I’ve written for television, covered breaking news, and published more than 100 articles about New Orleans music history. Below is a list of selected features and essays.

“End of the Line,” Slate, August 2015
On the post-Katrina embrace of second lines and displacement of the second line community

“Remembering Fats Domino,” Slate, October 2017
On the rock and roll pioneer’s relationship to his home in the Lower Ninth Ward

“Losing the Realest Burger in New Orleans,” Bitter Southerner, April 2019
An ode to Bud’s Broiler, an unheralded but essential institution

“Stop Shaming New Orleans for Holding Mardi Gras,” Slate, April 2020
Why the spread of COVID-19 at Carnival was a tragedy, not a scandal

“Sacred Ground,” ANTIGRAVITY, June 2021
The history of desecrations of Congo Square, cradle of African American music

“Save Our Souls,” The Iron Lattice, November 2021
Organizers mobilize against plans to relocate City Hall to the nation’s oldest Black neighborhood

“Not in that Number,” ANTIGRAVITY, November 2021
The whitewashing of sexual assault allegations against New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston

“The Strange Career of Beautiful Crescent,” Slate, April 2022
Why the City of New Orleans makes its tour guides study a racist history textbook

“How Perseverance Hall fell victim to catastrophic storm damage and a lack of funding,” Preservation in Print, October 2022
The untold backstory of the collapse of a precious jazz landmark

“Do You Know What it Means?” ANTIGRAVITY October 2022
The heavy baggage of the classic song “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”

“Long Live the Queen of Bourbon Street,” Bitter Southerner, December 2022
A reflection on Chris Owens, the age-defying entertainer

“The Ascension of Soulja Slim,” Slate, June 2024
The prodigious afterlife of a rapper who embodied pre-Katrina New Orleans

“‘Sarcasm of Fate’: The imposing life and unceremonious death of Captain Thomas P. Leathers,” 64 Parishes, December 2024
Reappraising the demise of one of the most famous men in 19th century New Orleans

“What Bourbon Street Stands For,” Slate, January 2025
The terrorist attack on Bourbon Street targeted one of America’s most democratic public spaces