1001 Albums #9

I grew up around jazz music. I love hearing jazz in films, on street corners (not in the prostitute sense of street corner, but just the regular guy walking down the Bourbon Street corner) and in nightclubs. Sitting down on a chair and playing jazz on Spotify is not something I find exciting, especially if […]

1001 Albums #4

Three albums behind me and I have not heard from one artist who writes his own songs. It seems that artist in the 50s were not able to write their own music. The Louvin Brothers wrote a couple songs as does today’s musician Louis Prima who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana did on his […]

Scenes From The French Quarter And Beyond

The French Quarter is the hotspot of New Orleans. Bourbon Street bustles with natives and tourists until the early morning hours, seven days a week and 365 days a year. On the morning i visited New Orleans, Bourbon Street looked like a ghost town, even the mime (see photo on Flickr) commented on the lack […]