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The Song of the Week
“I was having drinks with a friend,” recalls singer/songwriter John Michael Rouchell of MyNameIsJohnMichael, “and he called me lazy. He said I should put out a song every week of […]
Rock in a Brass Town
Life isn’t easy for a rock band in the birthplace of jazz. However, Good Guys, a local metal-meets-lounge act, are trying to mine the city for an audience. “It’s definitely […]
New Orleans on the iRadio
WWOZ has some competition on the Internet. The station is streamed around the world on through the station’s Web site (WWOZ.org), but there are two new entries in online radio […]
IAJE Goes Broke
The International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE), formally the National Jazz Association, filed for bankruptcy April 28. IAJE functioned as a network for the broad jazz community, and its annual […]
Somethin’ Else at Bonnaroo
OffBeat will be at Bonnaroo June 12 to the 15. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee has often had a New Orleans in the past, but this […]
We Got the Blues
Irma Thomas and Tab Benoit were among the New Orleanians recognized at the 2008 Blues Awards, presented May 8 in Tunica, Mississippi. Thomas was recognized as Soul Blues Female Artist […]
Festival Times Three
This time last year, two new festivals joined the same weekend as the French Market Creole Tomato Festival to build the June weekend into a big event centered on the […]
Heard, But Not Seen
Matt Miller’s documentary, Ya Heard Me, provides a historical and cultural view of New Orleans bounce music, complete with sensual shaking and vulgar popping. But will you get to see […]
Top Ten Jazz Fest CDs
Here are the top sellers at Borders’ Retail Tent at Jazz Fest and at the Louisiana Music Factory: Borders Jazz Fest Tent 1. Alison Krauss & Robert Plant: Raising Sand […]
A Conference by Any Other Name
In 2004 and 2005, TapeOpCon took place at the Fairmont Hotel and the Orpheum. The conference for recorders, engineers, producers and those interested in the technical and artistic side of […]
