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Jazz Fest 2000: From A to Z
When you want to make a complicated thing simple, you break it down to the ABCs. When you want to get a handle on an event as sprawling as Jazz […]
Jazz Fest, from “A” to “Z”
A Acoustic Swiftness, SAT 4/24, LAGN, 3:10, largely acoustic guitar group that plays snazzy Latino riffs with style. Adelia, Adelia The Storyteller, SAT 4/24, KIDS, 1:30, Engaging storytelling from […]
New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Shrines: A Guided Tour
Ernie K-Doe once declared, ”I’m not sure, but I’m almost positive, that all music came from New Orleans.” While some might debate K-Doe’s blanket observation, it is a fact that […]
100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs, Part 5
From the sounds of Jelly Roll Morton to Clifton Chenier to Fats Domino and the Neville Brothers, Louisiana music has consistently proven itself as timeless and diverse. New Orleans is […]
Jazz Fest ’98: Our Annual Review
Our baby done grown up! The Jazz and Heritage Festival is the world’s now, it ain’t ours no more. In looking back at this year’s record-breaking festival, our columnists and […]
The Best Music of 1997
Whether it was a show, a CD or a simple moment, our staff and a host of others looked back at their musical calendars and culled the best of 1997. […]
Pieces of the Cradle
Few places that held the original spirit of Jazz still exist. ‘Those that do hide their history well. Jazz was born out of a very rare moment in history. […]
Frankie Ford: Ooh-Wee Baby!
Someone should tell Frankie Ford he doesn’t need to work this hard. On a Sunday evening in July, Ford’s big black Lincoln Town Car—the one with the “ooh-wee” personalized license […]
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 […]
Spotlight
Astral Project Anyone who has truly experienced an Astral Project performance knows the outer limits of music’s transportive powers. The Jazz Fest Astral journey departs from the Fair Grounds […]