New Orleans

Jam-Bands Should Hire Rappers More Often

Possibly 4th Street: Bonerama Christmas Special (SFW)

The Morning 40 Federation's 40 Ounces, Nine Lives

New Orleans hooligans and lost Chicago r&b star team up, barely survive

Katrina, Stark and Surreal, in Trouble the Water

Hard rain falls in this "old weird America" documentary on the disaster

New Orleans Still Struggles—In Song—With Katrina

Hard rain falls in this "old weird America" documentary on the disaster

Chasing Muffuletta at Dive Bar, Delta Grill, and Bourbon Street

Going through hell to get a bite of the Big Easy

Architecting: Bold, Compelling, Collaborative, Long

Going through hell to get a bite of the Big Easy

Mending the Levees

Terence Blanchard plots New Orleans' requiem and rebirth

Goin' Home, Eventually

The tour-bus evolution of Trombone Shorty

The Beating Heart of Jazz

Art Blakey: 'You don't have to be a musician to understand jazz. Just be able to feel.'

AFTER THE STORM

N'awlins art comes to New York

'Ropeadope 10th Anniversary Party'

N'awlins art comes to New York

Goatwhore+Abigail Williams

N'awlins art comes to New York

Marcus Roberts Trio

N'awlins art comes to New York

St. John Frizell Explains What Makes Muffuletta Muffuletta

NolaCuisine.comCertain things about muffuletta are open to interpretation. There's its spelling: "muffuletta" versus "muffaletta." And its pronunciation: muff-a-lotta versus muff-a-letta. But its bread? Most certainly not open to interpretation.

The Volunteer Impulse Is on Display in Katrina Doc After the Storm

NolaCuisine.comCertain things about muffuletta are open to interpretation. There's its spelling: "muffuletta" versus "muffaletta." And its pronunciation: muff-a-lotta versus muff-a-letta. But its bread? Most certainly not open to interpretation.

Bonerama

NolaCuisine.comCertain things about muffuletta are open to interpretation. There's its spelling: "muffuletta" versus "muffaletta." And its pronunciation: muff-a-lotta versus muff-a-letta. But its bread? Most certainly not open to interpretation.

Galactic

NolaCuisine.comCertain things about muffuletta are open to interpretation. There's its spelling: "muffuletta" versus "muffaletta." And its pronunciation: muff-a-lotta versus muff-a-letta. But its bread? Most certainly not open to interpretation.

Interview: Eyehategod's Mike Williams on His Band's Return to CMJ, Illicit Chemicals, and What He's Saving For His Next Book

​The New Orleans sludge legends Eyehategod--a band of squirming, perpetual outsiders--have remained masters of miserablist metal for twenty years now. Dominated by weighty blues riffs, punctuated by bursts of hardcore, and anchored by lead singer Mike Williams' growl, the sound of the New Orle ... More >>

A Movie About A Murdered "Gospel Sissy"

​Filmmaker Leo Sacks just emailed me to describe a documentary he's doing about a New Orleans gospel-world scandal that's escaped too many people's radars. As he explained it:

Cheeky Sandwiches: An Early Look at Beignets, Po' Boy

These beignets are actually only the size of silver dollars​ Cheeky Sandwiches, a New Orleans-style sandwich shop, opened several weeks ago on the Chinatown end of Orchard Street. The restaurant looks like a mini theme park--a white picket fence lines the front, and the windows are covered wit ... More >>

'Freaks Ball X Presents Anders Osborne & the Black Hollies'

These beignets are actually only the size of silver dollars​ Cheeky Sandwiches, a New Orleans-style sandwich shop, opened several weeks ago on the Chinatown end of Orchard Street. The restaurant looks like a mini theme park--a white picket fence lines the front, and the windows are covered wit ... More >>

The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

Update: Greenpoint Locale for New Orleans Series Will Not Stand in for New Orleans

An HBO spokesman has helpfully informed us that the Greenpoint locations used for their upcoming Treme, about Katrina survivors in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, will not stand in for New Orleans -- though we had suggested otherwise. "The scenes being filmed in Greenpoint are actually scenes that are se ... More >>

REBIRTH SPRINGS ETERNAL

The best funk band this side of the Mississippi, and the other

This Week's Voice: David Simon's Treme, Erykah Badu, Usher, High Places, Jules Feiffer, Leaves of Grass, and More

New Orleans reborn. Illustration by Goni Montes.​In this week's Village Voice, Larry Blumenfeld writes our cover story on David Simon's Treme and how the show can get New Orleans right, Rob Harvilla reviews Erykah Badu's newest, Rich Juzwiak takes on Usher, and Vijith Assar profiles the ex-NY ... More >>

"Don't Sneeze on My Donut and Call it Frosting!"

​That delicious saying is plucked from Mad Men star Bryan Batt's new book about his colorful New Orleans childhood, and it's instantly replaced "Don't write checks that your ass can't cash" as my favorite admonition. Got any other folksy sayings to share with the other kids?

Galactic+Some Cat From Japan

​That delicious saying is plucked from Mad Men star Bryan Batt's new book about his colorful New Orleans childhood, and it's instantly replaced "Don't write checks that your ass can't cash" as my favorite admonition. Got any other folksy sayings to share with the other kids?

'Rocks Off Concert Cruises Presents Anders Osborne & Tab Benoit'

​That delicious saying is plucked from Mad Men star Bryan Batt's new book about his colorful New Orleans childhood, and it's instantly replaced "Don't write checks that your ass can't cash" as my favorite admonition. Got any other folksy sayings to share with the other kids?

Live: Galactic (And Doug E. Fresh) Bring New Orleans To Brooklyn Bowl

Intense bass warning. Galactic Brooklyn Bowl Friday, June 4 If this was a scene from Treme, it'd play as farce: real New Orleans dudes playing real New Orleans music... in a snazzy, opulent, achingly hip Brooklyn bowling alley. We'd be mocked as clueless, unappreciative cultural tourists who woul ... More >>

Ninth Ward Will Open Next Week in East Village; Cajun Boy Not Amused

New Orleans-themed bar Ninth Ward (180 2nd Avenue) will open sometime next week, serving Sazeracs, Abita beer, and eventually, Cajun snacks (that's the food of the country bayous, not the city). The partners on the project include Robert Morgan, one of the owners of Shoolbred's. In February, he told ... More >>

Susan Spicer, New Orleans Chef, Sticks It to British Petroleum

​Famed New Orleans chef and cook book author Susan Spicer has filed a class action lawsuit against British Petroleum, Halliburton, and Transocean, Ltd. Entered in New Orleans Federal Court, the suit asks for both compensatory and punitive damages - as yet unspecified -- for the harm that has r ... More >>

Tales from Tales of the Cocktail: Strip Teasing, Midgets & Tattooed Vodka-Peddling Cats!

Vodka cats.​ Bartenders from all over have gathered in New Orleans this week for Tales of the Cocktail, an event not unlike sleep-away camp for the liquor industry. More than an exercise in endurance drinking, this cocktail convention is also a marketing marathon. Some of the more elaborate p ... More >>

So Just How Homophobic Is Rap In 2010?

​The familiar conceit of this past Sunday's New York Times Magazine article "Sissy Bounce: New Orleans's Gender-Bending Rap," goes something like this: There are some gay rappers in New Orleans. Rap's usually really homophobic. That's crazy, huh? Contrasting the apparently enlightened attitude ... More >>

Hardcore Southern Grub Meets Williamsburg Punk Bar at Honeychiles'

​The familiar conceit of this past Sunday's New York Times Magazine article "Sissy Bounce: New Orleans's Gender-Bending Rap," goes something like this: There are some gay rappers in New Orleans. Rap's usually really homophobic. That's crazy, huh? Contrasting the apparently enlightened attitude ... More >>

The Big Easy Indicts the Manmade Disasters of Katrina

​The familiar conceit of this past Sunday's New York Times Magazine article "Sissy Bounce: New Orleans's Gender-Bending Rap," goes something like this: There are some gay rappers in New Orleans. Rap's usually really homophobic. That's crazy, huh? Contrasting the apparently enlightened attitude ... More >>

Alan Richman Will Appear on Treme

​Four years after he wrote a post-Katrina appraisal of New Orleans restaurants that angered the city's inhabitants almost as much as than the entire Bush administration, Alan Richman is returning to the scene of his crime, sort of. In an interview with Grub Street, the GQ critic mentioned tha ... More >>

Q&A: Soul Singer Willie West On Jimi Hendrix, The Meters, Lousy Blaxploitation Flicks, And His Overabundance Of "Stage Gab"

"Like I'm supposed to just stand up there and sing and look mean and play music and not entertain people! I could not do that." Knocking 'em dead in 1966​Back in the '60s, hanging around outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in Midtown, Jimi Hendrix took off the pink bandana he was wearing and pres ... More >>

Is Marcel's Quantum Kitchen a Modernist Cuisine for the TV?; Hardee's and Carl's Jr. Add Turkey Burgers to Menu

​The federal government is investing $60 million in three major studies on the effects of climate change on crops and forests. [BusinessWeek] Modernist Cuisine for TV? Syfy is debuting Marcel's Quantum Kitchen, a new show starring molecularly inclined Top Chef alum Marcel Vigneron. [Wired] A ... More >>

Eater Is Spreading South

​Like Michael White and Subway, Eater continues to demonstrate its insatiable appetite for world domination: the site has just announced it's expanding across the southern half of the country to New Orleans, Atlanta, and Dallas. Will any burg be left unturned? If pop-ups and artisanal grilled ... More >>

The Rebirth Brass Band Bring Their Brashness To Treme

​During the first episode of HBO's Treme, members of the Rebirth Brass Band and the show's trombone-playing character Antoine Batiste end a jazz parade in front of a neighborhood bar owned by Batiste's ex-wife, LaDonna Batiste-Williams. The uncomfortable nature of their reunion is underscored ... More >>

Harry Shearer's The Big Uneasy: How N.O. Got So F'd Up

​During the first episode of HBO's Treme, members of the Rebirth Brass Band and the show's trombone-playing character Antoine Batiste end a jazz parade in front of a neighborhood bar owned by Batiste's ex-wife, LaDonna Batiste-Williams. The uncomfortable nature of their reunion is underscored ... More >>

New York Is Dirty, But Not the Dirtiest

​According to a ranking of America's dirtiest cities by Travel and Leisure magazine (thank you, Travel and Leisure), New York City is not at the very top of dirtiness in terms of cities that are dirty -- that honor goes to New Orleans. But fear not, New Yorkers, we're still in the top 10. We'r ... More >>

What a Tease: Foreshadowing to the Extreme in The Chameleon

​According to a ranking of America's dirtiest cities by Travel and Leisure magazine (thank you, Travel and Leisure), New York City is not at the very top of dirtiness in terms of cities that are dirty -- that honor goes to New Orleans. But fear not, New Yorkers, we're still in the top 10. We'r ... More >>

New Orleans Greets Me In Style

Battle of New Orleans​ In honor of my trip to New Orleans to promote my book amidst the "Southern Decadence" weekend, Gambit weekly assigned Lauren LaBorde to interview me about my woozy yet stimulating experiences on Bourbon Street as well as on various red carpets around the globe. The resu ... More >>

Allen Toussaint

Battle of New Orleans​ In honor of my trip to New Orleans to promote my book amidst the "Southern Decadence" weekend, Gambit weekly assigned Lauren LaBorde to interview me about my woozy yet stimulating experiences on Bourbon Street as well as on various red carpets around the globe. The resu ... More >>

Eyehategod

Battle of New Orleans​ In honor of my trip to New Orleans to promote my book amidst the "Southern Decadence" weekend, Gambit weekly assigned Lauren LaBorde to interview me about my woozy yet stimulating experiences on Bourbon Street as well as on various red carpets around the globe. The resu ... More >>

Wiz Khalifa+Snoop Dogg

Battle of New Orleans​ In honor of my trip to New Orleans to promote my book amidst the "Southern Decadence" weekend, Gambit weekly assigned Lauren LaBorde to interview me about my woozy yet stimulating experiences on Bourbon Street as well as on various red carpets around the globe. The resu ... More >>

LIVING HISTORY

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band 
celebrates its gold anniversary

Happy Hour at Billy Hurricane's

Don't get blown away by booze! ​This Alphabet City watering hole is supposed to have a New Orleans motif, which apparently means lots of tinkering lights and a bartender in an elastic-looking, headband-sized dress.