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Voodoo Blues Challenge Highlights 2nd Annual Louisiana Blues Preservation Week
The Second Annual Louisiana Blues Preservation Week has much to celebrate this year. Governor Bobby Jindal will be issuing a State Proclamation declaring the week of September 18 through the 25 as […]
YouTube du Jour: The Givers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzjbNdDoVKw&feature=related[/youtube] Tonight, Lafayette’s the Givers bring their giddy indie pop to One Eyed Jacks with Caddywhompus opening. Here are the Givers playing “Up Up Up” at the Beauty Bar in […]
DJ Soul Sister’s Roller Disco Birthday Party and Favorite Skate Jams
[UPDATED] DJ Soul Sister, 2009 Best of the Beat Award winner for Best DJ, is turning 35 on September 9, and to mark the milestone she’s throwing the funk party […]
YouTube du Jour: Clyde Kerr, Jr. Interview
Jazz trumpeter Clyde Kerr, Jr. ,a renowned teacher at NOCCA, passed away at the beginning of August. In our September issue, some of his former students, including Troy Andrews and […]
Another Oil Explosion in the Gulf
[UPDATED] Rescue efforts are underway after another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. CNN is reporting that 13 workers involved in the explosion of Vermilion Rig 380 80 […]
Euclid Records Shop Grand Opening September 4 and 5
Vinyl fans rejoice! Brand new Bywater music shop Euclid Records opened its doors for their first day of business yesterday, offering up thousands of used and new LPS, 45s, CDs […]
Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival Labor Day Weekend
On Saturday September 4, the Zydeco Park in Plaisance, LA will host the 28th Annual Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Fest, with special events also occurring throughout the week in Opelousas. Festivities […]
Krewe of OAK Mid-Summer Mardi Gras: Photos
Hard facts of life: The tooth fairy isn’t real. We all die. Mardi Gras comes only once a year. That third one’s the most difficult to reconcile, which is why […]
YouTube du Jour: Joe Krown
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPX05hoOZU[/youtube] Tonight, Joe Krown plays the Rock ‘n’ Bowl. Here he is at the Rochester Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York with Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste.
YouTube du Jour: Big History
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIVbVlSP8aM[/youtube] Big History has yet to play a gig—it makes its live debut September 18 at Carrollton Station opening for Big Rock Candy Mountain—but musically and visually, this animated video […]
