Alison Fensterstock appears in the following:
Songs We Love: Professor Longhair, 'Mess Around (Live)'
Friday, April 22, 2016
In 1976, during a legend-cementing career comeback, the New Orleans piano hero played a fierce rendition of "Mess Around" live in Chicago.
Songs We Love: Ronnie Spector, 'I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls'
Monday, April 04, 2016
It was originally written for The Rolling Stones and has made its way through several covers, but Spector's big, sexy, sweet-and-tough voice brings this song home.
Dancing In The Street: New Orleans Throws A Memorial Parade For David Bowie
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Mardi Gras was still close to three weeks away. But on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 16, the French Quarter was gridlocked with costumed frolickers, a massive, glittery throng radiating out through the narrow streets from the historic traditional-jazz venue Preservation Hall. The occasion? A parade in memory of David ...
Bounce Music
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Best known for helping pave the way for jazz, funk and blues, New Orleans staked its claim in rap with bounce music. The raw and energetic style was first heard in songs like DJ Jimi Payton's 1992 track "Where They At." Journalist Alison Fensterstock and photographer Aubrey Edwards join us ...
