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2021 Satchmo Summerfest Schedule
Satchmo SummerFest presented by Chevron will return to the New Orleans Jazz Museum as a live event taking place July 31-August 1. Originally planned to be a one-time tribute to […]
Get Ready to Dance: The Cajun and Zydeco Festival returns
The 15th Annual Cajun and Zydeco Festival is back, this year for a four-week engagement at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center. Every Friday and Saturday beginning […]
Shaking Some Tail Feathers: Gabrielle Deculus launches the NOLA Zydeco Fest
Socially conscious marketing agency St. Josephine Consultants has taken on projects involving education, social non-profits, and even politics since 2012. Among its clients are superstar rappers Kanye West and Rick […]
Wild Things: Music is the messenger says Sam Price
Among the musical cognoscenti of New Orleans, bassist, songwriter and bandleader Sam Price is considered to be one of the most versatile musicians in the city. His talents are spread […]
Music Quest: Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 4)
The following five albums with release dates ranging from 1972 to 1985 are from artists who visited and found a true sense of place in New Orleans. While there are […]
Royal at Midnight: Self-taught New Orleans musician releases debut single
The flicker of gaslight lanterns in the rain, the uneven brick sidewalks, the wrought-iron balconies adorned with plants, the neon signs hanging on every corner—these sights inspired Brock Wimberley to […]
35th Annual Creole Tomato Festival
This year the Creole Tomato Festival at the French Market will present virtual and in-person activities. MUSIC Streaming on the Facebook pages (@FrenchMarket) and the New Orleans Jazz National Historical […]
Alligator Records: Fifty years loving the blues
The blues brought Bruce Iglauer to Chicago in 1970. A blues fan since he attended a 1966 festival performance by Mississippi Fred McDowell, Cincinnati native Iglauer founded Alligator Records in […]
Back on the Block: Blake Amos’ love letter to New Orleans
Blake Amos has been on the New Orleans music scene for decades. One of his earliest bands played at Café Brasil in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Frenchmen […]
Vintage Vinyl Music Quest, Episode 3
This month’s installment of Music Quest for vintage vinyl features albums released by two artists who both passed away at just 25 years of age. Both were accomplished well beyond […]
