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Fest Focus: Dr. Michael White
A stern black-and-white portrait of “Papa John” Joseph, bass poised, hangs over the mantle in Dr. Michael White’s home office. White, a native New Orleans traditional jazz clarinetist, inspects the […]
Fest Focus: Governor Jimmie Davis
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine … “ The song’s been covered by Lawrence Welk and Cowboy Mouth, Mitch Miller and Mitch Ryder, Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Willie […]
Louisiana Musical Landmarks
At Jazz Fest, music is always as close as the nearest stage. But outside the Fair Grounds, Louisiana also has its more hidden attractions — our own musical blue highways. […]
Livin’ Large: The Hard Life, Fast Times, and Golden Smile of J. Monque’D
It is a beautiful day in J. Monque’D’s neighborhood. You can’t quite see the Mississippi River from the door of his rented shotgun apartment, but you can feel the cool […]
Inside the Tribes
“Big Chief wants to see you.” During a recent Sunday practice, an order to summon the visitor was passed through the ranks of the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians […]
Frogman Finds A Home
Way down yonder in the Bayouland, past twisting urban blight and rotting moral fibers, a lone green thing, rana N’waleenzius, sits on the banks of the Mississippi and laments the […]
Mardi Gras Music
Mardi Gras, to say the least, presents a wild flood of sensory input. The varied sources of stimuli include garish floats, exotic and erotic costumes, over-indulgence of all sorts, rituals […]
They Call Us Wild: The Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans
“There is never a dull momentin the streetwhere the Zulus & the Indians& the Baby Dollslive & play. in the streetswhere every nightis Saturday night…” -Robert Tallent, […]
The Sound of New Orleans from A to Z
If stranded on a desert island and given but two wishes, most Earthlings would opt for food and water. The Orleanian, without thinking twice, would take the food, skip the […]
