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A First Listen to New Rebirth Brass Band Album
The Rebirth Brass Band’s new Rebirth of New Orleans album is due out April 12 on Basin Street Records. It is, though, available now for streaming via Soundcloud. According to […]
Dr. John’s Benefit for Native American Gulf Healing Ceremony: Photo Slideshow
As desperate times call for desperate measures, the Native American United Houma Nation will be performing a healing ceremony for the Gulf of Mexico workers April 8-10. To help, Dr. […]
YouTube du Jour: The Walkmen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SHnuAgPgxU&feature=fvsr[/youtube] Tonight, indie rock band the Walkmen return to New Orleans to play One Eyed Jacks with the Head and the Heart opening. Here’s the band’s beautiful video for “Four […]
DJ Chicken’s Mardi Gras Under the Bridge: OffBeat Guest Mix
DJ Chicken LOVES Mardi Gras, so we thought the veteran radio, club and block party DJ would be the perfect guest to share a mix that captures the spirit of […]
Krewe of tit Rex Parade 2011: Photo Slideshow
In our current March Mardi Gras issue, Cooper O’Bryan writes about some of the new alternative krewes that have popped up on the fringes of Mardi Gras, including Krewe of […]
YouTube du Jour: Tim Laughlin
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYL44F070gk[/youtube] Tonight, the Tim Laughlin Quartet performs at Fritzel’s European Pub on Bourbon Street. Here’s Laughlin with the New Orleans All-Stars in 2009 performing “Mama’s Gone Goodbye” with Connie Jones […]
Escape Mardi Gras Madness at Family Gras
As the Mardi Gras festivities kick up a notch this weekend, families can retreat to the safety of Jefferson Parish’s Family Gras this Friday through Sunday, February 25-27. Family Gras […]
Keller Williams Plays Invisible Trumpet and More at House of Blues
At Keller Williams’ House of Blues show Thursday, a trumpet plays. Newcomers to a Keller Williams show crane their necks, searching the stage wings for a trumpet player. They find […]
YouTube du Jour: The Meters
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNzilDmPpCg[/youtube] Tonight, OG Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli will play “The Get Together” at Tipitina’s with bassist Bill Dickens, keyboardist CR Gruver and drummer Jamal Batiste, and Art Neville is scheduled […]
Foburg Festival Schedule Released
The second annual Foburg Music Festival kicks off the weekend after Mardi Gras, March 11-13. Scheduled the weekend before South by Southwest in Austin takes place, it catches many indie […]
