The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards are filled with ties to New Orleans and Louisiana. From the nominations of Harry Connick, Jr. in the Pop category and Allen Toussaint and Terence Blanchard in Jazz categories to the acknowledgements of the True Blood soundtrack and Dave Matthews’ latest effort (recorded at Piety Street Recording), the diversity of [...]
There’s no surprise Walt Disney Studios selected zydeco musician Terrance Simien to perform on the soundtrack for its new animated film, The Princess and the Frog, which is set in New Orleans and the swamps of Louisiana. The Lafayette resident has spent three decades taking zydeco to the world. By bringing his accordion, rubboard and [...]
While the nation debates health care solutions, local musicians are in danger of losing the foundation that is keeping them mentally and physically healthy and, in some cases, alive. Founded in 1998, New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (NOMC) is an innovative, not-for-profit, occupational medicine and wellness partnership offering affordable, comprehensive health care to local musicians and [...]
Out on the Mississippi River on the Steamboat Natchez, bartender Bill Stehr has it a little easier than his French Quarter counterparts. While the demand is high during the legendary Natchez’s cruises, Stehr isn’t bombarded by the Quarter’s usual barrage of belligerent drinkers, emà la/em Bourbon Street.
“Everyone is pretty well-behaved,” he admits. “They aren’t on [...]
It’s Carnival Time again in New Orleans and no one is happier to be a part of it than the man who penned the legendary song of the same name.
Thanks to the music community that holds him so dear and a partnership between Habitat for Humanity, Air Traffic Control (ATC), the Future of Music Coalition [...]
Fans of New Orleans-bred rock band the subdudes have a new DVD to tied them over until Jazz Fest, their next scheduled appearance. Live and Acoustic was filmed at the Ram’s Head in Annapolis, Maryland and released by Biographica Films and Recordings. The two-disc DVD features over 100 minutes of live footage, interviews as well [...]
New Orleans is full of bars and clubs with rich histories and traditions. Some we relinquish to the tourists, but the locals don’t turn loose of places like the Mid-City Lanes Rock ’n’ Bowl. The Rock ’n’ Bowl celebrates its 20th anniversary this month, and its success has surpassed everyone’s expectations, no one more so [...]
JT Nesbitt has never met a stranger. He’s a charming and engaging guy, cordial in a relaxed way that probably makes him everyone’s favorite bartender. And he pours a damn fine drink down at Flanagan’s, even if it isn’t the career path he’d originally chosen.
Three years ago, he was a world-renowned custom motorcycle designer dining [...]
Fabled R&B singer Andre Williams recorded with Stevie Wonder, Ike and Tina Turner and Mary Wells. Ryan Scully joins that list with the Black Godfather’s latest album, Can You Deal with It? on Bloodshot Records, due out at the end of the month.
Scully and his bands, Morning 40 Federation and the New Orleans Hellhounds, have [...]
