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Benefit for Mod Dance Party’s DJ Kristen
For a craftsperson, there’s nothing worse than the loss of one’s hands, the tools of one’s trade. And for a musician, the same is true for one’s ears, their own […]
YouTube du Jour: Alvin Youngblood Hart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQUaEWIXtCQ[/youtube] Blues guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart has become a regular performer at the Maple Leaf, and he returns to play there tonight. Here is he playing the classic “Gallows Pole.”
Blackfire Burns Again
It’s a Friday afternoon and J. R. Fields is preparing to close Truck Stop Clothing Co. for the night. Fields owns and operates the store on Magazine Street, where he […]
A T-Model Citizen
When 90-year-old James Lewis Carter Ford visits bars, he makes a special request. “Play Taledragger,” he’ll say. When the bartender obliges, Ford (better known as blues man T-Model Ford) grins […]
Clark Vreeland: Man of Mystery
Before there were Radiators, there were Rhapsodizers. Before New Orleans had art punk, it had Room Service. Skulking in the background of the city’s most innovative musical entities of the […]
Make Your Own Generationals
Remixers – start your ProTools. Generationals have posted two songs for remix from their recent album, Actor-Caster. The files for “Greenleaf” and “Ten-Twenty-Ten” are available for download here, along with […]
YouTube du Jour: Creede Williams
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_oTTwxAbkw[/youtube] On his website, Americana singer Creede Williams offers two possible bios, which suggests the wry sense of humor and intelligence behind his music. He performs tonight at the Ogden […]
YouTube du Jour: Jam-All
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJuMHsfEAlU[/youtube] We were sent this video a couple weeks ago, and it immediately caught our attention with its excellent blending of bounce beats with live drumming and hand percussion in […]
Seminal Rapper Tim Smooth Passes Away
Timothy Smoot, better known as the rapper Tim Smooth, passed away in the first hours of the morning today after a long bout with cancer. He was 39 years old. […]
Hear New Trombone Shorty: “Encore”
Recently, we announced that Trombone Shorty’s upcoming album, For True, is due out September 13. Here’s the first look at a track from the album, “Encore,” a song co-written with […]
