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So far this summer, we've celebrated Oysters, Creole Tomatoes, and Cajun & Zydeco music, and that's just in the French Quarter. It may be steamy-n-sticky, but the music just gets better as the temperature increases, so check out some of the exciting music festivals and other d...
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In this week's episode we celebrate the summertime and getting out there to
see some live music. Featuring performances from a collection of local
artists including Theresa Andersson, Treme Brass Band, Susan Cowsill, The
Dynamites featuring Charles Walker and Big Sam, Irvin...
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The sixth annual Sync Up Conference (a forum for entertainment industry leaders that covers music, film and digital media) took place during Jazz Fest at NOMA. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has made the entire conference available on its YouTube Channel. Sync Up, ...
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Music You "Choose" to Hear
(In Numbers)
Music's migration from mechanical media (vinyl and tape) to electronic media
such as (insert fifty-page list here), allows us to more accurately count the
enormous number of music offerings available versus the dinky number that we
ac...
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Algiers Point. Photo by Melanie Merz.
In this week's episode we celebrate summertime and getting out there to see
some live music. Featuring performances from a collection of local artists
including Theresa Andersson, Treme Brass Band, Susan Cowsill, The
Dynamites featurin...
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These two short videos are just for fun of it (Happy Monday!). They show
(seemingly) miniaturized versions of New Orleans and the Mississippi River.
The illusion is created by a special effects technique called tilt-shift
photography (the details are kind of technical and i...
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I know. Saturday night is for listening to live music, not the radio. And
for you stay-at-home types, the midnight to 3am radio shift is a time of
pillow-drooling, deep REM sleep. Here is a link to where you can stream my
archived shows at a more convenient time:
http://...
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Clint Maedgen (of the New Orleans Bingo! Show and the Preservation Hall Jazz
Band) explores the precussive possibilities of an empty dumpster somewhere in
Arkansas. Shot in 2011 and 1 minute and 36 seconds long, it's very cool and
definitely worth a look.
For a selecti...
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On tonight's show from the Eulipion Lounge, three hours of 1950s - 70s R&B
"music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of" from New
Orleans only pop-up music club with the unique "Theater of Your Mind" stages.
Tonight's bill features Johnny Adams, Jack Dupree...
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On June 6, 2013, Hillel at Tulane University hosted a panel discussion: Does Progress Destroy Culture?, which tackled questions regarding how gentrification and urban and economic development impacts New Orleans culture. Click through to watch a UStream recording of the panel'...
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