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June 2009 Letters
MUSICAL MORONS Wow, I am dismayed to hear that the crowd booed Dr. John. I was not impressed that Bon Jovi was playing and was not interested in seeing him. […]
April 2009 Letters
EARLY & SMOKE FREE I took particular interest in Jim Markway’s letter to the editor in March’s issue discussing the lack of venues in the city and the low pay […]
Another Troubled Street
For the better part of a decade, Frenchmen Street has become the hot spot for locals and music savvy tourists tired of the gauntlet of identical strip clubs, T-shirt stores […]
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 […]
Letters April 2006
A Valuable Lesson A big influence on my music career was former New Orleans Summer Pops conductor Milton Bush. He was my high school teacher for one year. He was/is […]
Katrina Blues
It is more than a little strange to be back in New Orleans on the first cool-ish night of autumn after the summer that would never end. That mustard gas […]
Around the Clock with Kermit Ruffins
“I have to light up the rainy day grill,” observes Kermit Ruffins on a cool, wet Wednesday morning in early April. “I love this weather,” the trumpeter and vocalists declares […]
The Other Chili Peppers
If there’s a singular source of pioneering Pachuco artistry that laid the groundwork for every Latino rock ‘n’ roll band from Sunny and the Sunglows to Sonny Ace and the […]
Life Sentence: An Interview with Philip Frazier of ReBirth Brass Band
On his first day off following a Jazz Fest whirlwind of some 20 gigs, ReBirth Brass Band’s Philip Frazier sat in my kitchen a bit worse for wear from his […]
Tabby Thomas (Interview)
He may bill himself as The King of the Swamp Blues, but Louisiana music legend Tabby Thomas is most intriguing in the ways he doesn’t live up to that title. […]
