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New Orleans Music Community Protests Cultural Regulation with Second Line April 25

There is no doubt that awareness is spreading with lightning speed around the Crescent City about the current City administration’s methods of re-enforcing 30 – 50 year old entertainment venue […]

Music Museum–At The Head of Canal Street?

For some years, the International Trade Mart  skyscraper (known as the World Trade Center), in a prime location at the head of Canal Street that overlooks the Mississippi River, has […]

Weird Covers, Slidin’ Things & Other French Quarter Fest Delights

After a weekend of stage-hopping at the French Quarter Fest, a few quick shots and impressions: I wasn’t familiar with Bag of Donuts’ brand of insanity so I’ll just say […]

Texas is a lot more progressive

Sue Mobley, the Executive Director of Sweet Home New Orleans has written some thought-provoking letters, one of which I published in my blog last week, which was echoed in a […]

Gravy, Mia Borders, Wild Magnolias and Creole String Bands Wow at Freret Fest

Classic rock radio is a scourge upon the airwaves, but classic rock itself could be a beautiful thing, full of great tracks that haven’t been recycled to death. And one […]

Ships vs. Hotels

I wasn’t alive in 1940, but in half a century perceptions, business orientations and city economies can surely change drastically. I can remember when I was a kid that New […]