Many college students would argue that being a full-time student is somewhat equivalent to maintaining a full-time job. Most college students would scoff at the idea of leaving the University of Georgia on a Tuesday night, loading a van with gear, driving 14 hours to New York city, playing a gig, then driving back to [...]
Wasilla, Alaska-hailing, Portland, Oregon-based experimental rock band Portugal. The Man is one of the most prolific touring and recording groups on the road today. Since 2006, the quartet has put out a new album every year, and is currently on tour in support of their latest record, American Ghetto, which was released March 2 of [...]
Success has come quickly to the Los Angeles-based indie rock band the Local Natives, but not as quickly as it may seem at first glance. Although the band released its debut album, Gorilla Manor, on February 16 of this year in the US, the five-piece group has been playing together, in some shape or form, [...]
Sean Roberts, 23, likens learning how to play the trumpet to learning how to walk or talk. “I didn’t even really have to learn,” explains the trumpet player with To Be Continued Brass Band (TBC). “It was like, once I picked it up, I instantly knew how to play.” At the age of six, Glenn [...]
New Orleans may be the birthplace of jazz, but rap and hip-hop are our city’s most popular mainstream musical exports. Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Mystikal, Master P, Mannie Fresh, B.G., Jay Electronica, Curren$y and other heavy hitters are innovators and leaders in the national hip-hop community, known far beyond the Crescent City limits. Tonight, Supreme Street [...]
Just before dawn on Saturday, May 29, Verti Marte, the French Quarter grocery whose massive sandwiches and po-boys were staples in the diets of many New Orleanians, burned. As is custom in our city, neighbors come together to help neighbors in their time of need. Today, join the community to support the employees of Verti [...]
Born and raised in New Orleans, Daniel “Dappa” Torregano is not only a rapper and singer, but a producer as well. Hardworking and on the rise, he has gone from dropping mixtapes such as Chocolate City Vol. 1 & 2, to being President of Palmyra Street Productions. Dappa’s hit singles include “Tip Toe,” “Win Again” [...]
Musically, New Orleans is best known as the birthplace of jazz, but that might be changing, says New Orleans native Lawrence Parker, who is producing the inaugural NOLA Summer Jam 2010, a hip-hop, fashion and art festival. Says Parker, “The goal of the NOLA Summer Jam 2010, which is going to be an annual event, [...]
Luke Winslow-King stumbled across the city of New Orleans almost by chance when he found himself in Louisiana after road-tripping through California and Texas with a friend. After only a few days in New Orleans, Winslow-King’s car–filled to the brim with his instruments—was stolen while parked on Ursulines Street. He says that it was during [...]
New Orleans has given birth to a plethora of songwriters—Fats Domino, Dr. John, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint and countless others—but is not commonly hailed as a songwriters’ haven. This year, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) will be making efforts to bring attention to, and support, the flourishing songwriting community in the Crescent City. BMI, an American [...]
