The Candlelight Lounge, that beloved impenetrable cinderblock on Robertson St. in Treme has seen the good, the bad and the ugly for over 30 years. It stands alone bearing witness to the great music genes that live in the historic bloodline of the oldest Black neighborhood in the country – or it used to be before the ‘transition’ aka gentrification took over the hood post Katrina.…
Month: November 2016
Lady Bunny performs Trans Jester at Cafe Istanbul Nov. 19
New York drag performer Lady Bunny got her start in Atlanta with RuPaul, but they have different styles and acts. While RuPaul has made drag about fashion and glamour, Lady Bunny has a more retro act, full of song parodies, sordid tales and blunt humor.…