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YouTube du Jour: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsBV-P9gIC0[/youtube] Rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony play the Howlin Wolf tonight. The Cleveland natives are better associated with the West Coast sound, where they first rose to prominence in the mid […]
Bayou Boogaloo Begins Today on Bayou St. John
This evening, the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo begins its sixth annual festival along the lakeside banks of Bayou St. John. West African dance company N’fungola Sibo is first to hit the […]
The Iguanas and Los Po-Boy-Citos at Wednesday at the Square: Photos
The Wednesday at the Square concert yesterday featured roots rockers the Iguanas with Latin soul/boogaloo combo Los Po-Boy-Citos opening. Next week’s Wednesday at the Square show will feature guitarist/singer Tab […]
YouTube du Jour: DJ Jimi
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpE9t0JluME[/youtube] Yesterday, Complex magazine published a list of the 50 Greatest New Orleans Hip-Hop Songs as chosen by influential rap music critic Andrew Noz. The number one song is hard […]
The Blue Party Benefit at Tipitina’s
It’s been a rough few weeks in the South, first with a series of devastating tornadoes that tore through Alabama, and now with the flooding caused by the extremely high […]
Usher, Others Added to Essence Festival Lineup
R&B superstar Usher has joined the high-profile headliners of the 2011 Essence Festival. The singer will perform on the main stage in the Superdome on the festival’s opening day, Friday, […]
YouTube du Jour: The Iguanas
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhjDUWqSHLo[/youtube] Tonight, the Iguanas and Los Po-Boy-Citos play Wednesday in the Square at Lafayette Square, with the show starting at 5 p.m. Here’s footage of the Iguanas performing in Texas […]
Clarke Peters: Even Indians Get the Blues
Between Jazz Fest weekends, the cast of Treme did a signing session for the DVD box set of season one at Louisiana Music Factory. While there, OffBeat caught up to […]
YouTube du Jour: Earl King
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSRc2JqgA4w[/youtube] Our own John Swenson has argued that something essentially New Orleans about Jazz Fest was lost with the deaths of Snooks Eaglin, Eddie Bo and before them, Earl King. […]
Reading Rainbow Gets the Bounce Treatment
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3PRajkR9s[/youtube] The reworking of TV theme songs is as old as bounce itself (see the foundational “Triggaman” beat, with riff from Dragnet), but it still comes as a surprise and […]
