New Orleans in January?

JHS
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:05:52 +0000

Personally, I try to spend as little time as possible in the French Quarter – it’s really oppressively touristy. That wouldn’t stop me from going to Central Grocery for muffaletta, though. No way.

For me, New Orleans means music, and above all brass bands. New Orleans brass bands are a unique, dynamic form of popular music incorporating elements of Dixieland, jazz, fife-and-drum, soul, and hip-hop into great party music. See who’s playing where when you are there. Good clubs include Howlin Wolf, the Maple Leaf, and t.d.a. Also Cajun music, and its African-American cousin zydeco, both of which get played all over the city, and every variety of jazz as well.