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Big Chief Victor Harris Celebrates 50 Years of Masking
Big Chief Victor Harris of the Fi-Yi-Yi Mardi Gras Indians has been masking for half a century. As chief of the Fi-Yi-Yi, also called the Mandingo Warriors, one of the […]
Drew Brees Brings GigTown App to New Orleans
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is bringing GigTown, an innovative new way for musicians to book gigs through a smartphone app, to New Orleans. Brees, a native of music-centric […]
Dana Abbott Band Launches New Album Tonight at d.b.a.
[Featured image by K&D Photo + Video.] “Energy and emotion is a universal language in music” said Dana Abbott, the Frenchmen Street soul-rock powerhouse who celebrates the release of her […]
Ring in Spring with the Freret Street Festival
Freret Street will rock this weekend for the annual Freret Street Festival. Between Napoleon and Soniat Streets this Saturday, the bustling Uptown thoroughfare will close off traffic for its annual springtime celebration, which […]
Fan Funding: Dash Rip Rock
To fund their latest album, Wrongheaded, high-voltage Southern roots rock trio Dash Rip Rock has launched a PledgeMusic campaign encouraging fans to pre-order the album. In exchange, they’ll receive a […]
The New Orleans Jazz Market Opens for Business
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra will celebrate the grand opening of the Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market with several events this weekend, beginning with the official ribbon-cutting ceremony on […]
NOAAHH Distributes $26,000 to Local Charities
This past month, New Orleans Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness (NOAAHH), co-founded in 1985 by Allen Toussaint and Art Neville, distributed $26,000 in grants to 14 charitable organizations in the […]
Video: Mahalia’s New Orleans at Newcomb College
On March 7, the Newcomb College Institute’s Skau Art and Music fund sponsored a concert and conference in honor of the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Irma Thomas, Dr. Michael […]
The Sound of a City Exhibit Makes Waves in Berlin
The New Orleans music scene is getting an extra special spotlight through an art exhibit featuring OffBeat in Berlin. Going on through April 26th in Berlin, a month-long exhibit called […]
Nigel Hall Parts Ways with Nth Power
Soul-funk supercrew the Nth Power, currently on their “Funkapower” tour with Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, confirmed today that keyboard player Nigel Hall has departed the band. Hall made […]
