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YouTube du Jour: Jacqui Naylor
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItNqPI-c99s[/youtube] Jazz vocalist Jacqui Naylor’s calling card is her unique approach to cover material. The San Francisco-based singer works with rock songs, adapting them to the jazz idiom not only […]
Henry Butler on HBO Blind Photographers Documentary Tonight
Anyone who’s heard New Orleans’ Henry Butler play piano has probably thought to themselves, “How does he do that?” And when finding out that such performances come from a blind […]
YouTube du Jour: Bonobo
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztjmnJs_2ek[/youtube] Tonight, Ninja Tune recording artist Bonobo—real name Simon Green—performs at Republic. The British DJ specializes in elegant, chilled-out downtempo pieces, as illustrated by this video for “Eyesdown” from Black […]
Preservation Hall, Waits Release a New 78
In 1947, the great banjoist Danny Barker recorded the Mardi Gras Indian chants “Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing” and “Corrine Died on the Battlefield,” releasing them on 78 […]
Congo Square Rhythms Festival: Photo Slideshow
This past Sunday at the Po-Boy Preservation Festival, Oak Street was stuffed big and bursting open like a hot roast beef with gravy, dressed, but down the river the Congo […]
YouTube du Jour: The Black Angels
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk8ef1OPNs4[/youtube] Tonight, Austin garage rock band the Black Angels open for Black Mountain at Tipitina’s. Here is the Black Angels’ video for “Telephone” from the recent album, Phosphene Dream. OffBeat […]
YouTube du Jour: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrn6l3eu9vE&feature=fvsr[/youtube] WDSU’s Norman Robinson interviews Fats Domino biographer Rick Coleman about Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, who were honored this weekend in Cleveland at the Rock and Roll Hall of […]
The Rock Hall Celebrates New Orleans, Domino and Bartholomew
New Orleans is such a rich subject for investigation that it can easily lead you astray. To some extent, the city and its music worked it misleading magic on the […]
YouTube du Jour: Dee-1
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1IGfv8zSgw[/youtube] Tonight, rapper Dee-1 appears at Republic as the featured performer at the Men in Black Throwback. Here’s his video taking on the hip-hop establishment, “Jay, 50 and Weezy,” directed […]
Bounce Rap Legend Ricky B at Maison Friday with Emynd and More
After a long hiatus, rapper Ricky B will be returning to the stage on Friday, November 12 at Maison. B is responsible for some of New Orleans’ all-time classic rap […]
