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Dr. John: New Orleans’ Favorite Physician
If you haven’t been able to locate the elusive “Dr. Feel Good,” look no further. When you hear the pounding, driving, thumping, gutsy sounds erupting from the keyboard with New […]
Tipitina’s: The Legend Lives On
When you enter the door at Tipitina’s night club, you immediately view the first visible shrine to one of New Orleans’ musical patron saints, Henry Roeland Byrd, the one and […]
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 […]
John Sinclair (1941-2024)
Poet, political and marijuana activist and writer John Sinclair died of heart failure at the Detroit Receiving Hospital on April 2, 2024, he was 82.
John Sinclair (1941-2024)
Poet, political and marijuana activist and writer John Sinclair died of heart failure at the Detroit Receiving Hospital on April 2, 2024, he was 82.
Tipitina’s Foundation Presents “Making Business of Your Band”
This summer, the Tipitina’s Foundation will present the “Making Business of Your Band” Music Business Development Series aimed at establishing and sustaining viable businesses in the music industry. The program targets […]
My Music: CR Gruver
We had an upright piano in my house growing up, outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I took classical lessons from time I was nine until about 14. At 14, I discovered […]
Craig Brenner, Live at the Old Mint (Independent)
This album’s subtitle promises “Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano” and it’s accurate in at least that respect: Pianist Craig Brenner is equally fluent in New Orleans piano, straight blues, even […]
