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Review: Lily Keber’s “Buckjumping” Empowers
How quickly things can move in New Orleans. In a handful of years, Lily Keber went from anonymous transplant bartending long nights in the Bywater to being on the receiving […]
Q&A: Director Lily Keber on “Buckjumping”
You previously directed Bayou Maharajah about the late, great New Orleans pianist James Booker. How come you wanted to do a film about dance? When people talk about New Orleans […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with Lily Keber, Producer-Director of Bayou Maharajah
On April 26, three years after Bayou Maharajah began making the film festival rounds, Lily Keber’s documentary about New Orleans piano genius James Booker will make its DVD and online […]
Aurora Nealand at the Big Ears Fest in Knoxville
Aurora Nealand wowed a packed crowd in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Big Ears Festival on Sunday, April 2.
James Booker Behind The Iron Curtain: A five-CD box set features the piano genius’ East German concerts
A sprawling document of James Booker’s borderless genius, Behind The Iron Curtain plus… contains three complete and previously unreleased solo concerts by the New Orleans piano prodigy.
Maple Leaf celebrates James Booker’s birthday with night of piano players
James Booker was a regular performer at the Maple Leaf, the venerable live music venue open since 1974 at 8316 Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood. His legacy as one […]
The Vari-Colored Songs of Leyla McCalla
For Leyla McCalla, history is a living thing that ties us to the past “I always imagine if I could have met Langston Hughes that we probably have similar personality […]
Musician Cole Williams helps launch homeless advocacy initiative
Musician and activist Cole Williams as well as veteran organizer Curtis Muhammad have organized daily demonstrations outside of Duncan Plaza to advocate for cleaner, safer spaces to hold homeless people as […]
Embrace Art, Music & Female Strength with Ani DiFranco at Babefest
This year’s 4th annual Babefest, taking place at the Orpheum Theatre on November 24, is entitled “For the Love of NOLA” and geared up to be a riotous celebration of […]
