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YouTube du Jour: The Wild Magnolias
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kpBdjAFcbA[/youtube] The Wild Magnolias play Wednesdays on the Point at the Algiers Ferry Landing tonight at 6 with the Pinettes Brass Band also on the bill. Here are the Magnolias […]
YouTube du Jour: Don Vappie
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V6tNhrsBzs[/youtube] Tonight, Don Vappie performs at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse at 8 p.m. Here he is at the Dew Drop in Mandeville playing “Careless Love” with La Planche à Laver.
New “Amped” from Supagroup: Meet Leon
[NSFW] The new webisode of Supagroup’s Amped is online now. This week, Chris and Benji start the process of building a new Supagroup from the drummer up. It’s hard to […]
Jack Mannequin’s Back at the House of Blues
Andrew McMahon, must have known something about the future when in 2004 he named his side project Jack’s Mannequin. Created as an outlet for songs deemed too personal to play […]
French Market Bastille Day Waiters’ Race: Photos
For the second year in a row, the French Market celebrated Bastille Day with a tradition borrowed from Paris: a waiters’ race in which waiters and waitresses from New Orleans […]
Feast of St. Henry’s: Photos
Saturday, July 9, St. Henry’s Church uptown held their 22nd annual summer feast. The afternoon featured musical performances by J. Monque’ D Blues Band and Big Chief Howard Miller of […]
Video du Jour: Louisiana Fairytale
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26120584[/vimeo] During Jazz Fest 2010, after time spent touring together My Morning Jacket singer Jim James joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for a night at the Hall. The evening […]
Alex Rawls’ Weekend Picks on Fox8 TV, July 8
OffBeat Editor Alex Rawls joins Fox8 TV for his weekly Friday morning segment of weekend music and arts picks. This morning he talked about the Civil Wars on Liveset, Curren$y’s […]
YouTube du Jour: The Civil Wars
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrOUwbsy12E[/youtube] Tonight, indie-folk duo the Civil Wars play One Eyed Jacks. Here’s their video for “Barton Hollow,” The show is sold out, but it will be streamed live tonight by […]
MyNameIsJohnMichael’s Free Orphan
MyNameIsJohnMichael has recorded a new album produced by Raymond Richards (Local Natives) due out later this year. The first track from it, “Orphan,” has been available for streaming, but now […]
