On May 3, 2014, music stars paraded into the Saenger Theater in New Orleans for “The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & His Music.” The all-star tribute to Dr. John — that prolific ...

Dr. John always had his own special relationship to time and space, says Karla R. Pratt, the late musician’s daughter. Before Mac Rebennack died in June 2019 at the age of 77, the idiosyncratic ...

If you sound this good approaching your 70th birthday, you'll have an awful lot to be thankful for. After fifty years recording Dr John is still able to deliver. Sounding as good as ever, Dr John, the ...

From Warren Zevon and David Bowie to Gregg Allman and Pop Smoke and Mac Miller, posthumous albums recorded during an artist’s final months have become a sadly inevitable part of the pop landscape.

FIVE MONTHS BEFORE Dr. John’s death in June 2019, the singer’s son Max Rebennack sent an email to producer and musician Shane Theriot. Rebennack began corresponding with Theriot about the album Dr.

Click here for Mike McGonigal’s exclusive Q&A with Dr. John. Dr. John was not having the best Fat Tuesday of his life last week. A scheduled gig in Nashville had been canceled due to that ice storm, ...