Tune in to the the February 9th New Orleans Music Show from 11 until 2 pm for
the annual Mardi Gras Indian Show. We will feature three hours of some of the
most unique music to come out of the Crescent City. Special guests will
include Mardi Gras Indians from several gangs ...
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Bil "Negril" Szarabajka owns two of the hottest clubs on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, The Spotted Cat and Café Negril. On Sunday, January 31, Bil held a Haiti benefit at both of them, raising $5007 for Doctors Without Borders.
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The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), led by trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, won a Grammy Award for their CD 'Book One' in the Large Jazz Ensemble category. Terence Blanchard also won a Grammy for Best Improvised Solo, and Buckwheat Zydeco took top Zydeco/Cajun honors for his album...
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Maria Neckam is a singer and songwriter from New York, who was born in
Austria and has also lived in the Netherlands. When Maria moved to New York
in 2005, she hit the music scene with great success. Since then she has been
working as one of the most innovative musicians on...
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Like a lot of the women I know, I am a fan of burlesque shows. It’s
interesting. Ask most women if they would like to go see burlesque and, most
likely, they will jump at the chance. Ask if they want to go and watch
another type of ‘exotic’ dancer, and the reaction is rarel...
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As everyone in New Orleans knows, becoming a member of a New Orleans' Mardi
Gras Krewe isn't always the easiest thing to accomplish...just try and join
Rex...I dare you.
But Rex doesn't hold the patent on exclusivity, or popularity. While the big
parades that roll on Fat T...
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Check it out Y'all!
Jeremy Lyons will be in the studio, on the Blues Breakdown with members of
the band Morphine, Feb. 5th!
Baritone Sax man Dana Culley and drummer Jerome Duepree will join Jeremy on
Guitar.
We're talking unrehearsed and unplugged, live on the air! Just l...
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It is the morning of the second full day of the IBC here in Memphis and what
a ride. Wed night the International showcase was fantastic, a concert with
all of the acts from outside of the US. 12 countries are represented from 5
continents. I was most impressed with the duo ...
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This Tuesday on the Kitchen Sink, the special guest will be my old running
buddy, Sun Ra and Kool and the Gang trumpeter, head honcho of the Cosmic
Krewe, and Tone Scientist Extraordinaire
MICHAEL RAY!!!!!!!
He'll be talking about his new Cosmic Krewe record, the latest ne...
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