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Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Celebrates Cajun and Creole Culture on the Weekend
Since 1972, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles has been serving up the best of Cajun culture to an amassing fan base. The annual festival, held in Lafayette’s Girard Park, delivers a […]
Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival Schedule and Food Menu
This weekend, October 14-16, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation puts on the sixth-annual Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival. The free festival is held in Lafayette Square and […]
YouTube du Jour: Lucky Tubb
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRamIsKpDMI[/youtube] Tonight, Lucky Tubb and the Modern Day Troubadours roll back the clock at Siberia to the days of western swing, classic country and hillbilly rock ‘n’ roll. Tubb is […]
New Orleans Film Festival Pairs Music Performances with Films
The New Orleans Film Festival is embracing music in a big way this year, not only with a series of music-related film screenings, but also pairing the movies with live […]
More Scary Than Halloween…
Last night I had the privilege of viewing part-time New Orleanian/actor/musician/radio personality and journalist Harry Shearer’s documentary on the real cause of Katrina’s flooding, The Big Uneasy. Everyone knows about the […]
Save Our Souls: Slow Burn Burlesque Documentary Review
It has boobs. It has guts. And no, it’s not a horror film. The documentary Save Our Souls follows local burlesque troupe Slow Burn through their 2010-2011 season, and it […]
Video du Jour: Rebirth Brass Band
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23926287[/vimeo] For years now the Rebirth Brass Band has held down one of the best known weekly gigs in New Orleans: the infamous Tuesday night at the Maple Leaf Bar. […]
King of Oak Street Screening Free Friday at Tipitina’s
The Frenchy documentary King of Oak Street has, before recent developments, been difficult to see even for those who desperately wanted to. The documentary competed at the 2009 Big Easy Film […]
Star Slinger Remixes Trombone Shorty’s “Do To Me”: Free Download
Just in time for Trombone Shorty’s free performance tomorrow at the Harvest the Music concert series comes a remix of his song “Do To Me” by British producer and DJ […]
Dapwell on Das Racist’s Slacker Rock Rap
Das Racist, performing at the Howlin’ Wolf tonight, is breaking molds in the rap world with their unconventional marketing and musical sound. The group’s racially satirized lyricism in their free […]
