“My title is New Orleans monster drummer,” says the Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s veteran drummer, Terence Higgins. “Because musicians know who I am and what I do. Through the Dozen, I’ve achieved a lot, like getting calls from non-New Orleans musicians.” Higgins, a native of New Orleans, has toured internationally with the Dozen for 15 [...]
“At least we’ve got this place,” says Luther Gray, founder of the Congo Square Foundation, and leader of the dance and music ensemble, Bamboula 2000. “It’s a place we can all claim as ours.” Congo Square in Armstrong Park is the epicenter of African culture in New Orleans, which is why local artists and musicians [...]
Acclaimed songwriter David Bazan is coming to New Orleans on his whirlwind, coast to coast summer tour, promoting his new record, Strange Negotiations. Bazan + Band will perform at One-Eyed Jacks tonight. Known for his former Christian indie rock band, Pedro the Lion, Bazan rejected his evangelical Christian beliefs in his 2009 solo record, Curse Your [...]
Just as the 2011 Wednesday at the Square concerts wind down on the East Bank, the 2011 Wednesdays on the Point summer concert festival series begins on the West Bank. Every Wednesday through August 10, except July 6, the Algiers Economic Development Foundation will provide free concerts at the Algiers Ferry Dock from 6-9 p.m. [...]
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame funk master William “Bootsy” Collins, “space bass” guitar legend from James Brown’s original JBs Band and George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic crew will be funking up Tipitina’s Wednesday night with his 13-member funk band, Funk Unity. Comprising the backing band will be P-Funk artists Blackbyrd McKnight on guitar, Bernie Worrell and [...]
For the fifth year in a row, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation has partnered with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board and the New Orleans French Market to present their “three festivals in one weekend” celebration. The three festivals—the Creole Tomato Festival, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, and the Louisiana Seafood Festival—are intertwined [...]
