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04.20.04
COVER
STORY
Jazz Fest Week One
Count Basin™ surveys the first weekend of the 2004 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. With help from Frank Etheridge, David Kunian, Alex Rawls, David Lee Simmons, John Swenson and Michael Tisserand.
PLUS:
Erik Spanberg on Corey Harris
Gene Scaramuzzo on South Africa
Frank Etheridge on Olu Dara
Alex Rawls on Little Freddie King
Cynthia Joyce on Shades of Praise
David Kunian on Higgins vs. Moore
Michael Tisserand on the Kids Tent
CD Reviews
Map & Schedules
NEWS & VIEWS Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond.
Commentary
New courthouse needed
The Killer and the Crooner
How did a locally produced likeness of Jerry Lee Lewis get bounced in favor of a Matisse-like rendering of Harry Connick Jr.? With Jazz Fest posters, there's always more than meets the eye.
By Eileen Loh Harrist
Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.
Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu on his Easter dinner at Laura's mom's.
Politics
Clancy DuBos on coastal erosion.
FEATURES
She Not Busy Being Born ...
By Ronnie Virgets
A Life in Music
Harold Battiste receives the Big Easy Entertainment Awards' Lifetime Achievement in Music.
By David Kunian
Blake
Pontchartrain™
New Orleans' know-it-all.
Shoptalk
Kandace Power Graves on Shoe Nami.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Ridin' the Ponderosa
A scaled-down, more user-friendly Ponderosa Stomp brings back the heroes of rock and soul one more time.
By Brett Milano
Hot
Seven
Our suggestions for all that's worth doing and seeing this week, including
the HotPick.
Special Events
Listings
Music
Opening Act
Alex Rawls on Tangle Eye.
Music Listings
Who's
playing where and when this week.
The Arts
Inside Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on Norm Therrien and Barry Bailey.
Books
David Kunian on Rette's Last Stand.
Theater, Art and Books Listings
A week's worth of culture.
Film
Balcony
Seats
Rick Barton on The Girl Next Door.
Film Listings
CUISINE
Restaurant Review
Sara Roahen on Parkway Bakery & Tavern.
Food News
By Sara Roahen
Wine of the Week
By Brenda Maitland
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