This year's Voodoo Music + Arts Experience demonstrated what happens when a series of music acts from all over convene en masse in the culture hub of New Orleans: beautiful melodies and happy people. With...
It's an Instagrammer's wildest dream: custom milkshakes brimming with various sweet or savory toppings manicured in a tall candy-dipped cup. Shake Therapy, which recently opened on South Carrollton Avenue...
With floating clouds above his head, filling an otherwise plain backdrop, Sam Beam plays his guitar and sings his songs. His melodies are sweet, and his voice is full. The Joy Theater floats.
Beam,...
Thousands gathered in the Ninth Ward on Nov. 1 to celebrate the life of jazz legend Fats Domino, who died of natural causes on Oct. 26.
A large crowd of fans and friends took part in a second line that...
The four members of Chicano Batman filled the Altar stage with psychedelic soul-infused rhythms on the first day of Voodoo Music + Arts Experience. Their set heralded the beginning of a mellow weekend...
Burke Joslin, Associate Arcade Editor
• November 8, 2017
Bringing the trademark combination of glitz, glamour and over-the-top showmanship for which they are known and loved, The Killers closed Voodoo 2017 with a boisterously energetic yet expertly polished...
Burke Joslin, Associate Arcade Editor
• November 8, 2017
Last Sunday, Voodoo 2017 tasted an exquisite bite of Pacific Northwest culture. Indie folk rock band The Head and The Heart traveled cross-country to deliver a set saturated with foot-tapping enthusiasm,...
Kendrick Lamar’s alter ego Kung Fu Kenny emerged once again at the start of a long, emotional and wholly worthwhile set on Oct. 27 at Voodoo’s Altar stage.
Kung Fu Kenny first appeared in Lamar’s...
Burke Joslin, Associate Arcade Editor
• November 5, 2017
On a frigid, wind-swept Saturday night in New Orleans' City Park, the Foo Fighters set aflame the hearts of thousands of fans.
When he introduced the band's set with the lines "I know it's cold right...
Blinding sun shone through a gap in the tent, and sophomore Noah Shapiro blinked. As he furrowed his brow, cold sweat trickled between his eyes and down his back. The day was perfect, in a characteristically...
Burke Joslin, Associate Arcade Editor
• October 30, 2017
For spook lovers both young and old, this year’s Krewe of BOO! left no attendee unshaken. Veteran and amateur horror aficionados alike were delighted in an evening that, in characteristic New Orleans...
Burke Joslin, Associate Arcade Editor
• October 25, 2017
In her recent historical fiction novel, "The Floating World," author and New Orleans native C. Morgan Babst weaves an enthralling narrative of love and loss that is a must-read for casual readers and...
