Tag Archives: New Orleans Musicians Clinic

HBO’s “Treme” Celebrates Musicians’ Clinic at My Darlin’ New Orleans Benefit

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 [...]

Treme Gala for Musicians’ Clinic

Hopes for the impact of the upcoming HBO series Treme have been high since it was announced, but its making its presence felt right away. The series debuts in early April, but tickets are on sale now for “My Darlin’ New Orleans,“ a gala and auction thrown by Treme that will take place March 27 at Generations [...]

December 2009 Letters

NOLA BIBLE My wife and I live in Baltimore and have been coming to Jazz Fest since ’93. Absolutely love it and we make it most years. Fell in love with NOLA music and food as a result but we limited ourselves to our once-a-year trip. Well, in November, 2007 a NOLA friend gave me [...]

November 2009 Letters

WETLANDS Excellent article on Tab Benoit and the Voice of the Wetlands, in fact, the best I’ve seen—thanks for “getting” it, and helping to tell a story that needs to be spread and re-told. I was fortunate to be at the recording session [John Swenson] so ably described. It was an awesome experience watching that [...]

When Band-Aids Aren’t Enough

While the nation debates health care solutions, local musicians are in danger of losing the foundation that is keeping them mentally and physically healthy and, in some cases, alive. Founded in 1998, New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (NOMC) is an innovative, not-for-profit, occupational medicine and wellness partnership offering affordable, comprehensive health care to local musicians and [...]

Video: MSNBC Coverage of New Orleans Musicians Clinic

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Healin’ A Comin’…Shim Sham Shapes Up…Zion Harmonizers Celebrate 60

Sometimes it’s amazing what a lot of love exists in our local music community. It’s a town where the likes of Allen Toussaint, Cyril and Gaynielle Neville, The Zion Harmonizers, Henry Butler, Leroy Jones, The Treme Brass Band, Les Getrex, Kermit Ruffins and many more unite to help their own. These musical stars and many [...]