1. You have described yourself as a “crate digger.” Where was most unusual place that you found the coolest record?I once found a self-titled album by Roger & the Human Body in a box filled with albums by Neil Diamond and The Carpenters at one of the Symphony Book Fairs many years ago, back when [...]
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Craft Brothers to Tour with Susan Cowsill
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The Craft Brothers, Sam and Jack, leaders of the acclaimed New Orleans indie rock band Glasgow, are touring the Midwest with the singer/songwriter Susan Cowsill. They will open the shows for her and then play in her band. The brothers, who are both multi-instrumentalists, also appear on Cowsill’s forthcoming album, “Lighthouse.” The tour begins jul [...]
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Asante Awards Festival Scheduled for Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The 2nd Annual NOLA.TV Asante Awards Festival, “An Evening of Silk, Satin and Sandals,” will take place next Wednesday, July 1, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts, with the awards show following from 6:30 - 10:30 p.m.The 2009 honorees are many local, national and international artists, [...]
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Arlee Leonard Returns to New Orleans- Set To Perform July 4, 2009
Vocalist Arlee Leonard, the daughter of acclaimed New Orleans artists David and Roselyn, is performing around town this summer including an engagement at the Bombay Club (830 Conti St.) on July 4, 2009. She will be appearing with the pianist Fred Sanders and the bassist Josh Gouzy. Their repertoire includes a compelling mix of classic [...]
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CNN to Film Billy Iuso at the Maple Leaf- July 1, 2009
CNN will be in town on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 and the cable news network is scheduled to film portions of Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives’ performance at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. Iuso is one of the hardest working musicians in New Orleans. His funky outfit recently released a live recording [...]
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Reedist Michael Moore to Play Hi Ho Lounge- July 2, 2009
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The marvelous clarinetist and alto saxophonist Michael Moore is scheduled to appear with Helen Gillet (cello), Jonathan Freilich (guitar), Doug Garrison (drums) and Jesse Boyd (bass) on Thursday July 2, 2009 at the Hi Ho Lounge in New Orleans. Moore, who is no relation to the filmmaker by the same name, is an American expatriate [...]
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John Rankin Welcomes Clarence Johnson III
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Last Minute John Rankin UpdateThis Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the Columns Hotel, located at 3811 St. Charles, saxophonist Clarence Johnson will be joining guitarist John Rankin for a duo set. The performance is scheduled from 8 -11 PM. Johnson matriculated through Loyola University’s acclaimed jazz program under the tutelage of Tony Dagradi. He quickly [...]
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The City of New Orleans Gears Up for Essence Fest
This weekend marks the 16th annual Essence Festival and organizers are predicting that this year’s event will be the biggest since the federal flood that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Advance ticket sales have been strong as fans of R&B and hip hop begin making plans to arrive in New Orleans in anticipation of the [...]
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Shannon Powell To Perform with the Preservation Hall-Stars
Summer may be the best time for locals to visit Preservation Hall on St. Peter Street in the French Quarter and tonight might be the best night to pass on by. Shannon Powell has drummed with some of the best New Orleans musicians and tonight he leads the Preservation Hall Stars from 8-10 PM. The [...]
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Thousands Turn Out To Honor Jackson at Second Line
New Orleans celebrated the life of the pop icon Michael Jackson in her own singular way- with a huge second line parade led by the Revolution Social Aid and Pleasure Club with the Rebirth Brass Band providing stellar accompaniment. Organizers estimated at least 2000 people crowded the 7th Ward neighborhood for the two-hour parade. The [...]
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Second Line for Michael Jackson
The Revolution Social and Aid and Pleasure Club will host a memorial second line parade to honor the music of Michael Jackson today (Sunday, June 28, 2009) beginning at 5 PM. The parade will start in the 1200 block of St. Bernard Avenue outside of Kermit Ruffins’ club, Sidney’s Saloon. It is schedule to last [...]
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Satchmo SummerFest Announces Lineup
August 1, 2009‘Red Beans & Ricely Yours’ Stage12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Louisiana Music Factory presents the New Orleans Moonshiners1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Fritzel’s presents Fritzel’s New Orleans Jazz Band2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Connie Jones Crescent City Jazz Band3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Tim Laughlin5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Leah Chase‘Cornet Chop Suey’ [...]
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Voodoo Music Experience Announces Lineup for Halloween Weekend 2009
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The Voodoo Music Experience announced today the lineup for the three-day event in New Orleans’ City Park Halloween weekend. Joining already announced headliners Kiss and Widespread Panic is the only scheduled North American performance by the rapper Eminem. The reunited Jane’s Addiction is also on the bill. Over 100 other performers are scheduled to play [...]
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Hot Latin Jazz at Sweet Lorraine’s Saturday, June 27, 2009
Legendary percussionist Bill Summers (Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, Los Hombres Calientes and dozens of other associations) will perform two sets at Sweet Lorraine’s located at 1931 St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans at 10 PM and 12 midnight. He will be joined by pianist Jesse McBride. The wild card in the lineup is Alexey [...]
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Free In-Store Performances at the Louisiana Music Factory
Saturday afternoons during the summer in New Orleans can be rather boring. Not this Saturday (June 27, 2009) when the Louisiana Music Factory presents two hot New Orleans acts. 007 mines the rock steady rhythms and sounds of Jamaica before reggae took over the world. The band is led by Jeffery Clements, whose day job [...]
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HOT 5 Live Music Events - Week of June 28th
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HOT 5 Live Music Events - Week of June 28thSunday: William Smith & the 726 Band @ Preservation HallWednesday: Billy Iuso & Restless Natives @ Maple Leaf BarThursday: Jeremy Davenport @ Davenport Lounge (Ritz Carlton Hotel) 5:30pmFriday: Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes @ Chickie Wah WahFriday: The Radiators @ Mid City Bowling LanesLook for [...]
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George Porter, Jr. Returns to the Maple Leaf
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Bassist George Porter, Jr. is certainly one of the hardest working musicians in show business. Just off of a tour that took him to Hawaii and Colorado with his outfit, PBS, he returns to New Orleans to play on his home turf- the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street. Tonight, June 25, 2009, the original [...]
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Duke Ellington Jazz Festival Fetes New Orleans and Ellis Marsalis
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85,000 fans packed the the National Mall in Washington, D.C, for the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival’s two-day New Orleans on the Mall extravaganza featuring 10 renowned New Orleans groups: the Rebirth Brass Band, Terence Blanchard, Buckwheat Zydeco, Donald Harrison, Little Freddie King, Nicholas Payton, Irma Thomas, Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Trombone Shorty [...]
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Bluegrass at Carrollton Station- Friday, June 26, 2009
The Tanglers, a Bluegrass band that has been tearing it up lately, will perform this Friday, June 26, 2009, at Carrollton Station. They are welcoming a new guitarist to the band. The Tanglers are also scheduled to perform for the Arts Market at Palmer Park on July 26, 2009 at 1:30 PM. The Tanglers feature [...]
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Jolly House to Perform Wed, June 24, 2009 at Chickie Wah Wah
Jolly House, a side project of the Radiators’ keyboardist and principal songwriter, Ed Volker, will perform tonight (June 24, 2009) at Chickie Wah Wah on Canal Street in New Orleans. Jolly House also includes bassist Reggie Scanlan (also of the Radiators), percussionist Michael Skinkus, and saxophonist Joe Cabral. The gig is scheduled for 8 PM.The [...]
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