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This is NOLA series, Part 1: Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Deslondes & more 10/17 (free!)

Thu, 10/09/14

Authored by:  Carrie Booher

It's about to be a happy homecoming for the tireless Americana bands of New Orleans! On Friday, October 17, locals Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Deslondes, Coyotes, MUSA, and others will take the stage at the Joy Theater for a free show after returning from a busy spring an... Read more

New Orleans Film Festival: October 16-23

Thu, 10/09/14

Authored by:  Carrie Booher

The New Orleans Film Festival is coming! This is a big year for the festival-- its 25th anniversary. The event will be taking place in theaters and spots converted to theaters across New Orleans from October 16-23. This year's lineup features a number of excellent films that r... Read more

Big George Brock, "Glory, Glory Hallelujah (Since I Laid My Burden Down)"

Thu, 10/09/14

Authored by:  David Stafford

Here's another blues video to get you in the mood for the Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, which happens October 17-19: Big George Brock doing the spiritual "Glory, Glory Hallelujah (Since I Laid My Burden Down)" at the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival, recorded Sept... Read more

Rhythm Room 10/10/14

Music Films at the 2014 New Orleans Film Festival, October 16-23

Wed, 10/08/14

Authored by:  Soul Sister

B.B. King, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, and Nat King Cole are just some of the artists you'll "see" at this year's New Orleans Film Fest. For the fourth year, the New Orleans Film Society presents “keeping {SCORE},” a series of music documentaries bei... Read more

Shawn Colvin, Alison Krauss, and Jerry Douglas, "The Boxer"

Tue, 10/07/14

Authored by:  David Stafford

Shawn Colvin (guitar), Alison Krauss (violin) and Jerry Douglas (steel guitar) perform Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer." This comes from a 2007 tribute show in Washington, DC, honoring Paul Simon as the winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library ... Read more

Ruthie Foster, "Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face"

Mon, 10/06/14

Authored by:  David Stafford

The Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival is coming up October 17-19, and to help get you in the mood, we'll have a selection of blues videos over the next couple of weeks. First up, here's the pride of Gause, Texas, Ruthie Foster, with a gospel-inflected take on Son House's... Read more

170,000 Great Depression Era Photographs Now Available Online

Mon, 10/06/14

Authored by:  Carrie Booher

Last month, Yale University and the Library of Congress made over 170,000 photographs from across the United States available for browsing through a new program called Photogrammar. The photos were taken from 1935 to 1945 by photographers commissioned by the U.S. Farm Secur... Read more

Ebola Panic!!!

Sat, 10/04/14

Authored by:  Jamie Dell'Apa

  Ah.  Here in New Orleans, we've seen it already:   Elia Kazan's Panic in the City: One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed (a.k.a. Billy Robinson) of... Read more

Benny Goodman, Live in Copenhagen, 1981

Sat, 10/04/14

Authored by:  David Stafford

For your weekend viewing pleasure, 52 minutes of Benny Goodman, live in Copenhagen in 1981. Erroneously billed as Goodman's last performance (which actually happened in 1986, during the year of his death), there are guest appearances from Svend Asmussen and Jimmy Maxwell; t... Read more