[UPDATED] Rescue efforts are underway after another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. CNN is reporting that 13 workers involved in the explosion of Vermilion Rig 380 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay have been found; one is injured. The rig is owned by Houston’s Mariner Energy.
The rig is on fire, but according [...]
Hard facts of life: The tooth fairy isn’t real. We all die. Mardi Gras comes only once a year.
That third one’s the most difficult to reconcile, which is why the Krewe of OAK hosts the Mid-Summer Mardi Gras at the end of Summer every year. It might not be the real thing, but it does [...]
Tonight, Joe Krown plays the Rock ‘n’ Bowl. Here he is at the Rochester Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York with Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste.
Truth Universal has released a new 10-minute mixtape, Resistance Vol. 1, with DJ Waht on the turntables and production by Symbolyc One (S-1), who produced Kanye West’s single, “Power.”
To download a free mp3 of Resistance Vol. 1, click here.
Tom Waits is the spiritual godfather of the Bywater music underground, and here he is live in Paris in 1979 performing “Annie’s Back in Town” and “I Wish I Was in New Orleans.”
Rotary Downs plays Le Bon Temps Roule. This hilarious video for “Djinni Stomp” goes back to the band’s Chained to the Chariot album.
Tonight, Jason Marsalis plays Dos Jefes  Uptown on Tchoupitoulas. Here he is from last December at Snug Harbor, complete with drum commentary.
Tonight at House of Blues, sneaker/clothing shop Traffic Boutique and their affiliated entertainment group, Supreme Street, are presenting a bill of local underground hip-hop artists, with Aquaforce, Kashflow, Lil Dee, Dappa, Flyboi Tootie, Rico Gotem, Superugly and others performing.
Tickets are $10.
Here’s the speed of the Internet in action. Jazz guitarist Mark Weliky played Bacchanal last night; here’s footage from the show, and he’ll play tonight at 6 at Il Posto.
National Public Radio has been celebrating “50 Great Voices,” and last night they named Irma Thomas one of them. Among the tributes to Thomas is this from Allen Toussaint:
“The phrasing—it just sounds so much like New Orleans in particular,” says Allen Toussaint, who has been recording with Thomas since the beginning of her career. “And [...]
