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The Popdose Interview: John Michael Rouchell of MyNameIsJohnMichael
Who are MyNameIsJohnMichael, and why do you need to stop what you're doing and listen to them? Find out here
Read More »The Popdose Interview: Steve Conn
He’s never been a household name, but Steve Conn has produced, played with, and written for a long list of artists over the last several decades, and if you’re a fan of New Orleans
Read More »Ticket Stub: The Neville Brothers in San Francisco, February ’89
In our last Ticket Stub, I pointed you at a killer Dr. John concert from 1978. Two weeks later, I’m still stuck in New Orleans — spiritually speaking, anyway. For 1989′s Yellow Moon, the
Read More »Soul Serenade: “Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series, Season One” (Win a Copy!)
Earlier this year HBO aired the New Orleans-based series Treme, featuring remarkable music each week. Now it's been collected in a soundtrack album.
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Harry Connick Jr., “We Are in Love”
Twenty years ago, Harry Connick shared his recipe for love -- and led a new generation of pop crooners to rediscover some time-tested platinum ingredients
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, “The New Orleans Album”
The 1980s were not, to put it mildly, a good decade for brass sections. We still heard horns on the Top 40, sure — but more often than not, we got sax solos from
Read More »DVD Reviews: A Slam Dunk and a Missed Layup—”More Than a Game” and “Hurricane Season”
With the NBA All Star Game behind us and March Madness just around the bend, two new DVD releases about basketball should keep all you round ball junkies appeased when there isn’t a game
Read More »Jazz Don’t Hurt: Five Recent CDs For New Listeners
Recently, the fine folks over at NPR’s A Blog Supreme have started asking young jazz aficionados to recommend five recordings from recent years that they would give to someone who was just getting into
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: James Booker
Mojo Flucke is back, and this week, he's pouring us a Cold Shot of James Booker. Drink up!
Read More »Caught on Tape: New Orleans, Van Halen Style
Steven Rosen's series of journalistic remembrances continues with a look back at a wild weekend spent in the company of the one and only Edward Van Halen
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