Last night, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, joined by the Del McCoury Band for a rousing version of “I’ll Fly Away.” On Saturday, the Hall Band will be the focus of Louisiana Fairytale, a documentary by Danny Clinch that will show at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. [...]
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YouTube du Jour: The New Orleans Moonshiners
June 16, 2011 – 9:37 am
The New Orleans Moonshiners are one of the favorites of the swing dance set as this video from the 2009 French Quarter Fest suggests. The Moonshiners will perform tonight at 6 p.m. at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art as part of its “Ogden After Hours” series. Though museum staff would prefer you not bump [...]
Preservation Hall Celebrates 50 Over and Over
June 7, 2011 – 6:00 pm
For a half-century now, the home of traditional jazz in New Orleans has been at 726 St. Peter St.—Preservation Hall. On Wednesday, it will host “Pres Fest,” with the Treme Brass Band playing at 8:15 and 9:15 p.m., followed by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at 10:15. The fest will also include special guests who [...]
Treme: The Ways Down
May 9, 2011 – 5:27 pm
[Spoiler Alert] “On Your Way Down” was a fair title for this episode, but you sort of wish Alice Cooper was from New Orleans because “Welcome to My Nightmare” would have been more appropriate. This week, almost everybody faced one hell or another, whether it was Antoine and the gaggle of children standing between him [...]
The Art in the Hall
May 1, 2011 – 12:04 am
On April 28, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens a new exhibition, “Art and Jazz: Preservation Hall at 50.” The show is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the traditional jazz institution, focusing on the visual art associated with the Hall. The show includes works by Sister Gertrude Morgan, Lee Friedlander, Barry Kiser, [...]
Del McCoury’s in the Hall
April 1, 2011 – 12:06 am
“I don’t think this has ever been done before, and I’m hoping people come to just find out what it is,” says Del McCoury, one of the most respected figures in bluegrass today. “And if they come, they’re going to love it!” “It” is American Legacies, the joint venture of McCoury and the Preservation Hall [...]
Signs of Life
November 18, 2010 – 1:56 pm
This morning, publisher Jan Ramsey wrote about her experience at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My own response was a little different. It occasionally spoke to me, but too often the history of rock ‘n’ roll seemed to presented as the story of the clothes musicians wore and the guitars they played. Striking [...]
The Weekend’s Highs and Lows
October 11, 2010 – 8:36 am
The Highs: – At a time when Republicans want us to believe that illegal immigrants have the power to do more damage to the country than the captains of industry can, it was reassuring to see a sold-out Gogol Bordello show at the Republic Friday night. Unfortunately, it was the Republic, not Arrowhead Stadium in [...]
YouTube du Jour: Harry Shearer
August 16, 2010 – 10:41 am
On August 26, Harry Shearer will debut his new documentary, The Big Uneasy, at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art at 8:30 p.m. Here’s Shearer on MSNBC talking about the movie. For tickets, click here or call (504) 539-9616.
Marty Stuart
August 1, 2010 – 12:16 am
It’s hard to say exactly what country music is anymore, but if pressed to say what I want it to be, it would be Marty Stuart. On his 2006 live album, Live at the Ryman, he is introduced to the audience in the former home of the Grand Ol’ Opry as “country music’s Renaissance man,” [...]
