The Spirit of New Orleans
February 7, 2010 - Articles
Down on the Bayou where the mighty Mississippi kisses Lake Pontchartrain and
spills into the Gulf of Mexico. There sits that jewel of the Southland. What
the French lost to the British who gave it to the Spanish who lost...
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On Superbowl Sunday, we are tailgating with the original underdog, the
world's most under-rated blues singer, the Mayor of MacDougal Street: Dave
Van Ronk.
This week marks the 8th anniversary of his passing and, like every year, we
remember Dave with two hours of his music...
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Tune in Wednesday night February 10th at 10:00 p.m. as Ben Jaffe will be in the Studio spinning songs off the upcoming release as well as playing the original recording of the songs and I'm sure he'll have plenty of stories about producing this project!
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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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