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YouTube du Jour: Guitar Lightnin’ Lee
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrfK-4WDsD4[/youtube] Tonight, Guitar Lightnin’ Lee, Alabama Slim and Little Freddie King will play as “Triple Dynamite” – a blues guitar summit at the Apple Barrel. Here’s Guitar Lightnin’ Lee live […]
Dr. John to Cover Armstrong
This year’s Satchmo SummerFest has already produced news. Last night after the keynote talk at Muriel’s, Dr. John and Armstrong producer George Avakian (who speaks Saturday at 4 p.m. at […]
White/Off-White
On Saturday night, while hoards in white linen flock to Julia Street for White Linen Night, those who venture to Off White Linen Night will enjoy the festivities at artist […]
DJ House Shoes at the Big Top: Ticket Giveaway
Michael “HouseShoes” Buchanan, Detroit’s premier DJ and hip-hop ambassador, is coming to The Big Top tonight. House Shoes is at the top of a budding Motown resurgence and has worked […]
YouTube du Jour: Louis Armstrong “Muskrat Ramble”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vpuFYQwZ5o[/youtube] With the Satchmo SummerFest continuing today at The Maison with seminars, and the Satchmo Club Strut taking place tonight, it seems only appropriate to continue with more Armstrong – […]
The Satchmo SummerFest Schedule
Unless otherwise marked, 2011 Satchmo SummerFest shows take place at the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue near the historic French Market Unless otherwise marked, 2011 Satchmo SummerFest Seminars will […]
YouTube du Jour: Louis Armstrong
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GuDExkBmnU[/youtube] Tonight, Satchmo SummerFest starts with its opening reception and keynote talk at Muriel’s (801 Chartres St.). British music writer Richard Havers and producer Russ Titelman will discuss Satchmo: Louis […]
Grammy Fight Gets Legal
We’ve been reporting on the backlash against NARAS’ decision to consolidate the number of Grammy Awards offered from 109 to 78. Here, we’ve focused on the decision to combine the […]
The Armstrong Aria
The sounds of Louis Armstrong’s trumpet and signature voice will ring throughout the French Quarter this weekend at the Satchmo SummerFest, but some renditions might not sound so familiar. Tonight, […]
YouTube du Jour: House of Dance and Feathers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuOCRlnF10g[/youtube] Tonight, the Asante Awards take place at the Mahalia Jackson Theater honoring creativity in New Orleans’ African-American community. One of the honorees is Ronald Lewis, the curator of the […]
