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Discovering Jazz Fest: A French first-timer’s thoughts on New Orleans’ biggest music event
Last year our intern, Clare Welsh, wrote a great piece on her first Jazz Fest. This time around we enlisted our French intern Marine Laval to share her thoughts on […]
The Revivalists hit #1 on Billboard Alternative Songs Chart
The Revivalists hit #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs Chart this week with their hit single “Wish I Knew You.” After sitting at #2 last week, the single bumped Imagine Dragons’ […]
Social Distortion announces New Orleans concert
West Coast punk rock icons Social Distortion will swing through New Orleans when their summer tour comes to the House of Blues on Wednesday, August 30. Founded in 1978, the […]
Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival announces music lineup
The Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival will return to Cassidy Park in Bogalusa, LA on Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30. Now in its sixth year, the festival will […]
Jazz Fest wraps up with big sets from The Meters, Kings of Leon
Monumental performances by Fairgrounds royalty, plus inspiring efforts from the new kids on the block, combined for a Sunday send-off to make the closing day of Jazz Fest 2017 one […]
Swenson Fest Day 7: Cuba reigns supreme
The Music Festival culture created by George Wein at the Newport Jazz Fest and perfected here in New Orleans by Wein and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage organization has […]
Photos & Review: Stevie, Snoop, Tank and the Bangas shine on Jazz Fest’s biggest day
The New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course is home to horse racing most of the year, and it’s been so since 1852. But on the day of the 143rd Kentucky […]
Swenson Fest Day 6: Stevie Wonder delivers a message
Saturday was Stevie Wonder day, which was apparent from a midday venture into the Gospel Tent, where Kim Che’re opened up with an inspirational and very rocking version of Stevie’s […]
Photos: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Wilco, The Revivalists highlight Jazz Fest’s second Friday
Dave Matthews may not have had his full band in tow, but an acoustic show with DMB bandmate Tim Reynolds was enough to draw a massive crowd to the Acura […]
Swenson Fest Day 5: And then there were crowds
And on the fifth day, Jazz Fest created… crowds. It took a week to get off the ground, but Jazz Fest 48 was flying high Friday. The place was packed […]
