The Treme Sidewalk Steppers host their annual Super Bowl second line this Sunday, February 5. The parade starts at noon. The Treme Sidewalk Steppers come out for the second line at the African-American Museum at Governor Nicholls and N. Villere in the Treme. The parade then heads over to Basin St./Orleans Ave. and up towards [...]
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YouTube du Jour: Big Chief Tootie Montana
January 5, 2012 – 2:15 pm
This morning, the New Orleans City Council read a resolution declaring tomorrow, the first day of the Carnival season, Allison “Big Chief Tootie” Montana Day in New Orleans. Montana, once Big Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indian tribe, passed away in the summer of 2005 after speaking at a City Council hearing about [...]
Perfect Gentlemen Second Line Parade: Route and Map
December 30, 2011 – 5:39 pm
This Sunday, the Perfect Gentlemen Social Aid & Pleasure Club hosts the first second line of 2012, scheduled to start a little later than usual at 12:45 p.m. The parade leaves from the corner of Canal and Rampart streets, moving uptown on Rampart/Oretha Castle Haley, then turning on MLK before continuing uptown on Simon Bolivar/Lasalle. [...]
Stooges Brass Band Releases “This Christmas” Cover for Download
December 20, 2011 – 2:08 pm
Yesterday, the Stooges Brass Band released a second line version of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas”, a cover they street-tested at the Big Nine Social Aid & Pleasure Club parade on Sunday afternoon. The Stooges are offering the track as a free download in exchange for an email address. “This Christmas” has been a holiday [...]
YouTube du Jour: Stalley
December 20, 2011 – 12:03 am
Tonight, rapper Stalley performs at the Howlin Wolf. Although he hails from Cleveland, he worked with local director Brandan Odums/Bmike (nominated for a Best of the Beat Award for Best Music Video) for a tour through New Orleans in this video for his song “Babblin’”. Produced for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the video [...]
Coco Robicheaux Memorial Second Line and Musical Tribute
December 13, 2011 – 6:58 pm
On a gray afternoon yesterday, hundreds of Coco Robicheaux’s fans, friends, and family turned out on Frenchmen Street for a large second line to celebrate the bright life of the bluesman, who passed November 25. People started drifting towards the Apple Barrel, Robicheaux’s favorite haunt and the bar where he collapsed the night of his [...]
YouTube du Jour: Coco Robicheaux
December 12, 2011 – 8:28 am
This afternoon, there will be a second line in memory of Coco Robicheaux starting at 3:30 p.m. on Frenchmen Street. It will work its way to House of Blues, where there will be a musical tribute to him. Glen David Andrews, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Honey Island Swamp Band, John Mooney, J. Mongue’D and Irene Sage will [...]
New Generation Second Line Parade Route
December 9, 2011 – 3:05 pm
The second line this Sunday, December 11 is the New Generation Parade, looping through Central City starting at noon. The parade starts and ends at A.L. Davis Park at the corner of Washington and Lasalle, and makes stops at (in order) the Turning Point Lounge, Sandpiper Lounge, Club S&S and Sportman’s Corner. Here’s the full [...]
Musical Tribute to Coco Robicheaux Monday
December 6, 2011 – 11:04 am
Louisiana Music Hall of Famer Coco Robicheaux suffered a heart attack and passed away over the Thanksgiving weekend, but he’ll be celebrated Monday in the streets and at the House of Blues. There will be a second line that starts on Frenchmen Street at 3:30 p.m. and makes its way to the House of Blues, [...]
