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Big Al and The Heavyweights
Jazz Fest 2010 Performers: A-Z
Not even the diehards know everybody. You can have a deep passion for New Orleans and Louisiana music, and there’s still somebody performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage […]
Jazz Fest First Weekend Top Picks
Keep these picks close at hand by downloading our new iPhone app. Friday, April 23 Baaba Maal 4/23, CON, 1:55p: This Senegalese singing star with wide-ranging musical interests draws […]
A Rosebud Is A Rosebud Is A Rosebud
Just down the street from Baby Rosebud accorganist Courtney Lain’s place of employment, there is a movie filming about the corporate takeover of a small mom and pop cereal store […]
Letters February 2005
BITING HIS TYPEWRITER Rob Fontenot wrote a good review about my last CD which (I think) helped get it into the top 50 Louisiana CDs of 2004. Thanks for that—but […]
Masters of Louisiana Music: Earl Silas Johnson IV (Earl King)
Born:February 7, 1934New Orleans, Louisiana Died:April 17, 2003New Orleans, Louisiana For five decades, Earl King reigned as one of New Orleans’ most perceptive songwriters and explosive guitarists. Among the artists […]
Jazz Fest 2003 A to Z
Compiled by Bunny Matthews, Geraldine Wyckoff, Christopher Blagg and James Bailey. If being outside in the fresh air with thousands of other human beings in the center of a […]
Matt Lemmler: It’s A Wonderful World
For an album to create a significant buzz is a real achievement in today’s glutted CD marketplace. Each year there are countless releases and among the multitude live a wealth […]
Ray J.’s Hat Trick
Raymond Jones, better known as Ray J., is a man who wears several musical hats. Currently a regular member of no less than four New Orleans bands—The Pinstripe Brass Band, […]
Bluesworthy: Play Muddy For Me: Gentilly Jr. is the Wonderful Wizard of WWOZ
Bluesworthy: Play Muddy For Me: Gentilly Jr. is the Wonderful Wizard of WWOZ