I'm sitting with 'OZ show host Jukebox Jack just before the live broadcast of
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. The WWOZ broadcast truck is to the left and
behind us is the WWOZ/SoCo stage under golden-hour sun and near-perfect
weather. An ideal closing Sunday for Voodoo.
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Singer-songwriter Andrew Duhon was sitting in the WWOZ hospitality tent
updating his Twitter account, and I chatted him up about his time at Voodoo
before he was golfcarted away to the LOA lounge for a VIP performance.
What's your experience been, being a musician from New ...
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New Orleans played a very large role in the making of an independent animated
film
Out of Our Minds Animation Studio is thrilled to announce that "The
Magistical" is an official screening selection to be shown at as part of The
Big Easy International Film Festival.
Wantin...
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Wandering as near to the PlayStation/Billboard Stage as I could, I caught the
gypsy-punk superband Gogol Bordello. Although I had to watch mostly from the
giant screen above the stage, I could hear the band's thumping presence
easily from right in front of the sound tent. T...
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I managed to catch an act I've been waiting to see for some time now, the New
Orleans Bingo! Show, over at the Bingo! Parlour (a small circus tent). I got
more than I expected... Aside from some particularly ghoulish zombie
costumes, ringleader Clint Maegden and his cohorts...
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This Thursday, brilliant jazz trombonist Mark McGrain will join Jelly Roll
Justice in the studio (Jazz from the Market, 4 to 7 p.m.) to talk about the
innovative trio "Plunge".
Mark McGrain, saxophonist Tim Green, and bassist James Singleton are three of
the Crescent City’s...
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A huge weekend planned at the 2010 Voodoo Music Experience. In particular the
Bingo Parlour tent.
I haven't been able to leave this tent in the last 2 years. It is a festival
in a festival, and I am sure I will spend most of the weekend there this
year.
The Bingo Parlour ...
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SIX GENERATIONS OF THE BLUES FROM MISSISSIPPI TO CHICAGO
ONE NIGHT - ONE STAGE
CELEBRATING THE 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF EARWIG MUSIC
SAVE THE DATE - NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Blues Legends David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Johnny Drummer, Big Jack Johnson,
John Primer, and Aron Burton will c...
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On Halloween night, both the Voodoo Festival and Daylight Savings Time come
together. Consider that New Orleans has always been the Petri Dish of music
so tonight we'll turn back the clock not just one hour but one generation as
we focus on the music of this unusual city. ...
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