A wise artist keeps faith with his fanbase. That's why trumpet superstar Wynton Marsalis is taking a break from touring the lucrative summer-festival circuit to play a cut-price week at Ronnie's... more
Naming an all-white US group Soulbop is a bit of a cheek but its rhythm section, better known as Medeski, Martin and Wood, is a high-energy Hammond-organ trio that prides itself on its jammability... more
A federal judge has ruled that the US Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a navigation channel led to some of the massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005... more
The annual meeting of the insurance underwriters, which has just got under way in Monte Carlo, is a bit more subdued, with numbers down on last year, but still surprisingly upbeat given what has happened to the global economy in the past year ... more
Entering Katrina at The Bargehouse on Oxo Tower Wharf, one expects to be plunged into the hurricane that strafed the Louisiana coast at the end of August 2005... more
The oil price ticked up as Hurricane Gustav headed for the oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Now it appears to be losing strength and passing through without inflicting anything like the damage we saw in 2005 when Katrina flooded New Orleans, prices seem to be sliding down again... more
The price of corn hit new records as floods damaged crops in the US, the world's largest producer and exporter, increasing fears consumers could be hit by further rises in food costs... more
A report claiming Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married in an intimate service in New Orleans over the weekend has been retracted. US celebrity magazine Star magazine claimed over the weekend that the couple 'tied the knot during an intimate wedding ceremony in the couple's adopted city of New Orleans'. But the publication said today: 'After further investigation, the sources are not standing by their story'... more
From roller-skating at the Renaissance Rooms to "bosh bosh bosh" at The Hard Dance Awards and a fundraiser for New Orleans' musicians, Chris Elwell-Sutton picks the top nights out.... more
It's mystifying why Allen Toussaint doesn't work solo more often. As a one-man jazz-blues entertainer, this sophisticated old charmer from New Orleans has few rivals. ... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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