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Kermit Ruffins Comes Out Swingin’
The Treme district is soggy under a lifeless gray sky on this chilly Sunday afternoon in February, but the sunny disposition of Kermit Ruffins refuses to be dampened. The neighborhood’s […]
Krewe du Vieux: A C.R.U.D.E. Awakening
Marie Krien-Schmidt and Mark Hall live in the heart of the Irish Channel, in a two-story house that could only be found in New Orleans. The walls are strewn with […]
Isaac Tigrett: Blues Brother
Entrepreneur Isaac Tigrett started hearing voices in his head when he was a teenager. “I have been intuitive since I was about 14 or 15,” he says. “Somebody died in […]
Aaron Neville’s Grand Tour de Force
For the second time in as many years, the Jazz & Heritage Festival will serve as a giant kick-off party for the latest Neville recording project. In 1992, it was […]
Boom Town
Once it was flirting with extinction. Now the brass band is alive and well and reshaping everything musical in its path. Even “The Flintstones” theme. When the Onward Brass […]
New Orleans Rock: On the Scene
Before reading any further, stop to picture in your mind what you think of when you hear the words “New Orleans music.” I’ll wait. Now, what did you see? If […]
Movers and Shakers: Music Scene Makers
If it be true that music makes the world go round, the question still remains: what makes the music? Obviously, the musician. But is that all? No—as many a talented-yet-poor […]
Decatur: The Street Where Dreams Meet
Decatur Street. For a New Orleanian of some vintage, the mere mention of the name conjures a variety of colorful associations, sensations of the sort ordinarily found only on foreign […]
