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The Radiators to Break Up in June
One of New Orleans’ most beloved bands of the last third-of-a-century, the Radiators will be no more come June of 2011. According to an email from guitarist Dave Malone, the […]
Preservation Hall Live in Thailand
On Saturday, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band played a show in Thailand that was attended by the King of Thailand. The show took place at the Siriraj Hospital to raise […]
YouTube du Jour: Straight to Hell
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyWxkL5hUI[/youtube] Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center is screening Alex Cox’s Straight to Hell Returns nightly at 9 through Thursday. The movie is a new edit of Cox’s 1987 take on the […]
OK Go Synchronizes Its Efforts
Long-lauded for irresistibly crunchy hooks and tightly constructed music videos, OK Go has been known for smart, incisive pop backed by visual showmanship since their 2005 single “A Million Ways” […]
Voodoo Producer Charged with Rape
Updated: This morning, Stephen Rehage was charged with rape. The executive producer of the Voodoo Experience was booked into Orleans Parish Prison, but no details about the allegations are available […]
YouTube du Jour: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
Tonight, the jazz funk ensemble Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe plays Tipitina’s with the Stooges Brass Band and DJ Soul Sister opening. Here’s the band live in the studio performing “Brother’s […]
Cadillac Sky Bring Rock ‘n’ Roll Bluegrass to New Orleans
“We’re basically rock ‘n’ roll bluegrass for lack of a better term,” says David Mayfield, guitarist of Cadillac Sky. The band will open the sold out Mumford and Sons show […]
Haitian Singer Manno Charlemagne Comes to New Orleans
Haitian singer Manno Charlemagne will visit Louisiana this November for a musical residency. Charlemagne is known in his home country as a longtime activist and musical agitator for democracy, and […]
YouTube du Jour: Gram Parsons
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BITiY8M_oDo[/youtube] Tonight, Speed the Mule plays a tribute to the late Gram Parsons at the Kerry. Parsons would have been 64 on Friday. Here’s footage of him (in white) singing […]
YouTube du Jour: John Ellis
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUaS8fREvUs[/youtube] Saxophone player and UNO alum John Ellis is back in town for a few days. Tonight, he’ll play UNO’s Jazz at the Sandbar series at 6:15, where he’ll perform […]
