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Essence Music Fest: Janet’s Night
Let’s get the formalities out of the way. Monica opened the main stage at the Louisiana Superdome with a show full of her hits, showing why, at one point in […]
Rooney and the Value of Brevity
“I’m shoo shoo shakin’, sh-shakin’, I’m shoo shoo shakin’, sh-shakin’,” Robert Schwartzman sings, flicking his brown bangs while he leans into the microphone. He and his bandmates rock out in […]
Marsalis Family Named NEA Jazz Masters
The Marsalis Family – Ellis, Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason – are the first family to be named en masse Jazz Masters by the NEA. They’re the first family to receive […]
YouTube du Jour: Essence Music Festival
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOY7lsBVpo[/youtube] In her only concert this year, Janet Jackson headlines the opening night of the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome. Since the festival’s inception, Frankie Beverly and Maze […]
Sneak Peak at the Essence Festival Main Stage
[UPDATE] Friday night, the Essence Music Festival opens in the Louisiana Superdome. Janet Jackson in her only performance of the year, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige will headline the […]
YouTube du Jour: Essence Music Festival
[youtube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1YnRaKIBk[/youtube] The Essence Music Festival starts Friday at the Louisiana Superdome, and there are a couple of late additions to the lineup, one of which is Ledisi, who plays […]
The Mother-in-Law Keeps Changing
Recently, Antoinette K-Doe‘s daughter Betty Fox announced that she was closing the Mother-in-Law Lounge. She took up the task of keeping the bar on North Claiborne Avenue open after her […]
YouTube du Jour: Essence Music Festival
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOnk07rDgfU&feature=related[/youtube] This weekend, the Essence Music Festival returns to the Superdome, and on Saturday night, LL Cool J’s on the main stage opening for Alicia Keys (who doesn’t look five months’ […]
School-aged Rappers at Ogden This Afternoon
For years, writer, musician and OffBeat contributor Michael Patrick Welch has helped students develop language and musical awareness by having them write and perform their own raps. Earlier this year, […]
Alex Backs Up Buffett and Friends
Although Tropical Storm Alex is projected to remain near the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Jimmy Buffett and Friends show scheduled for Thursday has been backed up […]
