One of the many events surrounding the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is the release each of the year of the official Jazz Fest poster and the accompanying Congo Square poster, both of which have become collectors items for Fest and art fans. This year’s Jazz Fest poster features Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, and [...]
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Jazz Fest and Congo Square 2012 Posters Revealed: Trombone Shorty and Shamarr Allen Featured
February 1, 2012 – 12:39 pm
The Original Meters to Play the Howlin’ Wolf During Jazz Fest
January 27, 2012 – 3:36 pm
[Updated] The Original Meters—George Porter, Jr., Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and Zigaboo Modeliste—will play their first club date in 30 years when they perform at the Howlin’ Wolf on Saturday, May 5. Papa Grows Funk and the Rebirth Brass Band will open. Tickets are $70 go on sale Friday through Ticketweb and at the Howlin’ [...]
Bruce Springsteen & Eddie Vedder to Jazz Fest, Daily Lineups Available
January 24, 2012 – 9:35 am
Bruce Springsteen’s new album, Wrecking Ball, is due out March 6, and he’ll perform at this year’s Jazz Fest on Sunday, April 29. Springsteen was last at Jazz Fest in 2006 when he played with his Seeger Sessions Band; this time, he’ll play with the E Street Band as part of a tour that starts [...]
Eddie Vedder Returns to Jazz Fest Alone
January 23, 2012 – 3:42 pm
In 2010, Pearl Jam made its debut at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell; today, Festival Productions announced that singer Eddie Vedder will perform on Thursday, May 3 as a solo artist. Last year, he released Ukelele Songs, an album featuring just his voice and his ukelele. Tomorrow morning, we’ll have [...]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education Award: John Rankin
January 1, 2012 – 12:15 am
For a guy who can be seen playing regularly alongside jazz musicians like Jesse Boyd, Tom Fischer and Don Vappie, guitarist John Rankin has an unusual claim to fame. “I play with the LPO [Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra] when they need a guitar or a banjo,” he says. “Last year I did Mahler’s 7th [symphony] with [...]
The Beach Boys Added to Jazz Fest Lineup
December 16, 2011 – 11:01 am
Quint Davis promised that the TBA on the 2012 Jazz Fest lineup was a “mind-blowing reunion.” In fact, it’s the remaining original Beach Boys – Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine, with long-time members Bruce Johnston and David Marks – who are also coming together for a new studio album, their first together since [...]
Festival Season Kicks Off Early
December 14, 2011 – 2:54 pm
One thing I can say about the sports impacting New Orleans: we have hosted more major sports events than any other city in the US. That means tourist dollars. Even now, in December 2011, the city’s tourism people are in a frenzy preparing for Superbowl XLVII, which is scheduled to be held in New Orleans [...]
Jazz Fest: On the Ledge
December 14, 2011 – 9:45 am
Quick response to this year’s Jazz Fest talent roll out: – It feels old to complain about the lack of contemporary jazz at Jazz Fest, but this year’s lineup looks like the jazz bookers threw their hands in the air and quit, opting almost entirely for locals. I see Esperanza Spalding, David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco, smooth [...]
Jazz Fest Lineup 2012: The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Artist Roster Announced
December 13, 2011 – 11:30 pm
1st Weekend Lineup 2nd Weekend Lineup The 2012 Jazz Fest lineup features headliners The Eagles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band, John Mayer, Herbie Hancock, My Morning Jacket, Ne-Yo, Al Green, Bon Iver, Paulina Rubio, Jill Scott, Bonnie Raitt, Bunny Wailer, and Florence + the Machine. This year’s New Orleans Jazz [...]
YouTube du Jour: Ledisi
November 2, 2011 – 10:35 am
Ledisi (sounds like “Lettuce-y) left New Orleans’ Hollygrove neighborhood when she was nine, moving with her family to Oakland, but she has been raising her New Orleans profile in recent years. She performed as part of the Trombone Shorty-curated Red Hot + New Orleans concert in Brooklyn in December 2010, and she joins Shorty on [...]
