Minneapolis-based chamber folk sextet Dark Dark Dark constructs intricate worlds with their songs. The haunting composition of instruments along with lead vocalist Nora Marie Invie’s towering voice forms an air of whimsy and magic. Within Dark Dark Dark’s songwriting, intense and emotive yarns are spun. In speaking with the group’s accordionist, pianist, trumpeter and chorister, [...]
Tag Archives: Panorama Jazz Band
Flood Streets: Shooting the Streets
October 1, 2011 – 12:15 am
Other than Juvenile’s wildly irresponsible
Aurora Nealand: A Good Ear for the Roses
April 1, 2011 – 12:12 am
The New Orleans Moonshiners, Meschiya Lake’s Little Big Horns, Panorama Jazz Band, Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?—just a partial list of local groups to which Aurora Nealand claims membership. But the Royal Roses, whom Nealand will front at French Quarter Fest, are a first. “This is the first group that has my [...]
Panorama Brass Band, 17 Days (Independent)
March 1, 2011 – 12:55 am
It’s that time of year again, when the parades roll, the beads fly and the Panorama Brass Band emerges from its eleven-month hibernation. This time they’ve brought a CD, cut in February of last year. The title refers to the time between Krewe du Vieux and Mardi Gras when the Panorama Jazz Band augments its [...]
Ben Schenck: Undressing a C-Sharp Major
April 1, 2010 – 1:00 am
“Play me something.” It’s a gray February morning as I sit down for my first clarinet lesson with Ben Schenck. His daughter Ida, home sick from school, is asleep in the living room, and so we’ve set up our chairs in the kitchen. I ponder for a moment before launching into a solo I memorized [...]
First Historic New Orleans Collection “Concert in the Courtyard” of the Season Friday Night
March 18, 2010 – 4:00 pm
The Historic New Orleans Collection opens its Spring “Concerts in the Courtyard” series tomorrow, March 19 from 6-8 p.m. with a performance by the Panorama Jazz Band. The monthly series, now in its third year, showcases local musicians in an outdoor setting. Guests are free to peruse the museum’s collection of New Orleans art during [...]
It Takes Two
April 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
New Orleans Duets, Tom McDermott’s new album, was over five years in the making. The album is a collection of duets with people you might expect—Evan Christopher, Matt Perrine, Tim Laughlin—some that make sense—Helen Gillet, Michael Skinkus, Anders Osborne—and some you didn’t see coming, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton included. “I wanted to do [...]
