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None of Us Can Hear Anymore
With all the controversy surrounding the noise ordinances in New Orleans, and how changes in the ordinance will affect residents and businesses, very little attention has been paid to the […]
Jazz Fest News: Springsteen Week
Bruce Springsteen will finish the first weekend of Jazz Fest on Sunday, April 29. Next week, Springsteen will be part of a week-long tribute on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon; […]
Thornton Dial’s Hard Truths at NOMA
The goat is probably the wrong place to start a discussion of Thornton Dial‘s art, but how often does a spray-painted silver goat show up on the walls of NOMA? […]
Reflections on “The Day”
Mardi Gras was great; the weather cooperated; all relatives and family arrived safely and partied without incident throughout the weekend. When we were kids, my daddy used to leave very […]
Dave Grohl Calls a Grammy Do-Over
Like everybody who’s ever thought of a withering rejoinder five minutes after the person who deserved it walked away, the Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl thought of what he should have […]
Theresa Andersson Previews New Album Street Parade in a Street Parade
One of the highlights of this Mardi Gras season so far was Theresa Andersson‘s unexpected ride atop a large puppet goose during the Street Parade, due out April 24. Andersson […]
Bad Apples
I’ve written many times about the issues of noise, safety, sanitation on Frenchmen Street, and wherever there’s music in the city. Most live music is played in bars, and bars breed […]
Treme Notes: Elie Marches
[Updated] Last season, one of the Treme storylines involved Antoine Batiste’s high school band wanting to play in a Mardi Gras parade. Sunday’s Krewe of Carrollton Parade tipped the direction […]
Rebirth Brass Band, Dave Bartholomew and Grammy Thoughts
The best news at yesterday’s Grammy Awards was Rebirth Brass Band winning the Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album for Rebirth of New Orleans, which was presented during […]
I Can’t Hear You
Perusing my Facebook page last night, I saw a reference to a problem at the Marigny Opera House, a renamed old church in the Bywater. By candlelight (no electricity, apparently), someone […]
