Folk singer Ani DiFranco moved to New Orleans approximately eight years ago, but she has entered the city’s musical community discreetly, playing the occasional show such as last year’s Gulf Aid benefit for those affected by the BP Oil Disaster. She has done so, she says, because “that is my style. I like to do [...]
Tag Archives: Derrick Tabb
Best of the Beat Award in Music Education: Derrick Tabb and the Roots of Music
January 1, 2011 – 12:18 am
Since his nomination as CNN’s Hero of the Year in 2009, Derrick Tabb has perhaps received more attention for his work helping New Orleans’ kids than for his role as snare drummer in the mighty Rebirth Brass Band. Each day after school at the Jackson Square Cabildo (the use of which was made possible by [...]
New Orleans in the News
December 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Derrick Tabb, founder of the Roots of Music program and Rebirth Brass Band snare drummer, was honored at the third-annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Tabb was chosen from over 9,000 nominations as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009. Monday, Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation [...]
Last Chance
November 18, 2009 – 10:32 am
As we’ve documented, Rebirth Brass Band drummer Derrick Tabb has been nominated as one of the finalists for CNN’s Hero of the Year (to find out why, check out Lauren Noel’s story). Voting closes tonight at midnight, so if you wish to do your part to stuff the ballot box just as others are doing [...]
YouTube du Jour: Derrick Tabb CNN Heroes Rally
November 17, 2009 – 12:48 pm
Here’s a little footage from the rally for Derrick Tabb and his Roots of Music after-school music education program,
The Drummer’s Roots
November 1, 2009 – 12:30 am
Tragedies have a way of highlighting the heroes in our midst, and if ever there was a tragedy, Katrina was it. Ever since the levees broke, people have been stepping up all over the Gulf Coast region to help rebuild and renew. Derrick Tabb, snare drummer for Rebirth Brass Band, is the latest local hero [...]
New Orleans in the News
August 10, 2009 – 2:22 pm
This week, if people around the country were talking about New Orleans, most were talking about Bill Jefferson. Those who could resist puns and wisecracks at his expense were talking about the death of Willy DeVille, the one-time lead singer for New York punk-era band Mink DeVille. He moved to New Orleans in 1988, and [...]
