it or not—we live in the echo of Pops.”—Wynton Marsalis Jazz traveled […]
Somewhat Optimistic?
Festival season is upon us. First, there’s French Quarter Fest, the most glorious of New Orleans’ spring festivals—the best little festival that you may never have heard of. French Quarter […]
