Jennifer Odell

Cyril and Ivan Neville look back on their 1977 Jazz Fest performance with their uncle, George "Big Chief Jolly" Landry, and his Wild Tchoupitoulas.

Gambit features 40 people who are doing great things in New Orleans. Like the city itself, our honorees represent the very best of Louisiana and America.

The 2026 Essence Festival of Culture runs Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5, with evening concerts at the Superdome. This year's lineup includes Cardi B, Michelle Obama, Brandy & Monica, T.I. Patti LaBelle, Babyface and more.

Intrepid stray cat journalism, take 1.

Gambit's Winter 2026 Dining Issue highlights Asian restaurants, including those serving Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Korean and Indian dishes.

I had the pleasure of reporting on how Lauren Sapp, Alexis Nguyen, Chandler Monk, Nicole Ulrich, Danny Cherry and Daniel Harris are making our city brighter, stronger and more equitable. These New Orleanians are badasses in every sense of the word.

First Sunday picks: Branford Marsalis, RAM, Charlie Gabriel and more.

First Saturday picks: Lil Wayne with The Roots, Taj Mahal and more ...

First Friday picks: Dave Bandrowski, Rosie Ledet, Herlin Riley, Jason Marsalis, Shannon Powell and Weedie Braimah

Check out Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, KDTU and more on Day 1!

The New Orleans Jazz Museum in the Book Talk of How Women Made Music: A Panel to Celebrate the Acclaimed Book on Thursday, March 20th at 2:00 PM CDT inside the New Orleans Jazz Museum. This program takes place inside our third floor Performance…

“I wanna work up to where James Black really is." On April 9, 1983, the New Orleans-born musician of the same name was on the air at WWOZ-FM in his hometown, reflecting, occasionally in the third person, on his wide-ranging music career while playing…

Liner notes for TRC's 2024 reissue of teenage singer Browning Bryant's Sea-Saint moment.

Gambit cover story, May 2022.

Singer, songwriter, composer multi-instrumentalist, musicologist and probable genius Taj Mahal recalls a December 1980 solo show at a little club in New Orleans.

Some bits and pieces I filed to Offbeat's Jazz Fest Redux for their 2024 Fest coverage.

Tipitina's Record Club reissue (2024)

Offbeat, 2023 Jazz Fest Bible edition In 2015, Christian McBride was ready for a new adventure. With two Grammy Awards under his belt (he’s now at nine and counting), the prolific, Philadelphia-born bassist was already leading multiple bands when he…

Downbeat, September 2013 At Kermit’s Treme Speakeasy on a quiet afternoon in June, the lunch hour has come and gone but a mix of patrons linger, using the space more as a community center than a restaurant. In one corner, a woman counsels a recent…

As night settled on the New Orleans riverfront during Jazz Fest in 1984, Malcolm “Mac” John Rebbenack Jr. took the stage aboard a historic side-paddle steamship and delivered a solo piano performance that reflected a pivotal moment in his evolution…