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Celebrate While We Incinerate
Malevitus has never sounded weirder or more beautiful.
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.
Indie Rock's 10-Year Anniversary
New Orleans rock artists have always been a part of the city’s music scene.
THE ICEMEN COMETH
THE ICEMAN SPECIAL MAKES MUSICAL MAGIC WITH A CROSS-GENERATIONAL COLLABORATION AND FAMILY TIES
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.
Mr. Z
Matthew Zarba is Upbeat Academy’s unflappable rap principal.
A Walking Spirit
Victor Harris, the Spirit of Fi-Yi-Yi, celebrates 55 years of beauty and culture.
Playing For His Life
Darius Lyndsley is on a mission to turn his art into something more.
The Supreme Green Fairy
Tank and the Bangas reign over krewe Bohème.
Felipe's Mexican Taqueria
Everyone has a handful of go-to restaurants they count on for consistently delicious dining experiences.
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,
The Story Of People And Place
The Folk Alliance celebrates creativity and supports traditions.
Rhiannon Giddens Talks Back
In 2007, Rhiannon Giddens performed at the Folk Alliance International conference with the aspiring black string band Carolina Chocolate Drops.
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.
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.
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.
Lifetime Achievement in Music Education: Steve Masakowski
Steve Masakowski never focused on making teaching his career.
The Banjo
An unusual voice in the story of New Orleans music.
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.
Shirani Rae of Peaches Records
Lifetime Achievement in Music Business
It Was Like A Fantasy
Accordion-making was considered a hobby, but randy Falcon turned it into a business.
Moo! A Very Loose Cattle Christmas
Michael Cerveris and Loose Cattle celebrate “The Day it Snows on Christmas.”
Heartbreak And Cocaine
Andre Lovett and his bandmates have a sound that’s not easily pinned down.
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.
Food And Lagniappe
Midnight noodle is much more than just a meal.
Ready, Willing And Able
Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Swing Back onto the Scene.
Dual Consciousness
The Pogues plus Lost Bayou ramblers equal Poguetry.
Christmas Gumbo
The ultimate new Orleans holiday playlist.
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.”
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.