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The Palm Court Jazz Cafe’s George H. Buck Dead at Age 84, Funeral Services Announced
George H. Buck, jazz pioneer and advocate, has died at the age of 84 after suffering a heart attack. Buck was born in New Jersey, but moved with his wife […]
Beloved New Orleans Cooking & Outdoors Reporter Frank Davis Dies at 71
Last night (December 9), longtime WWLTV reporter and cherished local celebrity Frank Davis died at age 71 from complications caused by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIPD), a rare, autoimmune disease […]
Jneiro Jarel Debuts NOLA Viberian Experience Orchestra at Red Bull Music Academy Session (Interview)
The New Orleans underground music scene has a bevy of progressive talent quietly blurring genre lines and regularly fusing acoustic with electronic instruments. These experimental artists might not receive the […]
Buku Music and Art Festival Announces Expanded 2014 Line-Up
If there was any question that the progressive, electronic and experimental music stylings presented over the past two years at the now three-year-old Buku Music and Art Project (a/k/a Buku […]
2013 Blues Awards Nominees Announced
Several Louisiana artists are inlcuded in the annual Blues Awards that are awarded each year by the Blues Foundation. The Blues Foundation produces the annual Blues Music Awards, which will […]
Twelve Louisiana Artists Nominated for 2014 Grammy Awards
The year 2013 is drawing to a close, and that means annual awards shows are around the corner. Our own music awards show, the Best of the Beat, honoring New […]
Larry McKinley Passes
Larry McKinley passes Away at the age of 85.
Louisiana Music Factory Moves To Frenchmen Street
I’ve kept it to myself for long enough: the Louisiana Music Factory, the city’s most comprehensive source for New Orleans and Louisiana music, will move from its current and second […]
Video: Yamaha All Access Goes Behind The Scenes With Anders Osborne
To say that blues-rock artist Anders Osborne is a superstar at home in New Orleans would be an understatement. But folks outside his stomping grounds are really starting to take […]
MacArthur Genius, Kyle Abraham Brings “Pavement” to the CAC
This Friday, December 6 and Saturday, December 7, the Contemporary Arts Center’s raw art warehouse will be transformed to an outdoor basketball court suspended in time, alive with Bessie Award-winning […]
