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Rising Tide Returns
Bloggers and non-traditional media emerged as powerful forces for advancing news and thought in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. There were more stories and perspectives than the traditional and alternative […]
YouTube du Jour: Loose Marbles
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Rjis7Qsow[/youtube] Tonight the Loose Marbles play the Spotted Cat at 6 p.m. Here they are playing “The Sheik of Araby” in the streets, complete with dancers, dogs and cars.
Tropical Isle Returns Thursday Night
A year after a four-alarm fire ripped through the building, the Tropical Isle at the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon is re-opening tonight with a renewed commitment to live music […]
Essence Music Festival, Friday 2010: Photo Gallery
The big news on Friday, the first night of the 2010 Essence Music Festival, was Janet Jackson’s only show of the year—and the extravaganza of S&M choreography that highlighted it. […]
YouTube du Jour: Don Vappie
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZmzp_Xg1lA[/youtube] Don Vappie plays tonight at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse in the Royal Sonesta. Here’s Vappie in a video package assembled by the Jazz Ascona festival, which takes place yearly […]
Essence Music Festival Welcomes its Queen
For three minutes during her set at Essence Fest last night, Mary J. Blige stood on stage holding her microphone out to the crowd and didn’t say a word. No, […]
Essence Music Festival: Keys Stumbles, Knight Soars
24 hours after the Essence Fest crowd sat in anticipation of Janet Jackson’s appearance, a packed Superdome waited (and waited, and waited) patiently to see what Alicia Keys and her […]
Essence Music Fest: Janet’s Night
Let’s get the formalities out of the way. Monica opened the main stage at the Louisiana Superdome with a show full of her hits, showing why, at one point in […]
Rooney and the Value of Brevity
“I’m shoo shoo shakin’, sh-shakin’, I’m shoo shoo shakin’, sh-shakin’,” Robert Schwartzman sings, flicking his brown bangs while he leans into the microphone. He and his bandmates rock out in […]
Marsalis Family Named NEA Jazz Masters
The Marsalis Family – Ellis, Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason – are the first family to be named en masse Jazz Masters by the NEA. They’re the first family to receive […]
