Sunday at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival most of the talk was about Bruce Springsteen, who closed the Acura Stage. As always, there was good music to be seen on every other stage. Included in the photos below are the Pfister Sisters, Lionel Ferbos, Los Po-Boy Citos, Hadley Castille & the Sharecroppers [...]
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Jazz Fest, April 28: Photos from First Saturday
April 30, 2012 – 8:51 pm
The 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival continued Saturday, which was dominated by the twin forces of Cee Lo Green and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Included in the photos below are Roddie Romero & The Hub City All Stars, Jeremy Lyons & Members of Morphine, Cheikh Lo of Senegal, Lionel Ferbos, Storyville Stompers [...]
Jazz Fest, April 27: Photos from First Friday
April 30, 2012 – 8:40 pm
The first day of the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival started Jazz Fest off on a good foot, with plenty of good local and touring artists performing. Included in the photos below are the Electrifying Crown Seekers, Henry Gray & the Cats, the New Orleans Suspects, Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys, Young [...]
Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam + Amanda Shaw at Wednesday at the Square: Photos
April 26, 2012 – 5:43 pm
This week’s Wednesday at the Square concert acted almost as a Jazz Fest pre-party, with Tab Benoit leading an all-star group in his Swampland Jam in front of a huge crowd. The band included Benoit, Cyril Neville, Waylon Thibodeaux, Johnny Vidacovich, George Porter, Jr., Big Sam Williams and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux. Amanda Shaw and [...]
Crawfest 2012 at Tulane University: Photos
April 24, 2012 – 5:59 pm
Throughout the year, Tulane University holds concerts from time to time that are open to the public. But its biggest public party of the year is Crawfest, which features over 16,000 pounds of boiled crawfish, potatoes and corn and a full day of musical performances. Saturday, April 21 was the sixth-annual Crawfest on Tulane’s Uptown [...]
!!! + Shabazz Palaces + Vockah Redu at Tipitina’s, April 20
April 24, 2012 – 2:51 pm
On Friday, April 20, Tipitina’s hosted a concert of shuffled genres, with indie dance rockers !!! and avant hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces—rapper Ishmael Butler, formerly of Digable Planets, and percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Tendai “Baba” Maraire—headlining, plus bounce rapper Vockah Redu opening the show. All photos were taken by Caitlyn Ridenour.
Theresa Andersson + Mia Borders at Wednesday at the Square: Photos
April 19, 2012 – 6:31 pm
Theresa Andersson previewed her new album Street Parade, out next Tuesday, April 24, at this week’s Wednesday at the Square concert. Andersson headlined this week’s show, with Mia Borders opening and the 610 Stompers performing in between. The concerts are presented by the Young Leadership Council, who won a Best of the Beat Business Award [...]
Portugal. The Man + The Lonely Forest + Big History at House of Blue: Photos
April 12, 2012 – 2:18 pm
Portugal. The Man last played in New Orleans at this past fall’s Voodoo Experience, but the indie rockers are apparently veterans of what bass player Zach Carothers calls the “best city to spend Halloween in, ever”, having even spent time eating bugs at the Audubon Insectarium. On Monday, Portugal. The Man returned to New Orleans [...]
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue at the Reopening of Washington, D.C.’s Howard Theatre: Photos
April 12, 2012 – 1:45 pm
Just as fans of New Orleans arts and culture cheered the reopening of the Joy Theater at the end of last year, so has Washington, D.C. built excitement around the reopening of its historic Howard Theatre. On Tuesday, April 10, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue headlined an invite-only grand-opening party with special guests George Clinton [...]
NOLA Brewing Easter Keg Hunt: Photos
April 10, 2012 – 6:09 pm
On Saturday, April 7, local craft brewery NOLA Brewing held its fourth-annual Easter Keg Hunt in the Warehouse District. A scavenger hunt for teams of 2-6 people, the first clue was given out at the Howlin’ Wolf Den and the hunt ended with free kegs of NOLA beer for participants and a performance by Colin [...]
