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Interview: Slick Leo

Sat, 01/04/20

This week on Takin' It To The Streets, Action Jackson sits down with Slick Leo to discuss Super Sunday with the Bucket Men back in the day, skeleton men, the time when "everyday looked like a second line" in the 6th Ward, the importance of looking nice, Jerome "Big Duck" Sm... Read more

Rhythm Room 01/03/19 Favorite Tracks 2019

Sat, 01/04/20

Authored by: Allan "Alski" Laskey

1 Chili Mac Preston Love 03:39 Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q 2 It Was Written Down Toots & The Maytals 03:06 Slatyam Stoot 3 Rockgospeltime Reverend C. Coleman 03:36 Rock Gospel Time 4 Nobody Wins Maxin Weldon 02:34 Inside Out Of Country Soul 5 Baby Turn Your Head Jimmy Dotson ... Read more

Remembering those we lost in 2019

Wed, 01/01/20

Tue, 12/31/19

Saxophonist Jerry Jumonville passed away December 7, 2019, at Passages Hospice in New Orleans. He was 78. He was born December 5, 1941 and grew up in Carrollton. In high school, he formed The Matadors. Jumonville moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles in the late 1960s on t... Read more

50 Years: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 12/31/19

Authored by: Carrie Booher

As we close out our Jazz Fest at 50 photo series, we're cheating just a bit: here are eight final wrap-up photos, all taken at the 50th Jazz Fest in 2019, both inside and outside of the Fairgrounds gates. The "50" logo was everywhere this year on official Jazz Fest items, s... Read more

In Memoriam: Clancy "Blues Boy" Lewis

Mon, 12/30/19

Clancy "Blues Boy" Lewis died on December 1, 2019 at the age of 83. A New Orleans native, Lewis was active in the local blues community for decades. Lewis began playing blues after he constructed an amplifier from a radio as a teenager. He performed at every Jazz Fest from ... Read more

Jambalaya Cajun Band: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 12/30/19

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Jambalaya Cajun Band in front of the Fais Do Do Stage ca. 2000. Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here,... Read more

Deacon John Moore: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 12/29/19

Authored by: Carrie Booher

Deacon John Moore onstage at Jazz Fest ca. 1980. Photo by Laura Fanguy, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our J... Read more