Alt-rock greats Throwing Muses are back with their first new music since 2020’s Sun Racket. “Drugstore Drastic” is acoustic but has the band’s signature, slightly sinister sound with nice touches of ...

In the basement of a New Orleans crafting studio, Margot Bienvenu spent a sunny Sunday afternoon drenching a glue-covered kitten heel in hot pink "Flamingeaux" glitter — tapping off the excess and ...

NEW ORLEANS — Carnival historian Errol Laborde calls the creation of the Krewe of Muses in 2000 one of the most important developments in modern Mardi Gras history. “There had been all-women krewes ...

It's been 33 years since her breakthrough album, "Little Earthquakes," catapulted Tori Amos to stardom. Back then, Amos was unlike anyone else on MTV — beautiful, yes, delicate, clearly, but ...

Nothing has influenced 21st-century Carnival more than the Krewe of Muses parade that will roll along the Uptown route on Thursday (Feb. 20) for the 20th time. From the precious hand-decorated shoes ...

Kristin Hersh, co-founding singer-songwriter-guitarist of Throwing Muses, is on the phone talking about the responsibilities that come with her job, a job she’s had, more or less, since she was a ...

Tori Amos will bring the magic of her debut children’s book, Tori and the Muses, to five cities on her forthcoming book tour. The musician and author will host reading events in New York; Baltimore; ...

Amedeo Modigliani’s alluring portrait of Paulette Jourdain sold at Sotheby’s on November 4. She was the Italian artist’s favorite muse, having posed for him when she was just 15 years old. This got us ...