Oak Street, New Orleans, Sunday Afternoon on Mardi Gras weekend
Although New Orleans is my favorite city, and it was Mardi Gras weekend, we were in town primarily for a Duwayne Burnside concert that I …
Parades
R. L. Boyce Brings The Hill Country To New Orleans
It was perhaps a strange night for Hill Country blues in New Orleans. It was raining heavily. Mardi Gras parades had led to road closures …
Football & Funk At Grambling Homecoming
The name Grambling was familiar in my youth, more than likely because my dad was quite the NFL fan, and the little historically-Black college in …
A Second-Line in Memphis To A Winter Wonderland
Second-lines are not generally associated with Memphis, and neither is sledding, but both were highlighted in December at the Levitt Shell during Winter Wonderland, an …
Grambling Homecoming 2015: And The Rains Came
When I got up early for breakfast on Grambling’s Homecoming Day, the weather was grey, but it wasn’t raining, so I was hopeful as I …
A Rainy Day In Shreveport
I usually spend the Friday before Grambling Homecoming shopping, searching for Grambling memorabilia and ephemera, as well as records and books. But this year, rather …
Celebrating The Culture of Orange Mound at the Southern Heritage Classic Parade
The Southern Heritage Classic Parade is a lot more than just another parade. Held on the early Saturday morning of the Southern Heritage Classic game, …
TBC Brass Band Brings The Seventh Ward Funk Rolling Downtown With Revolution SA & PC
Perhaps no New Orleans experience is more enjoyable yet exotic as the Sunday afternoon parades called second-lines. Inspired by the bass-drum, cowbell and tuba-driven grooves …
“Won’t Bow Down On That Dirty Ground”: The Mardi Gras Indians Uptown
When I left the North Claiborne Avenue area, it was dark and I was hungry. I thought about heading on to find something open for …