Last week, the New Orleans Police Department announced that they would enforce an ordinance on the books that prevents live music from being played on Bourbon Street from 8 p.m. until 9 a.m. They served notices to the To Be Continued Brass Band, who plays on the corner of Canal and Bourbon. While the NOPD [...]
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Obituary: Bernard “Bunchy” Johnson (1952-2010)
May 1, 2010 – 12:09 am
Bernard “Bunchy” Johnson, an extremely popular and talented drummer, who had a second, and third career, as an actor and booking agent, died unexpectedly at his home, March, 21, 2010. He was just 57. Johnson performed onstage or in the studio with just about every New Orleans artist one could possibly name, including Dave Bartholomew, [...]
HBO’s Treme: To Tell the Truth
April 1, 2010 – 1:00 am
Tipitina’s is smokier than usual, perhaps because there’s a smoke wrangler. A woman walks among the crowd, offers people cigarettes and on cue, the takers start puffing. Soon a gray-blue haze hangs in front of the Pine Leaf Boys onstage. Steve Earle leans against the bar near the stage in a beige pearlsnap Western shirt, [...]
Slideshow: HBO Treme’s My Darlin’ New Orleans Benefit Auction
March 29, 2010 – 2:51 pm
On Saturday night, the cast and crew of HBO’s upcoming Treme tv series held a benefit auction for the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic at Generations Hall. Below are photos from the “red carpet” and inside the party, taken by Golden G. Richard III.
YouTube du Jour: HBO’s Treme New Trailer with Dialogue!
March 18, 2010 – 1:29 am
We’re getting closer and closer to the premiere of HBO’s new show Treme, centered around the lives of musicians in New Orleans. The newest trailer for the show, released yesterday, features Kermit Ruffins, Dr. John, members of Rebirth Brass Band, and more. Look for a preview of Treme in our upcoming April issue.
Tremé and Davis
January 12, 2010 – 2:08 pm
Cute but Crazy Davis Rogan called me today to correct me on implying on my last blog that he wasn’t involved in the upcoming HOB Tremé series. He is involved, but to what extent is still shrouded in secrecy, and “nothing can be revealed until we all sit down together to enjoy the premiere of [...]
Whither Tremé?
December 3, 2009 – 11:46 am
Every morning we travel up Esplanade Avenue on our way to work, and every morning we typically stop at the light at the corner of North Rampart. There’s an historical marker there about “Faubourg Tremé” that explains how the neighborhood was the first real suburb in New Orleans and that it was the home of [...]
