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Celebrate While We Incinerate
Malevitus has never sounded weirder or more beautiful.
4 min |
March 2020
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Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph [talks back]
As eclectic as the New Orleans music scene is, it’s still hard to imagine an artist having a more diverse career than Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph, who, at the age of 31, sings in three bands that could hardly be more different.
8 min |
February 2020
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Indie Rock's 10-Year Anniversary
New Orleans rock artists have always been a part of the city’s music scene.
4 min |
March 2020
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THE ICEMEN COMETH
THE ICEMAN SPECIAL MAKES MUSICAL MAGIC WITH A CROSS-GENERATIONAL COLLABORATION AND FAMILY TIES
10+ min |
March 2020
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Christone ‘‘Kingfish'' Ingram talks back
A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram comes from the land of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker and Skip James. Just turned 21, this young man with the blues respects his music’s past even as he shapes its future.
2 min |
March 2020
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Mr. Z
Matthew Zarba is Upbeat Academy’s unflappable rap principal.
4 min |
March 2020
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A Walking Spirit
Victor Harris, the Spirit of Fi-Yi-Yi, celebrates 55 years of beauty and culture.
6 min |
February 2020
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Playing For His Life
Darius Lyndsley is on a mission to turn his art into something more.
3 min |
February 2020
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The Supreme Green Fairy
Tank and the Bangas reign over krewe Bohème.
10+ min |
February 2020
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Felipe's Mexican Taqueria
Everyone has a handful of go-to restaurants they count on for consistently delicious dining experiences.
3 min |
February 2020
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Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes Talks Back
Mississippi’s Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is the keeper of the Bentonia blues tradition flame. He follows such earlier practitioners of the country-blues style as Skip James,
7 min |
December 2019
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The Story Of People And Place
The Folk Alliance celebrates creativity and supports traditions.
4 min |
January 2020
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Rhiannon Giddens Talks Back
In 2007, Rhiannon Giddens performed at the Folk Alliance International conference with the aspiring black string band Carolina Chocolate Drops.
7 min |
January 2020
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Positive vibrations HeartBeat Award (Musician) Margie Perez
Margie Perez embodies what it means to be a working artist in New Orleans right now: she plays whenever possible, constantly expanding her reach with a variety of bands and collaborations.
4 min |
January 2020
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Positive vibrations HeartBeat Award (Culture Bearer) Clarence “Delco” Dalcour
Clarence Dalcour, 71, is a soft-spoken man who as Big Chief Delco of the Creole Osceola displays old-time Black Indian ways that he acquired through listening and observing the elder chiefs.
4 min |
January 2020
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True Food Kitchen
Locals don’t have to go too far back in time to remember just how challenging it was to find restaurants that offered a variety of healthy options, let alone cater to them.
3 min |
January 2020
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Lifetime Achievement in Music Education: Steve Masakowski
Steve Masakowski never focused on making teaching his career.
5 min |
January 2020
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The Banjo
An unusual voice in the story of New Orleans music.
4 min |
January 2020
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC CHARLIE GABRIEL
WHEN CHARLIE GABRIEL, 87, WAS A YOUNGSTER OF maybe eight or nine years old, he had a talk with God.
10 min |
January 2020
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Shirani Rae of Peaches Records
Lifetime Achievement in Music Business
4 min |
January 2020
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It Was Like A Fantasy
Accordion-making was considered a hobby, but randy Falcon turned it into a business.
3 min |
January 2020
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Moo! A Very Loose Cattle Christmas
Michael Cerveris and Loose Cattle celebrate “The Day it Snows on Christmas.”
4 min |
December 2019
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Heartbreak And Cocaine
Andre Lovett and his bandmates have a sound that’s not easily pinned down.
4 min |
December 2019
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The Elysian Bar
After a four-year, $20 million rehabilitation project, ASH NYC and New Orleans resident Nathalie Jordi transformed the 19th century St. Peter & Paul compound in the Faubourg Marigny—consisting of a church, rectory, convent and school buildings—into the remarkably beautiful 71-room boutique Hotel Peter & Paul, which also features the Elysian Bar.
3 min |
December 2019
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Food And Lagniappe
Midnight noodle is much more than just a meal.
3 min |
December 2019
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Ready, Willing And Able
Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Swing Back onto the Scene.
10+ min |
December 2019
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Dual Consciousness
The Pogues plus Lost Bayou ramblers equal Poguetry.
4 min |
December 2019
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Christmas Gumbo
The ultimate new Orleans holiday playlist.
8 min |
December 2019
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Ghost Stories: Paul Sanchez Tells His Tale.
The dreams I had were fun but they were dreams meant for the young I had to start anew so I could grow I had to learn to breathe had to learn to believe in myself I had to learn to let it go — Paul Sanchez, “I’m A Song, I’m A Story, I’m A Ghost.”
10+ min |
November 2019
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Terence Blanchard [Talks Back]
In June, the Metropolitan Opera announced that it will stage an opera by an African-American composer for the first time in the company’s 163-year history.
7 min |