The Independent Ear

IAJE Invades Lovely Toronto   Toronto, a place I’ve enjoyed visiting since my childhood in Ohio, is a  wonderful city with a truly diverse and hospitable populace and a vigorous arts & culture scene.  And Canada is home to a broad range of exceptional jazz artists and the absolute best jazz festival circuit of any [...]

A Bit of the Yin & Yang of Life in the Crescent City Columnist Chris Rose, in the 1/16/08 edition of The Times-Picayune newspaper, wrote a humorously penetrating column on the eternal question those of us who live in NOLA inevitably face when venturing out: “How’s New Orleans Doing?”  This question is particularly acute for [...]