Story by Sharon Armstrong.
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face?…Yeah, you right!
New Orleans has always been a melting pot of people and cultures, not to
mention customs and cuisine. And just as Cajuns are reputed to eat anything
that doesn’t manage to crawl off their plates...
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The satirical Krewe du Vieux Carre parade will take place on Saturday,
January 30, 2010, rolling through the Marigny and French Quarter. The King of
KdV for 2010 will be hisself the music legend Dr. John, with Priestess Miriam
Chamani reigning as Queen.
In typical KdV fash...
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Tune in on the first Sunday of 2010 for Your Cousin Dimitri's annual show of
blues, folk and country music suitable for kids. Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie,
Elvis, Dylan... all singing for children, or music that could fool you into
thinking it's good for the young uns.
Turn o...
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As a French Quarter resident, tourists stopped making an impression years
ago. However, as I walked through today's Sugar Bowl crowd, I got
surprisingly nostalgic about the University of Hawaii fans from the 2007
Sugar Bowl. Sentimental even. Like missing an old friend. ...
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The Tone Scientists of WWOZ will present The music of Sun Ra tonight on the
Kitchen Sink to celebrate the New Year. 10 PM - midnight. We'll travel the
Spaceways, orbit the heliocentric worlds, visit outer planes of there, and
school you on the other worlds they haven't to...
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The Top New Orleans CDs for the decade, listed alphabetically by first name.
I did not pick the best of the best.
Group - Year - Label - CD Title
Aaron Neville - 2003 - Verve - Nature Boy
Bobby Lounge - 2005 - self - I Remember The Night Your Trailer Burned Down
Chr...
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12 N.O. French Quarter Wanderings After The Saints Redskins Game We watch
the Saints games from a friendly, comfortable neighborhood bar known for its
drag shows - Starlight on the Park. In this bar the spectrum of gender
roulette players are of one identity - we are neig...
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Hey y'all!
Strawberry and his new band, Strawberry Presents, will be in with me during
the Blues Breakdown this Friday, Dec. 18 at 2:00 pm.
I hope you join us for some live local roots rock during the show.
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More James Booker to celebrate his birthday (he would have been 70 on
December 17th) in a rare Jazz Lunatique reappearance at midnight on
Wednesday. That is to say that you'll be able to hear 3 hours of Booker from
midnight to 3 AM tonight. We'll take you to Jazz City, he...
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