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Whither Jazzfest? A Look Back at the Origins of the World’s Most Successful Music Festival and Its Impact on New Orleans’ Culture
Every spring for nearly one third of the 20th century, New Orleans has celebrated the music and culture of this region. What started off as a small gathering in Congo […]
Pah-Rade!
Sitting one hot afternoon for an interview at the former Lu and Charlie’s jazz club in August of 1974, James Black, one of the great unsung drummers of modern New […]
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
When Frank Sinatra hosted the Welcome Home Elvis television special in the Spring of 1960, he was trying to maintain a measure of hip with teenagers by rubbing a little […]
Various Artists, More New Orleans Party Classics (Rhino)
It’s not often a various-artists compilation spanning diverse genres and lime periods has real staying power, but 1991’s New Orleans Party Classics has endured beyond expectation. Spanning the second half […]
Meet Jerry Brock: A Man in Demand
Just try finding someone more involved in and essential to the New Orleans music scene than Jerry Brock. Before moving to New Orleans nearly 20 years ago to start a […]
The Treme Brass Band
With the brass band revival in full swing, Treme vets James Andrews, Kirk Joseph, Benny Jones and Lionel Batiste come together with their protégés to keep traditional street music marching […]
A (Most Unusual) Year in the Life of Deadeye Dick
Of the more than 100 Louisiana artists that released albums in 1994, none had a year like New Orleans guitar-pop trio Deadeye Dick. In 1994, the lives of Caleb Guillotte, […]
New Orleans Hip-Hop: Whither Rap?
The bridges that link New Orleans’ rap and hip-hop community to the more traditional pillars of the city’s musical legacy go well beyond some rappers’ fondness for sampling the Meters […]
TULBox on the Move; Notes on the Fluid, Stavin’ Chain and PJ Harvey
Supporters of WTUL’s TULbox live simulcasts need not fret that the college rock series has been dumped—it’s merely on hiatus. A Monday night fixture at Tipitina’s since 1988, the show […]
Evangeline, Evangeline
After a year that brought them from Bourbon Street sweatshops to the country’s biggest arenas, the women of Evangeline take stock on the eve of their second album for Jimmy […]
