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Central City Festival Unveils Lineup
The 10th annual Central City Festival will bring an afternoon of live music and dance to Oretha Castle Halery Boulevard on Saturday, November 5. Artists on the bill include Bamboula […]
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Blind Boys of Alabama to Join Forces for “Jam the Vote” Concert
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will team up with the Blind Boys of Alabama for Jam The Vote, a pre-election concert slated for the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY […]
Video: Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up” Gets the Bluegrass Treatment
Bluegrass and hip-hop don’t exactly go together like red beans and rice. In terms of their instrumentation and their origins, the genres couldn’t be farther apart. Yet those differences didn’t […]
Willie Nelson Announces New Orleans Show
Willie Nelson & Family will headline the House of Blues New Orleans on Sunday, January 8. The 83-year-old Texas country music legend last performed in Louisiana back in March when […]
TV Series to Explore Early New Orleans’ Criminal Underworld
Two production companies have joined forces to develop and produce a television series based on The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld. Deadline reports that Vermilion […]
Frenchmen Street’s Yuki Izakaya to Close After Nine Years
Popular Frenchmen Street establishment Yuki Izakaya will close its doors for good by the time the sun comes up tomorrow. The Japanese restaurant, bar and music hot spot, which is located […]
Mike Pence Plane Fiasco Leads to Cancellation of Questlove’s New Orleans Show
An incident involving Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence’s airplane indirectly led to the cancellation of Questlove and Soul Sister’s DJ set at Tipitina’s on Friday night. The iconic The Roots […]
Arcade Fire Declare Love for New Orleans with Spectacular Voodoo Fest Closer (Photos)
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band collaboration that many anticipated never materialized, but Arcade Fire still managed to treat New Orleans right when they closed out a much-improved Voodoo Fest’s Altar […]
Anderson .Paak, Preservation Hall Jazz Band Shine on Voodoo Fest’s Final Day (Photos)
On its third and final day, the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience left Halloween revelers basking in musical diversity on a massive scale. In addition to a mortuary-themed haunted house […]
Tool, Ghost, Claypool Lennon Delirium Deliver Triumphant Sets on Voodoo’s Second Day (Photos)
Rock and roll reigned supreme on the second day of Voodoo Fest as progressive metal masterminds Tool headlined the Altar Stage with a concise and thrilling set that embodied the […]
