Weekly Beat - May 1, 2008

It may rain and pour, but never, ever will the elements keep the hordes away from Jazz Fest!

Last weekend was dampened by torrential rains, but we cozied up in a (relatively) dry place with our friends Steve and Vlada who come in every year for Jazz Fest from New York and California, respectively. Big Jay McNeely was amazing--81 and going strong. The highlight of that rainy afternoon was the Ponderosa Stomp showcase at the end of the day, and Roy Head stole the show away from Tammy Lynn. Poor Archie Drell was cut off after performing "Tighten Up" because of the "monsoon," but, damn, that show was great, even in calf-deep water! I wouldn't be surprised if Ponderosa Stomp gets its own stage next year.
There are evening shows all over town and a big one-- last minute--is "Bo Fest" at and around Handa Wanda's, on Dryades Street between First and Second Streets in Central City Thursday night. Big Chief Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias welcome Davell Crawford, Marva Wright, Dr. John, Widespread Panic, Papa Mali, Rebirth, Tommy Lee (yes, THAT Tommy Lee), Ludacris, Trombone Shorty, and much more. Tickets are $15-$20 (at press time, we weren't sure! It's really cool because it's just down the street from my house.

Another big one: on Saturday check out the "All Nighter" at 619 Frenchmen street, across from d.b.a. featuring M.I.A., ?uestlove, the New Orleans Bingo! Show, King Britt, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Holy Fuck
, and a late, let set, then DJ Soul Sister's Breakfast Jam
. More info here.

Correction on Voodoo Music Experience presales: Ticket presales for $100 weekend passes begin at 10 a.m. on Monday May 5th
.

Read Jan Ramsey's monthly commentary "Mojo Mouth".

We've toweled off, we've dried our feet and hosed down our shoes, so we're ready for more Jazz Fest. This weekend, in addition to our team distributing OffBeat outside the Fair Grounds [we're outside the Gentilly and Sauvage Street entrances] and writers and photographers covering the fest, we're also involved in the Allison Miner Music Heritage/Lagniappe Stage. Steve Hochman wrote our February piece on the Grammy controversy and Fest Focuses on Derek Trucks and Bettye LaVette, and Friday at 2:20 p.m. he'll interview Ann Savoy. Saturday long-time contributor Herman Fuselier will interview Isabeau about English/French ballads at 2:30 p.m., and editor Alex Rawls will interview Austinites Ruthie Foster and Alejandro Escovedo at 4:50 p.m.

The Voodoo Music Experience celebrates its 10th anniversary October 24-26, and this year's headliners include Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M. and the Neville Brothers. All are returning acts except R.E.M., who are appearing for the first time. The festival will return to the City Park grounds it occupied last year, and another 140 acts will be announced in June. Three-day weekend passes go on sale Monday morning at 10 am for $100.

Voodoo's Rehage Productions also present the all-night Jazz Fest show Saturday night with M.I.A., ?uestlove, the New Orleans Bingo! Show, King Britt, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Holy Fuck. M.I.A. was one of the highlights of last year's Voodoo, and the show-sponsored by OffBeat among others-will be the first at 619 Frenchmen Street between the Spotted Cat and the Apple Barrel.

WE CAN'T MAKE THIS UP

Mem Shannon plays Jazz Fest Thursday at 11:15 a.m. in the Southern Comfort Blues Tent, but if you miss him there, you can also find him between the pages of Jonathan Maberry's new novel, Bad Moon Rising. The book concludes the horror trilogy that also includes Ghost Road Blues and Dead Man's Song, and Shannon shows up to fight the undead. And here's a problem Jazz Fest doesn't face. At Coachella last weekend, the two-story tall inflatable pig that Roger Waters' sent airborne during his performance of Dark Side of the Moon broke loose from its moorings and floated off into the California desert night sky. California readers-Coachella organizers want the pig back, and they're offering a reward of $10,000 and four festival tickets for life in return. If you have information on the runaway pig, email lostpig@coachella.com.

A GIFT

Wednesday afternoon, Mikio Shoji, Chairman of the New Orleans Jazz Society of Tokyo gave a $15,000 gift to the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic during the Ponderosa Stomp Conference at the Cabildo.

GRETSCH GREATS

This year, Gretsch-the instrument company known for its drums and guitars-celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, and as part of the celebration, it is holding the Next Gretsch Greats Unsigned Artist Competition, which starts today. Unsigned bands from around the world will compete to win a spot on the Gretsch 125th anniversary show in New York City in November and $15,000 worth of Gretsch drums, guitars and amps. The public will vote to determine the finalists, and judges will name the winner. For details on the competition, go to Gretsch125th.com.

The New Orleans Darkroom has issued the call for photographers under 35 to submit entries for the Emerging Photographer 2008 show, which will be juried by Herman Leonard (whose work is pictured). Five young photographers will be selected, and their work will open during Art for Art's Sake Saturday, October 3, and it will show at the Darkroom's online gallery.

With one more exciting weekend of Jazz Fest in our midst there's no reason to let up now. We've decided once again to give away tickets to multiple night shows. BEGIN!!

On Saturday night May 3 the experimental jazz fusion trio Garage a Trois will perform at One Eyed Jacks. We have two pairs of tickets for this show to the first two people to answer the following questions:

What original member of Garage a Trois is no longer with the band, and who took his place?

On Thursday May 1 (yes, that's today) Tipitina's has Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave. playing in their late night slot, meaning the show starts around 2 am. OffBeat has two pairs of tickets to this show to the first two people who can correctly answer the following question:

What is Trombone Shorty's real name, and what is the name of his brother (also a well known local musician)?

And our final giveaway for this week...this Sunday May 4 the Howlin' Wolf will host the 11th Annual Krewe of Zigaboo featuring Zigaboo Modeliste with PBS (Porter, Batiste, Stoltz) and Rebirth Brass Band. The first two people to answer the following questions correctly will get a pair of tickets.

Zigaboo was the originator of a new style of drumming. What is the name given to this style?

Please email your answers to Promotions@offbeat.com no later than 3pm on Thursday May 1, 2008.

Good luck to all, and Happy Festing!

The May 2008 "Jazz Fest Bible" issue of OffBeat is now on the street locally and is in the mail to our subscribers worldwide.


OffBeat's annual Jazz Fest issue features the Neville Brothers, with a special thanks to the Angela King Gallery for providing the image.

Our cover this month features the Brothers Neville, with artwork done by Patterson & Barnes. "P&B"'s compositions incorporate many mediums including acrylic, watercolor, India ink, collage, and constructions to capture the imagery and emotional power of Southern culture and blues music. The two met late in the 1980s in Birmingham. During that time they painted separately but began to critique each other's work and began collaborating in 1990. Their popularity quickly extended to New Orleans and into corporate collections in the U.S. and Europe, and private collectors including Jimmy Buffett, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, John Sebastian and actor Peter Weller. They have created commissioned paintings for the House of Blues, VH1, The Blues Foundation, Northwest Airlines, Warner Avalon, The Country Music Association, the Umbria Jazz Festival and the University Press of Mississippi. In addition, the McIlhenny Company, the makers of Tabasco, commissioned a portrait of Buddy Guy for the cover of their cookbook with The House of Blues--Cookin' Up The Blues. Delmark Records and Malaco Records have also commissioned paintings for album art work. Between gallery shows in New Orleans and commissions Patterson & Barnes spend time at their studios in coastal Florida and rural Alabama.

So we've got some famous guys by some famous artists on this month's cover. Visit the Angela King Gallery at 241 Royal Street to see more of their work, or click right here.

OffBeat's Jazz Fest issue also includes features and interviews with Leo Nocentelli. Shamarr Allen, Terrance Simien, Rob Wagner, Jazz Fest food, Gal Holiday, the Ponderosa Stomp, and so much more! OffBeat gives you the inside skinny on Jazz Fest performances, food and what's happening in the city throughout the month of May, post-Fest.

Look for your free copy of the "Jazz Fest Bible" in locations all around New Orleans, including all local hotels and motels, and of course, at Fairgrounds entrances. Each issue of OffBeat's "Jazz Fest Bible"contains not one but two stage schedules (one a fold-up pocket-sized guide), as well as a pocket guide to what's going on at local clubs throughout Jazz Fest. OffBeat is all you need to enjoy Jazz Fest and music after the fest!

Thank you so much for supporting New Orleans and Louisiana culture by reading OffBeat and the Weekly Beat.

Normally in this space we rhyme off some of the week's highlights, but every club has a week of highlights, and the overlap with our listings would be endless. Check them to see what's going on around town this week.

We can't overlook a few shows, though, that might otherwise fall between the cracks. Thursday night starting at 7 p.m. is Bo Fest, a benefit for Big Chief Bo Dollis. At the corner of Second and Dryades outside of Handa Wanda's, Dr. John, Henry Butler, Tommy Lee, Ludacris, ReBirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty, Davell Crawford, Papa Mali, Marva Wright, the Pinettes Brass Band, the Wild Magnolias and JoJo Herman and John Bell of Widespread Panic will perform, and a few surprises are in the works. Cover charge will be $20 (streets will be barricaded). Entrances at Second and Dryades and also at First and Danneel. Celtic singer Betsy McGovern and the Poor Clares plays Friday at the First Unitarian Universalist Church (5212 S. Claiborne Ave.) at 7 p.m. Basin Street Records has four new releases-Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis' Love Songs, Ballads and Standards, Henry Butler's PiaNOLA Live, Dr. Michael White's Blue Crescent and Theresa Andersson's I the River. Butler and Mayfield will play Basin Street's 10th anniversary CD-release party at Le Chat Noir Saturday night at 8 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 from tickets@basinstreetrecords.com, and 10 percent of the gross sales go to Desire NOLA. Also on Saturday is NOizeFest (609 Lesseps St.), the festival started by the late Keith "Deacon Johnson" Moore to celebrate the musicians who never had a hope in hell of playing Jazz Fest. This year's festival will raise money to help Chris and Otter of Bacchanal with their medical bills, and so far 31 acts have confirmed including Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Ray Bong, Clint Maedgen, Rob Cambre, Mike Jones (from Belong), Helen Gillet, MC Shellshock and many more. Host/organizer Michael Patrick Welch encourages all guests to bring some interesting junk to help create an environment in keeping with the spirit of the event. Pat McLaughlin was scheduled to play Chickie Wah Wah on Saturday night, but he had to cancel because of back problems. Now the Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra tops a bill with Spencer Bohren, Dave Malone and Paul Cebar. Sunday night, Ray's Boom Boom Room hosts the official Neville Brothers afterparty starring the New IuPods, featuring Jay Neville with special guests Aaron and Cyril Neville. After Jazz Fest, power pop band the Whigs' come to One Eyed Jacks in support of their recent album, Mission Control, with What Made Milwaukee Famous and the Dead Trees opening.

Jazz Fest and Ponderosa Stomp notebook dumps, "Louisiana 1927" and more.

Check "Pop Life" daily for Jazz Fest recaps.

MUSIC TYPE CODES
(AC) A Cappella; (AU) Acoustic; (BG) Big Band; (BL) Blues; (BU) Bluegrass; (BB) Brass Band; (SH) Cabaret/Show; (KJ) Cajun; (KS) Christian; (CL) Classical; (CR) Classic Rock; (KR) College Rock; (CO) Comedy; (CW) Country; (DN) Dance; (DG) Dance Group; (FE) Folk/Ethnic; (FR) Folk Rock; (FK) Funk; (FS) Fusion; (GG) Girl Group; (GS) Gospel; (MJ) Contemporary Jazz; (TJ) Traditional Jazz; (JV) Jazz, Variety; (LT) Latin; (ME) Metal; (OL) Oldies; (OR) Originals; (PK) Piano, Keyboards; (PP) Pop / Top 40 / Covers; (PR) Modern Rock; (RG) Reggae / World Beat; (RH) Rap / Hip-Hop; (RB) Rhythm & Blues; (RC) Rockabilly; (RR) Rock; (SI) Swing; (SKA) Ska; (SS) Singer Songwriter; (SW) Spoken Word; (TC) Techno / Electronic; (TG) Thrash /Grunge; (VR) Variety; (VF) Vocals, Female; (VM) Vocals, Male; (ZY) Zydeco.

THURSDAY MAY 1
3rd Rock Tavern: open mic jam feat. Larry and Kat (PP) 9p
Apple Barrel: Dave Gregg & the Odd Man Band (BL) 8p, Washboard Chaz (BL) 10:30p
Balcony Music Club: Storyville Starlettes Burlesque Show (SH) 8p, Rebirth Brass Band (BB) 11p
Big Top: 007 (MJ) 8p
Blue Nile: Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, the Lee Boys and Dr. Gonzeaux (FK) 10p, Theresa Andersson (upstairs) (FK) 10p
Bombay Club: Phil Melancon (PK) 7p
Café Beignet: Steamboat Willie Jazz Band (JV) 6p
Café Granada: John Lawrence flamenco guitar (LT) 7p
Carousel Lounge (Hotel Monteleone) : John Autin and Jon Cleary (PK) 8p
Carrollton Station: John "Papa" Gros, Anders Osborne, John Fohl and Jimmy Robinson (FK) 10p
Chickie Wah Wah: Iguanas, Paul Cebar (LT) 9p
Circle Bar: Dash Rip Rock, the Rosewood Thieves (RR) 10p
City Park: Music in the Garden feat. Patrice Fisher & guests (LT) 6p
Club 300 Jazz Bistro: Steve Masakowski Jazz Quartet (JV) 7:30p
d.b.a. : Illuminasty Trio (FK) 8p, JF JO (OR) 12a
Domino Sound Record Shack: Herringbone Orchestra (FK) 6:30p
Donna's: Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher (JV) 9p
Dos Jefes: Rick Trolsen (JV BL) 9:30p
Frat House: Flow Tribe (RR) 10p
Fritzel's: Ryan Burrage & his Rhythmakers (TJ) 9p
Funky Pirate: Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters (BL) 8p
Hi Ho Lounge: 101 Runners Mardi Gras Indians (FK) 10p
Hookah Café: Super Cool DJ Kazu (RB) 9p
House of Blues (The Parish) : Marcia Ball (BL) 9p
House of Blues: T-Pain and Family Tour feat. Sophia Fresh, Jay Lyriq and Tay Dizm (RR BL) 2a
Howlin' Wolf: Global Noize feat. Russell Batiste & Friends, Eric Krasno and Leo Noventelli (FK) 10p
Kerry Irish Pub: Danny Burns & the Defectors (BL) 9p
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop: Jeff "Snake" Greenberg (PK BL VR) 6p
Le Bon Temps Roule: Soul Rebels All-Night House Party (BB) 11p
Maple Leaf: the Trio Plus One feat. Johnny Vidacovich, George Porter, Jr., Marco Benevento and Skerik (FK) 10p
Margaritaville: Eddie Parino (RR) 7p
Michaul's: Jeannie Beazealle & Friends (OR) 6p
Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl: Legends of Zydeco Night feat. Buckwheat Zydeco, CJ Chenier, Leon Sam, Li'l Buck Senegal, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. (ZY) 8:30p
Mulate's: La Touche (KJ) 7p
Norwegian Seamen's Church: Lars Edegran Triolian String Band (JV) 7:30p
Old Point Bar: Marc Stone & West Bank Mike (BL) 6:30p, Liquor Box (OR) 9p
One Eyed Jacks: Fast Times '80s Night (PP) 10p
Palm Court Jazz Café: Crescent City Joymakers (JV) 7p
Prejean's Restaurant (Lafayette) : Clarece Denias (KJ) 7p
Preservation Hall: Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (FK BL JV) 9p, King Britt Multimedia Performance (VR) 12a
Ray's Room on Frenchmen St. : Rebirth Brass Band (BB) 9p
Red Velvet Hookah Lounge: live belly dancing (DG) 7p
Republic New Orleans: Soulive, Lettuce, Ivan Neville and more (FK) 10p
Riverboat Creole Queen: Galactic, Forgotten Souls Brass Band (BB) 8:30p
Rivershack Tavern: Kim Carson (BL) 7p
Rotolo's French Quarter Pizzeria: Ed Barrett (JV) 8p
Snug Harbor: Donald Harrison, Jr. Quartet (MJ) 8 & 10p
Southport Hall: Radiators (RR) 10p
Sugar Mill: Monsta Jam: Russell Batiste & Page McConnel 8p; Col. Bruce Hampton & the Quark Alliance 9:45p; Outformation 11:45p; Jerry Joseph Electric Band 2:30p; special guest Theryl "Houseman" deClouet
Tipitina's French Quarter: Trombone Blowout feat. Big Sam's Funky Nation and Bonerama (FK) 10p
Tipitina's: Sam Bush & Three Piece Spicey (FK) 9p, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave. (FK) 2a
Tropical Isle Beach Club: Waylon Thibodeaux (PP) 5p
Tropical Isle Bourbon: Corey Michael (VR) 5p, Debi & the Deacons (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Original: Dwight Breland (PP) 5p, Late as Usual (PP) 9p
Vaughan's: Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers (MJ) 10:30p

FRIDAY MAY 2
3rd Rock Tavern: Kenny L. & Friends (PP) 11p
Apple Barrel: Kenny Holladay & Rick Westin (BL) 8p, the Claim Jumpers (BL) 11p
Balcony Music Club: Smoky Greenwell & the Blues Gnus (BL) 6:30p, Benny Grunch & the Bunch (PP) 9:30p, Soul Rebels Brass Band (BB) 12a
Big Top: Ford Fest feat. Saucer Seed, Bad Dog, Won Ton Lust, Black Primer, Hands of Nero and Grayskull (RR) 10p
Blue Nile: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave. (MJ) 10p, Big Sam's Funky Nation & the Dynamites (FK) 1:30a, DJ Soul Sister's Super Right on Party Situation (upstairs) (FK) 12:30a
Bombay Club: Lillian Boutte (JV) 9:30p
Café Beignet: Steamboat Willie Jazz Band (JV) 6p
Carousel Lounge (Hotel Monteleone) : John Autin and Bill Malikow (PK) 8p
Carrollton Station: Dash Rip Rock, Big Blue Marble (RR) 10p
Chickie Wah Wah: Lee Boys, Groovesect (FK) 9p
Circle Bar: the Plowboys (CW) 10p
Club 300 Jazz Bistro: Chip Wilson (JV) 6:30p, Mary Jane Ewing Quintet feat. Tony Dagradi (JV) 8:30p
Contemporary Arts Center: Gov't Mule (RR) 9p
Crescent City Brewhouse: New Orleans Streetbeat (JV) 6p
d.b.a. : Zydepunks (RR) 8p, Lost Bayou Ramblers (KJ RR) 12a
Domino Sound Record Shack: Pinettes Brass Band (BB) 6:30p
Donna's: Henry Butler & the Jazz Syncopators (JV) 10p
Dos Jefes: Sunpie Barnes (JV BL) 9:30p
Frat House: Egress (RR) 10p
Fritzel's: Ryan Burrage & his Rhythmakers (TJ) 9p
Funky Pirate: Mark & the Pentones (BL) 4p, Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters (RR) 8p
Hi Ho Lounge: 3Now4 feat. Stanton Moore (FK MJ) 10p
Hollywood Casino (Baton Rouge) : Kenny Fife (RB KJ PP) 9p
Hookah Café: Ladies Night feat. DJ EF Cuttin (RH) 10p
House of Blues (The Parish) : Marcia Ball (BL) 9p, the New Mastersounds (RR) 2a
House of Blues: Buddy Guy (RR) 8p
Howlin' Wolf: 6th Annual Bayou Rendezvous feat. the New Orleans All-stars, Papa Grows Funk, Porter Batiste Stoltz, Vinyl, Eric McFadden Trio and Outformation (FK) 10p
Kerry Irish Pub: Gerry Murphy (BL) 5p, Foot & Friends (BL) 9p
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop: Jeff "Snake" Greenberg (PK BL VR) 6p
Le Bon Temps Roule: Anders Osborne (VR) 11p, Gravy (RR) 2:30a
Mandeville Trailhead (Mandeville) : AsheSon and the Iguanas (LT) 7p
Maple Leaf: John Mooney, Johnny Sketch (FK) 10p, Johnny V., Matt Chamberlain, Marco Benevento and guests (FK) 2a
Margaritaville: Danny T. (KJ) 7p
Michaul's: Beau Basin (KJ) 6p
Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl: Bonerama, Kermit Ruffins, Jon Cleary, Glen David Andrews (FK RR BL) 8:30p
Mulate's: La Touche (KJ) 7:30p
Mystick Den (Royal Sonesta) : Julia LaShae (JV) 9p
Neutral Ground: John Statz 10p
Old Point Bar: Barbara Mason (BL) 10p
One Eyed Jacks: Dax Riggs (RR) 7p, Marco Benevento CD-release party feat. Reed Mathis and Matt Chamberlain (RR) 9p
Palm Court Jazz Café: Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Thais Clark (TJ) 7p
Pelican Club: jazz pianist (PK) 7p
Prejean's Restaurant (Lafayette) : Gervais Matte & the Branch Playboys (KJ) 7p
Preservation Hall: John Hammond (AU) 9p, Rebirth Brass Band (BB) 12a
Ray's Room on Frenchmen St. : Soul & Spirit Band (BB) 6:30p, Fredy Omar (LT) 10p
Republic New Orleans: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (FK) 10p
Riverboat Creole Queen: Greyboy All-stars, Forgotten Souls Brass Band (RR BB) 7:30p
Rivershack Tavern: Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue (BL) 9:30p
Rusty Nail: Tony Green & Gypsy Jazz (JV) 10p
Snug Harbor: Ellis Marsalis Quartet (MJ) 8 & 10p, John Ellis and Double Wide (MJ) 1a
Southport Hall: the subdudes (RR) 10p
Tipitina's French Quarter: Lettuce feat. Eric Krasno and Neil Evans and guests (FK) 10p
Tipitina's: the Radiators (RR) 9p, Galactic (FK RR) 2a
Tope la' Restaurant (Hammond) : Patrick Catania (BL) 8p
Tropical Isle Beach Club: Waylon Thibodeaux (PP) 5p, Willie Locket (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Bourbon: Corey Michael (VR) 5p, Debi & the Deacons (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Original: Al Hebert (PP) 5p, Late as Usual (PP) 9p

SATURDAY MAY 3
3rd Rock Tavern: Garlick Truck (PP) 11p
619 Frenchmen: MIA, Holy Fuck, ?uestlove, King Britt, New Orleans Bingo Show, Preservation Hall Jazz Band (RR JV VR) 10p
Apple Barrel: Sneaky Pete (BL) 8p, Coco Robicheaux & the Swamp Monsters (BL) 11p
Balcony Music Club: JJ Muggler, Lil Freddy (BL) 10:30p
Big Top: Ford Fest feat. Bad Dog, Terranova, Durel Yates, Manmade Disaster, Manwitch and more (RR) 10p
Blue Nile: Toubab Krewe (FK) 10p, Soul Rebels Brass Band (BB) 1:30a, U-Melt and DJ Logic (upstairs) (FK) 12a
Bombay Club: Chris Klein & the Boulevards (JV) 7p
Café Beignet: Steamboat Willie Jazz Band (JV) 6p
Café Granada: John Lawrence flamenco guitar (LT) 7p
Café Negril: Smoky Greenwell & the Blues Gnus (BL) 9:30p
Carousel Lounge (Hotel Monteleone) : John Autin, Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher (PK) 8p
Carrollton Station: Susan Cowsill Band Covered in Vinyl Series (SS) 10p
Chickie Wah Wah: Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra, Spencer Bohren (FK) 9p
Circle Bar: Big Blue Marble, Arbor Vitae (RR) 10p
Club 300 Jazz Bistro: Soul Project (FK) 8:30p
Contemporary Arts Center: Gov't Mule (RR) 9p
Crescent City Brewhouse: New Orleans Streetbeat (JV) 6p
d.b.a. : Li'l Freddie King (BL) 8p, Bonerama (FK) 12a
Domino Sound Record Shack: Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? (OR) 6:30p
Donna's: Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet (JV) 10p
Dos Jefes: Tony Green & Gypsy Jazz (JV BL) 10p
Frat House: Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes (FK) 10p
Fritzel's: Ryan Burrage & his Rhythmakers (TJ) 9p
Funky Pirate: Mark & the Pentones (BL) 4p, Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters (RR) 8p
Hi Ho Lounge: Clockwork Elvis & Reverend Spooky LeStrange's Billion Dollar Baby Dolls (RR) 10p
Hollywood Casino (Baton Rouge) : Brandon Bennett (RR) 9p
Hookah Café: Tondrae Kemp (RH RB) 9:30p
House of Blues (The Parish) : Rebirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave. (JV FK) 9p
House of Blues: Lupe Fiasco (RH) 8p, Umphrey's McGee (RR) 2a
Howlin' Wolf: the Funky Meters, Derek Trucks Band, Big Sam's Funky Nation (FK) 10p
Kerry Irish Pub: Balsawood Flyers (BL) 5p, Invisible Cowboy (BL) 9p
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop: Jeff "Snake" Greenberg (PK BL VR) 6p
Le Bon Temps Roule: Good Enough for Good Times (RR) 11p, Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle, Hairy Apes BMX (FK) 2:30a
Live Bait: T-Canaille (KJ) 12:30p
Maple Leaf: Joe Krown Trio, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen (FK) 10p, Vinyl (FK) 2a
Margaritaville: Irving Bannister's All-stars (RB) 4p
Michaul's: Skeeters Swamp Pop Band (KJ) 6p
Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl: Rebirth Brass Band, Cyril Neville & Friends, Anders Osborne, Tribe 13, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Wild Tchoupitoulas (FK BB VR) 9p
Mulate's: Bayou Deville (KJ) 7:30p
Old Point Bar: West Bank Mike & the Fischer Projects (BL) 10p
One Eyed Jacks: Garage a Trois (RR) 9p, Morning 40 Federation (RR) 12a
Palm Court Jazz Café: Palm Court Jazz Band feat. Lionel Ferbos (JV) 7p
Pelican Club: jazz pianist (PK) 7p
Prejean's Restaurant (Lafayette) : Gervais Matte & the Branch Playboys (KJ) 9a & 7p
Preservation Hall: Shannon Powell "King of Treme" presents a Tribute to the King of Drums Smokey Johnson (JV) 9p, Kid Koala and guest members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (JV) 12a, Stanton Moore Trio plus special guests (FK) 2a
Ray's Room on Frenchmen St. : Soul & Spirit Band (BB) 8p, Kid Merv (JV) 10:30p
Rivershack Tavern: Soul House feat. Cranston Clements (BL) 10p
Snug Harbor: Terance Blanchard (MJ) 8 & 10p, Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Ensemble (MJ) 1a
Southport Hall: Casa Samba Brazilian Fest (LT) 10p
Tipitina's French Quarter: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Papa Grows Funk (FK) 10p
Tipitina's: Michael Franti & Spearhead (FK) 9p, the Greyboy All-stars (RR) 2a
Tope la' Restaurant (Hammond) : Ched Reeves (BL) 8p
Tropical Isle Beach Club: Waylon Thibodeaux (PP) 5p, Willie Locket (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Bourbon: Corey Michael (VR) 5p, Debi & the Deacons (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Original: Al Hebert (PP) 1p, Dwight Breland (PP) 5p, Late as Usual (PP) 9p

SUNDAY MAY 4
Apple Barrel: Rollin' Hills (BL) 6:30p, Coco Robicheaux & the Swamp Monsters (BL) 8:30p, After Jazz Fest Blues Show (BL) 11p
Balcony Music Club: Mark Adams All-star Band (BL) 7:30p, Little Freddie King (BL) 10:30p
Blue Nile: Hyena Records Showcase feat. Marco Benevento Trio, Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle, John Ellis and Doublewide, Jacob Fred Odyssey (FK) 8p
Bombay Club: Phil Melancon (PK) 7p
Café Beignet: Steamboat Willie Jazz Band (JV) 6p
Carousel Lounge (Hotel Monteleone) : John Autin and Don Vappie (PK) 8p
Carrollton Station: call club
Chickie Wah Wah: Rebirth Brass Band (BB) 9p
Circle Bar: DJ Quickie Mart, Bionik Brown, Know One, Icon the Mic King (RR) 10p
Club 300 Jazz Bistro: Jason Marsalis (MJ) 8:30p
d.b.a. : Linnzi Zaorski (SI) 5p, Tin Men (BL) 8p, Garage a Trois (RR) 12a
Domino Sound Record Shack: Panorama Jazz Band (JV) 6:30p
Donna's: Shannon Powell's Jazz Quartet (JV) 10p
Dos Jefes: Mo' Jelly Blues Band (JV BL) 9:30p
Emeril's Delmonico: Julia LaShae and Mike Lemmler (JV) 6:30p
Funky Pirate: Mark & the Pentones (BL) 4p, Willie Locket (BL) 8p
Hi Ho Lounge: 007 (MJ) 10p
Hookah Café: Vavavoom (JV) 9:30p
House of Blues (The Parish) : Toubab Krewe & the Lee Boys (RR) 9p
House of Blues: Keb' Mo & the subdudes (RR) 9p
Howlin' Wolf: 11th Annual Krewe of Zigaboo feat Zigaboo Modeliste plus PBS and Rebirth Brass Band (FK) 10p
Kerry Irish Pub: Danny Burns & the Defectors (BL) 9p
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop: Jeff "Snake" Greenberg (PK BL VR) 6p
Le Bon Temps Roule: Soul Rebels (BB) 11p
Live Bait: Monster Crawfish (PP) 12:30p
Maple Leaf: Anders Osborne, Morning 40 Federation (RR) 10p
Margaritaville: Irving Bannister's All-stars (RB) 4p, Eddie Parino (RR) 7p
Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl: Tab Benoit, Sonny Landreth (RR BL) 9p
Mulate's: Bayou Deville (KJ) 7p
Muriel's Jackson Square: jazz brunch feat. Joe Simon (JV) 11a
One Eyed Jacks: Eric Lindell (RB) 9p
Palm Court Jazz Café: Sunday Night Swingsters feat. Lucien Barbarin (TJ) 7p
Prejean's Restaurant (Lafayette) : Clarece Denias (KJ) 9a, Gervais Matte & the Branch Playboys (KJ) 7p
Preservation Hall: Lastie Family Choir and Carl LeBlanc Album release (JV) 9p, the Bingo Show (RR) 12a
Ray's Room on Frenchmen St. : Nickle-a-Dance feat. Charlie Miller & the Big Bam Boom Jazz Band (JV) 4p, Soul & Spirit Band (BB) 7p, Athena (OR) 8p; Jason Neville with special guests Aaron Neville and Cyril Neville. 9p
Snug Harbor: Astral Project (MJ) 8 & 10p
Southport Hall: Captain Charles crawfish party feat. Rebirth, Soul Rebels and Kermit Ruffins (BB MJ) 6p
Tipitina's: Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk (FK BL) 10p
Tomatillo's Mexican Joint: Julio & Cesar (LT) 7p
Tropical Isle Beach Club: Waylon Thibodeaux (PP) 5p
Tropical Isle Bourbon: Corey Michael (VR) 5p, Debi & the Deacons (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Original: Al Hebert (PP) 9p

MONDAY MAY 5
Apple Barrel: Sam & Domenic (BL) 8p, Washboard Lissa (BL) 10:30p
Balcony Music Club: Loren Murrell (OR) 11p
Club 300 Jazz Bistro: Monty Banks Trio (JV) 7:30p
d.b.a. : Chappy (OR) 7p, 007 CD-release party (MJ) 11p
Donna's: George French feat. Germain Bazzle (JV) 9p
Dos Jefes: John Fohl (JV BL) 9:30p
Funky Pirate: Willie Locket (BL) 8p
Hi Ho Lounge: Red Beans & Bluegrass (BU) 8p
House of Blues: Colbia Caillat, Trevor Hall (FK) 8p
Kerry Irish Pub: Denise Marie (BL) 9p
Louisiana Music Factory: Eric Lindell (RB) 12p, Ellis Marsalis Quartet (MJ) 1p, Spencer Bohren (MJ) 2p, 007 (MJ) 3p, Cyril Neville & Tribe 13 (MJ) 4p, Henry Butler (MJ) 5p, Tab Benoit (BL) 6p
Maple Leaf: Papa Grows Funk (FK) 10p
Margaritaville: Brint Anderson (BL) 7p
Mulate's: La Touche (KJ) 7p
Old Point Bar: Algiers Open Jazz Jam Session (JV) 8p
Prejean's Restaurant (Lafayette) : Les Freres Michot (KJ) 7p
Ray's Room on Frenchmen St. : all age show feat. Red Hot Brass Band (BB) 6:30p
Snug Harbor: Charmaine Neville (MJ) 8 & 10p
Tropical Isle Bourbon: Partytime Band (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Original: Bruce Bono (PP) 9p

TUESDAY MAY 6
Apple Barrel: Mike Sklar (BL) 8p, Big Soul (BL) 10:30p
Balcony Music Club: Lightning Rod and Acoustic Country (CW) 8p
Café Granada: John Lawrence flamenco guitar (LT) 7p
Carrollton Station: acoustic open mic (AU) 9p
Circle Bar: Burning Castles (RR) 10p
Club 300 Jazz Bistro: Jesse Boyd Trio feat. Michael Pellera and Troy Davis (JV) 7:30p
d.b.a. : Johnny Vidacovich Trio (FK) 10p
Dos Jefes: Carl LeBlanc and Ellen Smith (JV BL) 9:30p
Funky Pirate: Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters (BL) 8p
Hookah Café: SIN Night feat. DJ Kazu (VR) 9p
House of Blues: Candlebox (RR) 8p
Irish Garden Club: live music (VR) 7p
Kerry Irish Pub: Gerry Murphy (BL) 9p
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop: Jeff "Snake" Greenberg (PK BL VR) 6p
Maple Leaf: Joe Krown Power Trio feat. Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Russell Batiste (FK) 10p
Maple Leaf: Rebirth Brass Band (BB) 10p
Margaritaville: Brint Anderson (BL) 7p
Mulate's: Lee Benoit (KJ) 7p
One Eyed Jacks: the Whigs, What Made Milwaukee Famous, the Dead Trees (RR) 9p
Prejean's Restaurant (Lafayette) : Woody Daigle (KJ) 7p
Snug Harbor: Jesse McBride & the Next Generation (MJ) 8 & 10p
Tropical Isle Bourbon: Partytime Band (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Original: Dwight Breland (PP) 9p

WEDNESDAY MAY 7
Apple Barrel: Sista Ottis (BL) 8p, Andre Bouvier & the Royal Bohemians (BL) 10:30p
Circle Bar: Chris Scheurich (RR) 10p
Club 300 Jazz Bistro: Delfeayo Marsalis and Marlin Jordan Jazz Quintet (JV) 7:30p
d.b.a. : Walter "Wolfman" Washington (BL) 10p
Dos Jefes: Bob Andrews (JV BL) 9:30p
Fritzel's: Ryan Burrage & his Rhythmakers (TJ) 9p
Funky Pirate: Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters (BL) 8p
Hookah Café: Free Spirit feat DJ Soul Sister (FK) 10p
House of Blues: Mike Ness, Jesse Dayton (RR) 8p
Kerry Irish Pub: Chip Wilson (BL) 9p
Lafayette Square: Zydepunks, Porter-Batiste-Stoltz (FK RR) 5p
Maple Leaf: Mayhem String Band (FK) 10p
Margaritaville: Brint Anderson (BL) 7p
Michaul's: Jeannie Beazealle & Friends (OR) 6p
Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl: St. Louis Slim (SI) 8:30p
Mulate's: Lee Benoit (KJ) 7p
Palm Court Jazz Café: Clive Wilson's New Orleans Serenaders feat. Butch Thompson and Tom Sancton (TJ) 7p
Prejean's Restaurant (Lafayette) : Woody Daigle (KJ) 7p
Preservation Hall: 726 Jazz Band (JV) 8p
Snug Harbor: Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (MJ) 8 & 10p
Southport Hall: Bike Night feat. live music (VR) 8p
Spotted Cat: Pfister Sisters (JV) 6:30p
Tropical Isle Bourbon: Partytime Band (PP) 9p
Tropical Isle Original: Dwight Breland (PP) 9p

CHRISTINE BALFA & BALFA TOUJOURS
May 2-4 Penang MAL Penang World Music Festival

BEAUSOLEIL AVEC MICHAEL DOUCET
May 3 St. Joseph MN College of Saint Benedict

COWBOY MOUTH
May 2 Birmingham AL Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil
May 3 Columbia SC Crawfish Festival

THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND
May 1 Hannover GER Enercity Swinging

ELLIS MARSALIS
May 3 Greenville OH St. Clair Memorial Hall
May 6 Ada OH Ohio Northern University

WYNTON MARSALIS & THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA
May 7 Washington DC Kennedy Center For The Perf. Arts

JOHNNY SANSONE
May 8 Tunica MS Blue Music Awards

WAYNE TOUPS & ZYDECAJUN
May 3 Houston TX The Woodlands

April 28, 2008
Seva Venet : Mens Working (GHB)
May 6, 2008
Dr. John : The City That Care Forgot (429 Records/Savoy)
Feufollet : Cow Island Hop (Valcour Records)
Kenny Neal: Let Life Flow (Blind Pig)

May 8, 2008
Chris Thomas King : Live On Beale Street (21st Century Blues)

May 20, 2008
Sonny Landreth : From the Reach (Landfall Records)

June 10, 2009
Dr. Michael White : Blue Crescent (Basin Street Records) National Release

Fall, 2008
Louis Armstrong : Live in Australia 1964 (DVD) (Naxos)

Released in April, 2008
Theresa Andersson: I The River (Basin Street)
Astral Project : Blue Streak (Independent)
Marcia Ball: Peace, Love & BBQ (Alligator Records)
Tab Benoit with Louisiana's Leroux: Night Train to Nashville (Telarc Records)
Bipolaroid: E(i)ther Or (Surreal But Kind)
Henry Butler : PiaNOLA Live (Basin Street)
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen: Mo Hippa Live(FHQ Records)
Cousin Joe: I Never Harmed An Onion (Tuff City Records)
Riccardo Crespo: Milonga di Nola (Independent)
David Egan: You Don't Know Your Mind (Independent)
Egg Yolk Jubilee: Labor of Lunch (Independent)
Smoky Greenwell : Between Iraq and a Hard Place (Southland Records)
Hurray for the Riff Raff: It Don't Mean I Don't Love You (Independent)
Imagination Movers : Juice Box Heroes (Disney Records)
Billy Iuso & Restless Natives: Paradise Lost... and Found (Independent)
The Last Straws: Fifty Years Going and Blowing (DVD) (Independent)
Bobby Lounge: Bobby's Back in Town: Live (Abitan)
Ellis Marsalis: An Open Letter to Thelonious (ELM Records)
Irvin Mayfield & Ellis Marsalis : Love Songs, Standards and Ballads (Basin Street)
Stanton Moore Trio: Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) (Telarc)
The Nerostotles: Boxing the Storm (Independent)

New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra: From New Orleans To Constantinople On The S.S. Leviathan (Camel Race Records)
Paula & the Pontiacs: Louisiana Bride (Pontiac Productions)
The Pfister Sisters : Puttin' It On (Mambo Goddess)
Professor Longhair : The London Concert (JSP Records)
John Rankin: Last in April First in May (Independent)
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys: The Best Of (Rounder Records)
Rudy & the Caribbean Funk Band : My Name is New Orleans (Independent)
Coco Robicheaux : Like I Said, Yesh, U Rite!: The Techneaux Swamp Sessions (Spiritland)
Jimmy Robinson : Vibrating Strings (Independent)
Waylon Thibodeaux: Who's Yo' Cher Be' Be' (Rabadash Records)
Amy Trail: Lushious Life (Independent)
Seva Venet : Mens Working (GHB)
Robert Walter featuring James Singleton and Johnny Vidacovich: Cure All (Palmetto)
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio :Mix It Up (Independent)
Walter "Wolfman" Washington : Doin' The Funky Thing (Zoho)
Dr. Michael White : Blue Crescent (Basin Street Records) New Orleans release

Released in March, 2008
Big Sam's Funky Nation : Peace, Love & Understanding (Independent)
John Boutte : Good Neighbor (Independent)
Michael Doucet : From Now On (Smithsonian Folkways)
Johnette Downing & Jimmy LaRocca's Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Dixieland Jazz for Children (Wiggle Worm Records)
Wynton Marsalis : Congo Square (DVD: Recorded and Videotaped At The Festival International De Jazz De Montreal, 2007) (Shanachie)
Paul Sanchez : Exit To Mystery Street (Independent)
Marc Savoy : Back To Basics: Volume II - Il Faut Que Ca Va (Independent)
Frederick "Shep" Sheppard : Tradition: The Habari Gani Sessions (NY Noise)
Christian Winther : Soul House (Steeple Chase)

Released in February, 2008
Beautiful Bells: Phantom Pleasure (Mind World Records)
Free Agents Brass Band : Made it Through That Water (Independent)
Jonno : New Orleans is My Home (Independent)
Little Freddie King: Messin' Around Tha House (Made Wright Records)
Tom McDermott & Connie Jones: Creole Nocturne (Arbors Records)
Southern Sexual: Negative Value (Permanent Lifetime Records)
Jo-EL Sonnier: Real Deal (Musique de Jo-El)
Clive Wilson's New Orleans Serenaders: Heart Full of Rhythm (GHB Records)

Released in January, 2008
Big Beat Band Featuring Mr. Leroy Jones: Big Beat Junction(Big Beat Band)
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band: Live at Knuckleheads, Kansas City (Swampadellic)
Eric Lindell: Low on Cash, Rich in Love (Alligator Records)
Magna Porta: For the Sleeping Giants (Capitalist)
Wynton Marsalis: Standards (Columbia/Legacy)
Jesse McBride presents The Next Generation: Jesse McBride presents The Next Generation (AFO Records)
David "The Nac" Naccari: Rouxminations: Musical Reflections on the History, Culture & Spirit of New Orleans (Independent)
Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys: Call It What You Want (Swallow Records)
Kermit Ruffins: Hold On Tight (Justice)
Amanda Shaw: Pretty Runs Out (Rounder Records)
Shad Weathersby & Mike Artell: Calling all Children to the Mardi Gras (I'mago Records)

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