The challenge at Tales of the Cocktail is not to fall in a hole, or not to do so too soon.
Preservation Hall spent most of 2011 celebrating its 50th anniversary, culminating with
Animal Collective will perform in New Orleans on September 29 at th
Hurricane Katrina sent brothers Kentrell "Krispy" Lindsey and Alvin "Joey" Lindsey out of New Orleans East - first to Houston, then to Los Angeles
Last week, the soundtrack leaned heavily and
What should be on your radar this week?
For decade, New Orleans' Jim McCormick has been writing songs on Music Row in Nashville. With Brantley Gilbert's "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," he has his first number one. What does that mean for him?
Today, I'm pleased to announce that My Spilt Milk has joined with NOLA Defender,
This week's soundtrack previews Tales of the Cocktail and upcoming shows, including Little Feat (this week) and Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective and Fiona Apple (in the future).
Where should you be this weekend? The "Tchoupitoulas" screening, Honey Island Swamp Band, The New Orleans Beatles Festival and the Kitty Lynn benefit. Next week? Tales of the Cocktail, The Who doc and more.
For roughly 45 minutes, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who joked, reminisced, and occasi
Recently, Curren$y sat in with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here's the video evidence.
This morning I tried to interview American Idol hopefuls that are auditioning t
Danny Barker had concerns about what the second line tradition had become before he died; was he right?
This week's Spotify playlist is inspired by the newest entry in Rhino's Single Notes series, Chuck Brown, Drew Brees and the new album by Twin Shadow.
The first look at the third season of the HBO series gives us Clint Maedgen, some new haircuts, and - yay! - the return of Nelson Hidalgo.
News on Uncle Lionel's funeral arrangements, and a look back at the week in Milk.
"Jeff Buckley, right?" a friend asked last night at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
This is a good week for heavy music and road trips to Baton Rouge.
The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint discovered what an impact it had made when it burned to the ground. Rotary Downs' Jason Rhein's is trying to document the country's efforts to rebuild The Shed.
The documentary Save Our Souls on the Slow Burn Burlesque Troupe is winning award for the story it tells.
Rapper K. Gates turns his attention from the New Orleans Saints to the New Orleans violence in his new documentary, Murda Capitol.
The English Beat were easy to take for granted until you had to deal with them. As The Complete Beat box set demonstrates, then they were irresistible.
Magasin Cafe offers a popular, Uptown-appropriate take on the Vietnamese classics.
On Sunday, "Uncle" Lionel Batiste passed away at age 80 or 81 of cancer.
At 7:52 a.m., the lead Entertainment stories on Nola.com's mobile site date back to Monday - The Newsroom and True Blood renewed,
Updated: It's summer, so there's not a lot going on out there outside of the Essence Music Festival, though Friday also includes a great Te
When you enter "Ralston Crawford and Jazz," a show
Tipitina's and My Spilt Milk have free tickets for you for Saturday night's "Tipitina's Rocks" show.
A week ago at the time I'm writing, I was on the press bus following The Flaming Lips' entourage out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi as the band tried
All but the most cynical bands are labors of love. There's too much work for too little return to play music for anything but personal reasons.
Jonathan Lethem goes Dick on The Talking Heads, The New Orleans Helsinki Connection needs some new records, and Graceland's still great even though Paul Simon doesn't get it.
When DJ Tony Skratchere talks about bounce, he does so with reverence.
I'd planned to build this week's soundtrack