Blogs
Preservation Hall pays tribute to Pete
This just in from Preservation Hall: May 3, 2009, New York, NY: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans is proud to announce their participation in a very special […]
Noizefest Needs Noize
Michael Patrick Welch is once again hosting Noizefest – the alternative music festival pioneered by Keith “Deacon Johnson” Moore – the second Sunday of Jazz Fest. Here’s Welch’s call for […]
Mac on Shell
Dr. John doesn’t shy away from pointing the finger at Jazz Fest’s corporate sponsor, Shell, on this YouTube video. He looks asleep for much of the video, and it’s […]
Driving Music
One day last week, I was listening to the debut album from Toronto’s Thunderheist, which struck me as pretty much the soundtrack for a night in a dance club […]
Another Name Out
Jazz Fest has lost a few of the out of town artists, first Common, who was replaced by Musiq Soulchild on the Congo Square Stage . Yesterday we learned […]
There’s the Book of Love, then There’s Another Kind of Book
I finally got around to Fuckbook, the new album by the Condo Fucks. James McNew of Yo La Tengo is the only recognizable name in the credits, though photos […]
Kiss Update
Now that Kiss is headlining Voodoo on Halloween, I suppose we have to track all things Kiss. In that spirit, here’s today’s Kiss press release with a few interpretive […]
A Hint at the Infinite
Last night, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain performed at Roussel Hall as a night of Indian Classical Music presented by the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans and […]
A Mixed Blessing
While I’m editing our Jazz Fest A to Z (don’t envy me), I notice that Jazz Fest is gradually adding more Americana to the schedule, this year with the […]
A Growing Hole
On the first few listens, I found the Booker T collaboration with the Drive-By Truckers and Neil Young, Potato Hole, a little heavy on its feet. And it is […]
