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Louisiana Home Grown
It is notoriously difficult to make money in the music business. For every U2 or Billy Ray Cyrus, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of equally talented and/or deserving artists who […]
Silky Slim Keeps A High Profile; the Batiste Brothers Go East
Rapper Silky Slim (Ramona Mark) took a gamble when she quit her job as a stock clerk at Walmart to pursue a music career. That gamble paid off, and the […]
Gregory D Issues The Real Deal; The Sandman Gets Signed
Local rappers-made-good Gregory D (aka Gregory Duvernay) and DJ Manny Fresh (Byron Thomas) have just returned home from a tour with Too Short and Spice 1. They played Houston, Atlanta […]
Postcards from the Edge: Willie Lockett & the Blues Krewe Survive and Prosper on Bourbon Street
You should have been there. After the convention, we headed for the French Quarter and wandered into Rhythms, this big patio with a circus-tent top near the Canal Street end […]
George Buck: They Call Him Mr. Trad
George Buck oversees the world’s largest traditional jazz catalog from his Decatur Street sanctuary. New Orleans — the birthplace of jazz. Webster tells us it is “a kind of […]
Spring Is Upon Us; Start It With Spare Parts
Springtime in New Orleans means festival time with the French Quarter Festival (April 10-12) and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the end of the month. Roadtrippers will be […]
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 […]
