New Orleans

My latest piece for Waxwing is by far my most personal. I’m looking at Joni Mitchell’s music and how it remains a bridge to my mother nine years after her death.

A little song that started an earthquake, this 1960 gem carried the seeds of reggae and ska music, and gave wider audience to a fledgling religious movement called Rastafarianism.

He’s been the ultimate collaborator in New Orleans’s emerging country music scene. Now, with a brand new solo album, Sam Doores steps out on his own.

Singers, songwriters, activists, and prosthelytizers of the concept of slowing down, the extraordinary group Rising Appalachia has created a new concept of what a touring band can mean to the communities they travel through.

From a ragtag band of street musicians to an internationally touring act, my old friends from the band Tuba Skinny have used the technology today to open their audience to the music yesterday. (photo: Sarah Danziger)

A brand new record label gets its start in a New Orleans living room.

Leyla McCalla is building her music by fusing everything from Haitian folk music to New Orleans jazz to the poetry of Langston Hughes. Read more from my interview with her here.

A new piece on The Stories series at Medium about being far from New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day.

In the last two decades, there is no address I’ve claimed longer than a little cabin on Deslonde Street.

My first outing as music editor for Waxwing Literary Journal is about one of New Orleans’ best, and most unique bands.