When drummer August Jepson got sick in Los Angeles, she didn’t have health insurance or access to affordable health care. “I went to the hospital in L.A. and sat in a hallway for hours,” she says. “A nurse put me on a cot. I was lying there surrounded by crackheads and seriously ill people. The [...]
Tag Archives: New Orleans Musicians Clinic
No Leo at Leopalooza
August 11, 2011 – 11:05 am
In today’s Weekly Beat, we draw attention to “Leopalooza” – a birthday bash for Leo Nocentelli at the Howlin’ Wolf on Friday night. The night is a benefit for the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic and will include music by Cyril Neville & Tribe 13, Stooges Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Vidacovich , Earphunk, [...]
Herman Ernest Remembered at Down on the Bayou
April 28, 2011 – 5:03 pm
Shows that bring together musicians who don’t normally play together are not unusual during Jazz Fest, but Down on the Bayou III seemingly brings together everybody at the Howlin’ Wolf Thursday, May 5 . The show is produced by JoJo Hermann of Widespread Panic and benefits the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic and Assistance Foundation, and [...]
New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic Re-Releases All-Star Benefit Album
August 26, 2010 – 10:56 pm
Ten years ago, a brand-new, struggling New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC) produced and released an excellent fundraiser album, Get You A Healin’. The CD featured local heavy hitters like the Funky Meters, Allen Toussaint, Donald Harrison, Jr. (recording a tribute to his father, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr.), and even keyboard kings Dr. John and Art [...]
Hurricane Katrina 5 Years Later: Where Are We Now?
August 1, 2010 – 12:10 am
Perhaps it doesn’t seem like five years since we were all running from a hurricane roughly the size of the entire Gulf of Mexico. For some, it seems like even more time. Much less for others. Just the first six dreamlike months after the flood—when you could leave your bike outside, unlocked for days—felt like [...]
Makin’ Groceries for Musicians
May 25, 2010 – 11:23 am
On Wednesday, the Whole Foods Markets on Magazine Street and Veterans’ Memorial Boulevard will donate 5 percent of the day’s net sales to the not-for-profit New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC). As we’ve reported, a grant important to the continued function of the NOMC won’t be renewed, so the clinic that provides health care to the [...]
Support the Musicians’ Clinic
April 14, 2010 – 1:14 pm
Keith Spera’s fine story on Alex Chilton for The Times-Picayune left some under the impression that he and his wife Laura were in dire financial straits – so much so that people have been offering her financial assistance since his passing. Through an intermediary, Laura said that she doesn’t need the help and would prefer [...]
French Quarter Fest and Save The Clinic
April 7, 2010 – 5:21 pm
The weather’s going to be outstanding for this year’s French Quarter Festival, and I hope you’ll have a chance to go…or come, if you’re from outside New Orleans. If you haven’t been to FQF, it’s an astounding compedium of New Orleans music, food and the unmatched ambience of the Riverfront and the French Quarter. The [...]
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.
HBO’s “Treme” Celebrates Musicians’ Clinic at My Darlin’ New Orleans Benefit
March 29, 2010 – 1:53 pm
Click here for photos from Saturday night’s My Darlin New Orleans Benefit. Saturday night the cast and crew of Treme turned on the charm and focused their cameras on the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (NOMC). Leveraging their production skills and industry connections, the show’s creators and producers staged a celebrity auction and gala event to [...]
