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Essence Festival Beefs Up Lineup
The Essence Festival made new additions to its lineup of R&B artists yesterday, announcing that Chaka Khan, Jennifer Hudson, Kem and a newly-reunited New Edition will all play the main […]
French Quarter Festival Grows to 533,000 Attendees
The French Quarter Festival continued to grow this year, announcing today that approximately 533,000 people attended the 28th incarnation of the Festival, which took place from Thursday, April 7 to […]
YouTube du Jour: Treme
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvKdSuilAMc[/youtube]During SXSW this year, HBO hosted a party for Treme, and though none of the cast or crew were there, the party screened a teaser for season two (which debuts […]
YouTube du Jour: Mariangela Vacatello
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_x17e9JsIY[/youtube] Tonight at 7:30 at UNO’s Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, Mariangela Vacatello will perform. The Italian pianist won the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; here she is playing […]
French Quarter Festival 2011: Photo Slideshow
Across the street from our office on Frenchmen Street traces of the 2011 French Quarter Festival are being cleaned up (its mass of infrastructure and people replaced by another Hollywood […]
YouTube du Jour: Gene Loves Jezebel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayu2XZ-mFGw[/youtube] The British glam/goth band Gene Loves Jezebel was formed in the early 1980s by twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston. Differing opinions on the band’s direction led to the […]
YouTube du Jour: French Quarter Festival
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZwYoMBMyMs[/youtube]This year, the French Quarter Festival starts today with a scaled-down schedule – five stages in Woldenberg Park, Jackson Square and the Aquarium Plaza, where OffBeat‘s Cajun/Zydeco Showcase (formerly at […]
Cajun/Zydeco and Other Grammy Awards Eliminated
The Grammy Award categories for the upcoming year have been pared down to 78 categories from 109, and one of those that lost out was the Best Zydeco or Cajun […]
YouTube du Jour: Band of Horses
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpRtY4aHReQ[/youtube] Tonight, Seattle rock band Band of Horses plays Tipitina’s. The band’s last album, Infinite Arms, was nominated for a Grammy this past year in the Best Alternative Album category. […]
Galactic Readying Live Album for Jazz Fest
Anti Records’ blog reports that Galactic is finishing a new live album, The Other Side of Midnight: Live in New Orleans, for a May 3 release. Guests on the album […]
