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YouTube du Jour: Black Star
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTnog5RRQo[/youtube] Rapper Mos Def is now a New Orleans resident, and he occasionally makes his presence known – at a Jay Electronica show, on the Gulf Aid All-Stars benefit song […]
Soul Rebels Brass Band Offering Free Sweet Dreams EP and Dance Contest
With a new album, Unlock Your Mind, coming January 2012 on Rounder Records, the Soul Rebels Brass Band are currently offering a three-track EP, Sweet Dreams, of songs from the […]
YouTube du Jour: Partners-N-Crime
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsc4ITcEhY&feature=related[/youtube] Tonight, Tipitina’s Free Friday show is a bounce showcase with the Big Easy Bounce Band playing live behind Partners-N-Crime and 5th Ward Weebie. The two collaborated on 2009’s “So […]
Drive-By Truckers Need Love Too
The Drive-By Truckers’ career can be broken into three stages (so far), but one thing has never changed. From 1996-2000, they were a rowdy rock ’n’ roll band that was […]
YouTube du Jour: AOB
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZXYleFTKDI[/youtube] Recently, up-and-coming hip-hop duo AOB released their debut mixtape, F.A.M. (download), on the Supreme Street label. Their first album, Airing Out Bombs, will be released on September 11. On […]
Wye Oak at Tipitina’s September 16
Wye Oak, the Baltimore indie rock duo named for a 460-year old tree in their home state of Maryland, give off an appropriate balance of rooted strength and breezy pliability. […]
YouTube du Jour: GIVERS’ “Meantime”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqsV0l5xtiA[/youtube] Lafayette’s GIVERS have a brand new video out for “Meantime” from this summer’s In Light. Since the album’s release, the band spent much of the summer touring the United […]
Krewe of O.A.K.’s 2011 Mid-Summer Mardi Gras Parade: Photos
Saturday night, August 27, the streets of the Riverbend looked more like Royal Street on Fat Tuesday, with hundreds of revelers in costumes ranging from the silly to the lewd […]
YouTube du Jour: Martyrman
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAToEpL2eLc[/youtube] Hip-hop fans might be forgiven for not knowing New Orleans rapper Martyrman, who hasn’t had much local presence at shows or on Twitter, blogs, or the radio. His single […]
MSNBC’s Schultz Spends Katrina Anniversary on Health Care
“Why can’t we have health care?” Frank Lewis is in his 50s, and he’s talking to MSNBC’s Ed Schultz in the convention center. Schultz, host of The Ed Show on […]
