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YouTube du Jour: Derrick Tabb CNN Heroes Rally
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RfUYjsPvUY[/youtube] Here’s a little footage from the rally for Derrick Tabb and his Roots of Music after-school music education program,
The Renovation of The Hookah
The Hookah Cafe, once a stalwart of Frenchmen Street until it was quickly forced to shutter its windows this spring, just reopened a couple weeks ago at a brand new […]
Putumayo’s Warehouse Sale
Monday afternoon, we received the following announcement from Putumayo: Putumayo is holding a warehouse sale event on Thursday, December 3 through Sunday, December 6 at 1924 Magazine St. The sale […]
YouTube du Jour: Voodoo at Night
[youtube width=”425″ height=”350″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMcVLo7mzcM[/youtube] A collection of the sights and sounds of Voodoo Music Experience at night. These were some of the art installations, as well as impromptu performances that took […]
It’s Not Brain Surgery
DJ Quickie Mart comes from a family of lawyers. Lucky for him, he stumbled upon turntables when he was a teenager, and he’s never had to come up with a […]
Vimeo du Jour: Dee-1
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/7210408[/vimeo] Rapper Dee-1 is part of the Hip-Hop for Hope concert Saturday night at Tipitina’s. OffBeat‘s Kyle Shepherd interviewed him in the Musicians’ Village earlier this year.
The Stomp’s on the Move
After eight years of being a part of the Jazz Fest season, the Ponderosa Stomp will move to the fall in 2010. The yearly celebration of the unsung heroes of […]
YouTube du Jour: The White Bitch
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv1MuJuPDV8[/youtube] The White Bitch, aka Michael Patrick Welch (and former OffBeat columnist), just released this brand-new music video for his platinum hit “”What Is Natural?”. The video features both Welch’s […]
Preview: Aloud at Cafe Prytania Tonight
Boston’s Aloud is appropriately enigmatic for a male/female-fronted rock band with a white, red, and black color scheme. Co-lead vocalists/guitarists Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain have played together […]
New Orleans in the News
Writer Dave Eggers recently spoke at NOCCA Riverfront. We will be hearing more from him soon, says the New York Times, which reports that Jonathan Demme has acquired the rights to Zeitoun, Eggers’ […]
