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The Season’s Over, and …
… for a while yesterday, I hoped that if nobody scored, maybe the Saints could keep the title for another year. That didn’t happen. … I thought National Anthem singers […]
Yann Tiersen Weathers the Snows of Texas
Saturday night, Yann Tiersen plays the Republic Saturday night. He’s been shooting a video diary of the tour, and in this installment he documents being stuck in the snow in […]
Lineup Announcements: Foburg and Dear New Orleans
Foburg, the indie rock festival started by the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective, has its lineup up now, and Ra Ra Riot and Das Racist top the bill. The Frenchmen […]
Love You Guys!
As most of you know, we just wrapped up our 2010 Best of the Beat Awards on Friday night. When the awards started, the one thing we really wanted to […]
Jazz Fest News: Decemberists, Mumford & Sons and Amos Lee
News about artists in the lineup for Jazz Fest this year: The Decemberists (Sunday, May 1) have recorded a lovely pop song, “The Great Outdoors,” for the Nickelodeon kids show […]
A First Look at Treme’s Second Season
You can’t tell much from this 27-second teaser for Treme‘s second season, but in addition to familiar musicians to the Treme family – John Boutte and Kermit Ruffins – Juvenile […]
Enough for Now
One last Best of the Beat thought before we put this year’s event to bed: Last spring at SXSW, the scheduled Big Star showcase became a tribute to Alex Chilton […]
