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Alexandra Kennon
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Managing Editor, 64 Parishes Magazine
New Orleans
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Biography
I am a New Orleans-based journalist, photographer, and author. I cover primarily culture, art, entertainment, cuisine, and history for publications such as Country Roads Magazine. My book Classic Restaurants of New Orleans published by Arcadia is available nationally.
Travel, Arts, Lifestyle, Cuisine, Culture
anything that can be summed up in a press release.
Content
By Alexandra Kennon Verified| Country Roads Verified In 2019, when Carlos Detres and his wife Aryn first opened We Bite Rare & Unusual Plants, their carnivorous plant-focused nursery in New Orleans, they were only supposed to operate from that space for three months. Three months turned into a year and a half on St. Roch, catering to New Orleans gardeners and plant enthusiasts with a taste for plants with a taste for flesh. In 2022, Carlos and Aryn unfortunately decided to close their brick and mortar.
By Alexandra Kennon Verified| Country Roads Verified Jazz, sometimes referred to as “America’s classical music,” was born right in New Orleans. Blues, by most accounts, sprung up nearby—and from it sprouted Baton Rouge’s particular brand of “swamp blues”. Further Southwest, Louisiana French music, zydeco, and swamp pop emerged; all indigenous to Louisiana, too. Even Shreveport has a too-often neglected strain of country, gospel, and big band music history.
By Alexandra Kennon Verified| Country Roads Verified You can find Spotify Playlists to accompany your reading, featuring the artists and songs included in this article, here: When it comes to the origins of jazz, today often called BAM (Black American Music), there is one point that historians and scholars across the spectrum generally agree on: jazz would not exist were it not for Congo Square.
Company Info
64 Parishes Magazine
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
'+1 504-523-4352