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Remembering Motorway’s Colin Brown
On Friday, guitarist and vocalist Colin Brown—best known for his time in the local rock band Motorway—passed away from an illness that seems to have baffled doctors. According to the […]
YouTube du Jour: The Wailers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWOurk_hfBI&feature=related[/youtube] Tonight, the Wailers—led by long-time member Aston “Family Man” Barrett—perform the classic album Uprising at Tipitina’s, along with other favorites. Here’s a video for the hit from the 1980 […]
New Orleans Bayou Steppers Second Line: Photo Slideshow
Sunday, the New Orleans Bayou Steppers Social Aid & Pleasure Club hosted their Spring 2011 second line, parading through the Bywater, Marigny and Seventh Ward neighborhoods and led by the […]
Bustout Burlesque at House of Blues: Photo Slideshow (NSFW)
While many shows at House of Blues get audiences’ blood boiling, this past Saturday’s show was a little more titillating than most, with a performance by Bustout Burlesque that featured […]
YouTube du Jour: Harry Connick, Jr.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNfWTd-pTE[/youtube]Tonight, Harry Connick, Jr. performs at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. Here he is at the White House, first talking with First Lady Michelle Obama about the efforts being made to […]
YouTube du Jour: DMC New Orleans DJ Battle
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I7AClbcPWw[/youtube] Tonight the Howlin Wolf hosts New Orleans’ regional qualifier for the international DMC DJ competition. DJs will face off in a battle of scratching, beat juggling, showmanship, creativity and […]
Free Big Freedia
Here’s a new EP of Big Freedia for download courtesy of Scion A/V. Scion A/V Presents: Big Freedia by ScionAV Big Freedia also got love at RollingStone.com recently, where writer […]
The Radiators Kick Off Wednesday at the Square: Photo Slideshow
Yesterday The Radiators played their last-ever free public concert to kick off this year’s weekly Wednesday at the Square concert series, running every Wednesday on Lafayette Square at 5 p.m. […]
YouTube du Jour: Paul Eason
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8X2PXtSOc[/youtube]Texas produces rootsy singer-songwriters like New Orleans grows funk and jazz players. Austin’s Paul Eason is in that tradition, so you can hear Robert Earl Keen and Reckless Kelly in […]
French Quarter Festival 2011 Schedule: Sunday, April 10
Thursday & Friday, April 7-8 Saturday, April 9 Sunday, April 10 Map of Stages and More Interactive Schedule
