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The Soul of New Orleans: Hurricane Katrina-inspired ‘Our New Orleans’ reissued on vinyl
Recorded in the chaotic weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the all-star Our New Orleans album raised $1.5 million for Gulf Coast hurricane survivors. New vinyl and digital editions of the album […]
Jon Batiste puts his musical spirit into Pixar’s “Soul”
Soul, the amusing and affecting new film from Pixar Animation Studios, adds another stellar credit to Kenner native Jon Batiste’s résumé. Batiste—the pianist, recording artist and bandleader for The Late […]
Ken Burns’ “Jazz” returns to PBS
Jazz, Ken Burns’ 10-part history of jazz music, gets a 20th-anniversary encore in January. The series’ first episode, “Gumbo,” returns to public television stations on January 7—almost exactly 20 years […]
Faux Mac — Singer Greg Hardy unmasked himself
A longstanding Dr. John mystery was solved online just a few months ago. It concerns a strange album called Zu Zu Man, that the fly-by-night Trip label released around 1975. […]
A Special Place in Her Heart for Ellis: Filmmaker hopes to bring Marsalis documentary about the beloved pianist to the big screen
Filmmaker Sascha Just has a special place in her heart for New Orleans. Not only is it a place where the Berlin native visits several times a year, it was […]
Locally filmed ‘Unhinged’ opens, with Russell Crowe as the man
The first major Hollywood movie to screen nationwide in theaters since March, Unhinged offers moviegoers a perilous ride back to the cineplex. In this horror-action hybrid filmed in Kenner and […]
Tipitina’s TV goes online to preserve, promote & protect the future of New Orleans music
Season one of the Tipitinas.TV online concert series launched August 15 with Galactic. Following will be the Rebirth Brass Band’s August 22 webcast. The Saturday night concerts continue with Anders […]
Ranking the Beatles: Jonathan Pretus is counting to number one
One effect of the pandemic is that its forced people to think seriously about the things in life that really matter. For Jonathan Pretus, the Breton Sound frontman, ex-Cowboy Mouth […]
Mask Up! Covid Down! music campaign is encouraging a simple yet effective step
Together with WHIV-FM 102.3 and OffBeat, Louisiana Red Hot Records will present a virtual concert with a very specific goal in mind: to encourage people to wear protective face coverings. […]
New Orleans Opera Selects First Female General Director
With Robert Lyall stepping down as General Director, a post he occupied for the past 23 years, the New Orleans Opera has named Clare Burovac the next General Director effective […]
