The lineup for the Young Leadership Council’s 14th annual Wednesday at the Square concert series has been announced, and it’s shaping up to be a first-rate affair. The Young Leadership Council (YLC) and New Orleans City Council President Stacy Head revealed the talent roster this afternoon at Mike’s on the Avenue, where musical guest Dave Jordan made [...]
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Trombone Shorty, VOW All-Stars and More Play Hogs For the Cause
January 20, 2012 – 7:00 pm
Last spring, Hogs for the Cause emerged as an event with a serious talent lineup and a pork cook-off. When it returns to City Park (dubbed City Pork for the day) on March 24, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue will headline a music lineup that includes the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, Marcia Ball, the [...]
The Top Ten Selling Albums During Jazz Fest at Louisiana Music Factory
June 1, 2011 – 12:04 am
1. Tab Benoit: Medicine (Telarc) 2. Galactic: The Other Side of Midnight: Live in New Orleans (Anti-) 3. Johnny Sansone: The Lord is Waiting and the Devil is Too (ShortStack) 4. Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars: Box of Pictures (Independent) 5. Kermit Ruffins: Happy Talk (Basin Street) 6. Marcia Ball: Roadside Attractions (Alligator) 7. Rebirth [...]
Radiators Rule Second Weekend of Fest
May 4, 2011 – 4:29 pm
I truly enjoyed my first Jazz Fest weekend. The highlights were, of course, the weather being so wonderful throughout. My favorite day was Saturday, though. When I got to the Fest, I was hot and thirsty, so I immediately headed to the WWOZ Mango Freeze booth near the Fais Do Do Stage, picked up my freeze, [...]
Marcia Ball, Roadside Attractions (Alligator Records)
May 1, 2011 – 12:51 am
Marcia Ball’s new record is a tribute to her consistency. It shows off what she does best, swinging uptempo grooves, boogie dance numbers, and a fantastic variety of piano playing from Chicago-style blues, driving barrelhouse tunes, and Professor Longhair-esque keyboard runs such as on “We Fell Hard.” Ball pulls off the piano playing with such [...]
YouTube du Jour: Marcia Ball
April 23, 2010 – 6:00 am
Marcia Ball’s a busy woman during Jazz Fest, and she’ll play a benefit for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art Saturday night in its intimate Taylor Library. Here’s Ball playing “Play with Your Poodle” from the documentary, Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey.
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Marcia Ball
May 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
I get to cook about half the time. We play about 125 gigs a year, so I’m only here about half the time. I’m also blessed with a husband who cooks and really, he’s the foodie in the family, the more adventurous; the more interesting cook. He’ll open a cookbook and do something creative. I, [...]
Marcia Ball, Peace, Love & BBQ (Alligator)
May 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Is there anything more to a perfect, fulfilled life than Peace, Love, & BBQ? It’s a rhetorical question, and Marcia Ball sings it like that, too. Her new record is another consistent entry to the oeuvre of Ms. Ball. Her voice is alternately celebratory on “Party Town” and “Watermelon Time” or plaintive while harmonizing with [...]
Marcia Ball
June 1, 2000 – 12:01 am
The scene at Tipitina’s that Monday night is typically insane. It’s the end of the annual WWOZ Professor Longhair Tribute/Piano Night during Jazz Fest, and show-closer Eddie Bo has, in a gesture of his usual charity, brought up many of the night’s earlier performers to cluster at the two dueling baby grands for an incendiary, [...]
