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A Wager for Rock'n'Roll: Enrique Bunbury

Wed, 05/12/10
Authored by Jorge Fuentes
Do you feel lucky, New Orleans? Well, do you? It is indeed your lucky day, because you just hit the musical jackpot straight from Spain: Enrique Bunbury will be in town soon. Who is Mr. Bunbury, you say? Ask the twenty thousand fans that went, along with me, to see him du... Read more

Essentially Ellington!! The Winner's New Orleans Connection!!

Sun, 05/09/10
Authored by Jelly Roll Justice
Just arrived in New York and went straight to Jazz at Lincoln Center. The 15 finalist bands and winning community band were about to play at the prestigious 15th Annual ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON High School Competition and Festival which got underway Saturday, May 8th at JALC's... Read more

Water & Steel

Fri, 05/07/10
Down here in the South we have some water problems. Too much water in Nashville. Too much oil in the water down here at the end of the world, where the land hit’s the water, then gives in. If the oil (spill) hits the marshes, kills the grass and everything that it sustains... Read more

Jazz Fest - Week 2 - Day 4 - with the Boudin Man

Mon, 05/03/10

Jazz Fest - Week 2 - Day 3 - with the Boudin Man

Sun, 05/02/10

Jazz Fest - Week 2 - Day 2 - with the Boudin Man

Sat, 05/01/10

Chouval Bwa at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Fri, 04/30/10
You can see the Chouval Bwa Orchestra of Martinique performing on the Jazz and Heritage Stage on Sunday at 1:40 P.M. Read more

Jazz Fest - Week 2 - Day 1 - with the Boudin Man

Fri, 04/30/10

Helping kids through music around the world

Thu, 04/29/10
Authored by Big D
HARMONIKIDS TO PROVIDE UNIQUE MUSIC THERAPY TO EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS/CHILD SLAVERY VICTIMS IN HAITI April 30, 2010, Los Angeles, CA. ~ In the second week of May, Blues musician Gary Allegretto will take his nonprofit organization Harmonikids (http://www.harmonikids.org) on ... Read more

Infected

Thu, 04/29/10
Authored by David Freedman
I got called out the other day for getting it wrong in my last blog. Got called out by no less than the co-producer of Treme, Eric Overmyer, in front of no less a knowledgeable audience than Sync-Up, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s symposium for music insiders. Go... Read more

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