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YouTube du Jour: Swoon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikoD6sXDf_0[/youtube] The artist Swoon has installed a major piece, “Thalassa,” in the front hall of New Orleans Museum of Art. Here’s a video on the making and installation of the […]
Supagroup Gets Amped
[NSFW] Rock band Supagroup has new album, Hail! Hail!, and a new marketing strategy: They’re going to be YouTube stars. Chris and Benji Lee have written and star in the […]
YouTube du Jour: Humanization 4tet
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf34x6MmjHw[/youtube]Tonight, the adventurous Portuguese jazz band Humanization 4tet plays the Blue Nile. The group is led by guitarist Luis Lopes, whose background is in heavy rock, classic blues and the […]
Vimeo du Jour: Chef Menteur
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25559090[/vimeo] New Orleans space rock band Chef Menteur has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to fund the recording and production of East of the Sun & West of […]
10th Ward Buck’s Definition of Bounce
“Triggaman.” That’s how rapper, party promoter, and restaurateur 10th Ward Buck would define bounce in a sentence or less. It’s the name for the 1986 song “Drag Rap” by the […]
Brewers Benefit Shot Chef Tonight
Nathanial Zimet brought his passion for cooking from North Carolina to NOLA, where he became known for setting up shop outside late-night concert venues in his signature purple food truck. […]
YouTube du Jour: Flow Tribe
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCRBOqNcjAc[/youtube] Tipitina’s “Foundation Free Fridays” is back for another summer of free Friday night shows. Tonight, Flow Tribe plays with the TBC Brass Band opening. Here’s Flow Tribe’s “Good Foot,” […]
DA Drops Charges Against Stephen Rehage
Thursday, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro dropped the rape charges filed against concert promoter Stephen Rehage last November. After a grand jury interviewed witnesses and the evidence was reviewed, “a determination […]
Bo Dollis Awarded 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellowship
Today, Bo Dollis of the Wild Magnolias was awarded an NEA National Heritage Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. He is joined by Texas quilter Laverne […]
Dirk Powell Presides as Director of Louisiana Crossroads
Friday night, Irma Thomas plays the Acadiana Center for the Arts‘ award-winning Louisiana Crossroads program in Lafayette. The show takes place in the James Devin Moncus Theater at 8 p.m., […]
