[If you want to enjoy The Music Tapes' Traveling Imaginary in the manne
From the early alternative rock scene in LA, to Dubstep, to Bounce, there's just so many ways to dance.
Stevie Wonder wraps up a beautiful weekend at the Hangout Music Festival at Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Saturday's highlights from Gulf Shores' Hangout Music Festival.
Yesterday marked the kickoff of Hangout Music Festival as ten of thousands of festivals goers rushed the beach at Gulf Shore, Alabama for a music
[Updated] Jazz Fest and the birth of Clara Louise Rawls forced The Milk Run to take a hiatus, but this week it returns to look ahead to the
[Updated] With one week to go, Alexandra Scott is hoping for your support for
This week the music world sees the return of some legends, both in reissue and new material, while New Orleans' clubs host a bit of both.
Elephant 6 Collective member Julian Koster will tent The Howlin' Wolf o
[Updated] The Bloody Sunday Sessions is a series of videos shot as bands
Days before El Ten Eleven hit the road for their spring tour, the Los Angeles
What happens to folk music when it plugs in? Americana.
Thankfully, the conditions stopped being a story at Jazz Fest Saturday.
Thursday's rain on top of last weekend's rain on top of this week's rain left the Fair Grounds such a mess that opening Friday was delayed an hour
Friday's Jazz Fest schedule underwent some major changes as early sets were compressed be
[Serbian blues guitarist Ana Popovic has spent much of her professional life conne
It looks like we may be finished with the rain, but Thursday it took it's toll on me, partly in the constant donning and shedding of rain gear, of
[This weekend, a number of artists playing Jazz Fest have contributed Spotify playlists.
"At Jazz Camp, everyone's afraid of him until they get to know him."
It's South by Southwest in Austin, and across the street from a party hosted by an app developer, a well-dressed swing band is set up in a gravel
[My Spilt Milk has asked a number of artists performing this weekend to select playlists of music that is meaningful to them.
Marnie Stern made her name as an indie guitar hero, but her most recent album, The Chronicles of Marnia, shows growth in her songwriting.
"That record's a bitch," James McNew says, admiring Roger and the Gypsies' "P
[My Spilt Milk has asked a number of artists performing this weekend to select playlists of music that is meaningful to them.
"Are they ever going to say that it sounds like Deadstring Br
This weekend, griot Cheick Hamala Diabate will be in New Orleans, not to play Jazz Fest but
In 2007, Bobby Charles was schedule
Audiences at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival have a love/hate relationship with rain.
“Mostly, we are going to try and stay sane,” says Capital Cities front man, Sebu Simo
Part of the beauty of Jazz Fest is that two people can have very full, satisfying musical days and not cross paths.
"It's hard to say if it's our best album, but I definitely think it's in the top two. An album I'm still very proud of today."
Yesterday, we talked at length about the first Friday of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival including Dr.
[Updated] Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is the most current version of the modern sound that Jazz Fest lives as an unspoken antidot
[This is an encore presentation of a story that first ran January 24, 2013 under the name, "When the Desert Meets the Mississippi." Calexico wi
[Updated] The Zurich Classic is on the West Bank this weekend, and yesterday Jazz Fest felt like a practice round - a beautiful da
In a state with as rich a musical history as Louisiana's, musicians are faced with an interesting challenge: How do you honor that past while maki
It’s a big week for New Orleans rock ‘n’ roll four-piece The Breton Sound
John Michael Rouchell audaciously reintroduced himself to New Orleans in 2008 when h
Reviews of new albums by Honey Island Swamp Band, Anders Osborne, Martha Redbone, Bonerama, Los Po-Boy-Citos and more before they play Jazz Fest this weekend.
Alex McMurray is healthily cautious talking about himself.
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell starts Friday, so it's time
April 20 brings a day of weed-influenced music, and the rest of the week brings the first signs of Jazz Fest - bands that don't usually play together.
Charles Bradley is an old school soul man, musically baptized by James Brown when he w
Part of Yo La Tengo's appeal is that through the band, much of the audience can see i
This year, I've been working with The Oxford American and the Louisiana Office of Tourism on the "Louisiana Soundtrack Experience," and w
"Some music is for escape and we don't want to escape back to reality," James McMurtry
It has become a ritual that each year after the French Quarter Festival ends,
September 27, 2012 was an emotional day for the New Orleans music community.
The Voodoo Experience turns 15 this year, and in honor of the milestone, today it an
Clarinet player Evan Christopher has been one of the leading figures in the current
The French Quarter Festival couldn't have asked for a more perfect day than Sa
One of the things that makes French Quarter Festival special is its emphasis o
Today will be another beautiful day for the French Quarter Festival, and all
Today at the French Quarter Festival should be rain-free and beautiful - a gr
This week's Milk Run looks forward to the French Quarter Festival, SouthSounds Festival, CD-release parties for Los Po-Boy-Citos and Dave Jordan, and stand-up comedy with Neal Brennan and Jason Russell.
This morning at 11 a.m., the French Quarter Fest starts its 30th year in Jackson Square, Woldenberg Park, and the Bienville Statue Stage in the 40
"Our job tonight it to turn down the heat," announced Scott Aiges, Director of Programs, Marketing & Communications for the New Orleans Jazz an
One of the toughest choices at Jazz Fest this year will come Saturday, May 4 when Fleetwood Mac, Phoenix, and Frank Ocean perform opposite each ot
On Sunday, filmmaker Les Blank died of bladder cancer at the age of 77.
Seattle-based Ivan and Alyosha prefer optimism, four-part harmonies,
[Updated] For the last decade, the EMP Pop Conference has been the premiere venue for high-level music nerdery.
A look at the week ahead in New Orleans music, including the return of Ricky B, the Big Easy Rollergirls, Ivan and Alyosha, and a Save Jimmy's benefit.
This year, The Hot 8 Brass Band were scheduled to play South by South
Curren$y and the Jet Life crew are so ridiculously prolific that I get the impression that they're idea of a social life is to hang out in the stu
News about Kickstarter campaigns to fund upcoming releases from Bantam Foxes and Kelcy Mae, and a preview from AM & Shawn Lee's new album, due out next month.
The Ponderosa Stomp took 2012 off, but it will return October 3-5 to the Rock 'n' Bow
This week's Milk Run looks at what to do this week in New Orleans, including a tribute to Johnny Thunders, stand-up comedy, Anthony Hamilton and a benefit for Jimmy's.
Yesterday I wrote about my takeaway from the St. Roch Tavern ABO hearing.
"The look-forward-to-it-ness is more than I can ever remember," Quint Davis announced today at the press conference to unveil the poster and sched
Recently, PearlJamOnLine - the Twitter feed for an Italian Pearl Jam fan club - t
Hot Chip, Hogs for the Cause, Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, and benefits for Houseman and Warmdaddy dominate the week in live music in New Orleans.
For years, the implied promise of electronic music was that it was the sound of the future, from Walter/Wendy Carlos to Bruce Haack to Kraftwerk a
Elvis Presley's enduring presence in New Orleans has a strong camp edge courtesy of The Roll
Nothing prepares you for coming over a rise and seeing fire trucks parked sideways on the I-10, feeding four lanes down to one.
[Updated] It's easy to grouse about South by Southwest. Too many people. Too many bands. Too corporate.
Hot Chip will play The House of Blues on March 25, and My Spilt Milk is partnering with The House of Blues to give away a pair of tickets to see t
Portland-based rock act Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside has a frontwom
This week, Erin McKeown is in the middle of South by Southwest; two weeks ago, she was f
Wednesday in Austin, Bloodshot Records will start its South by Southwest at The Con
I don't get usually involved in genre-definition conversations, partly because when asked what they make, most musicians will say "music" instead
"You asked me how long I'd stay by your side," ZZ Ward sings.
Tonight concludes the second Buku Music and Art Project, the festival at Mardi Gras World
Between Buku and bands traveling to and from Austin because of SXSW, New Orleans is a musically exciting place for touring bands this week.
In my last years at OffBeat, I became reluctant to review or run comments on Gospel Tent performances during Jazz Fest.
This week in New Orleans nightlife includes Black Taxi, Acid Baby Jesus, Bill Kirchen, "The Mystery in Old Bathbath," and a WTUL-sponsored night of surf.
Right from the start, Punk had the sort of branding most magazines would kill fo
A lot of songs I write are about home, and that’s in and of itself is talking about travel, but you’re coming from somewhere else.
[Updated] Singer Erin McKeown has twice visited New Orleans as part of
Yesterday we posted a video of Hurray for the Riff Raff as part of our announcement
My Spilt Milk is pleased to be associated with SouthSounds Review, the Mob
Songwriter Bobby Charles was one of Louisiana's overlooked treasures - a
He's My Brother She's My Sister and The Hot 8 Brass Band top the week in New Orleans' nightlife, along with Maceo Parker and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Siblings and bandmates Rob and Rachel Kolar of L.A.
In 2010, Jason Marsalis kicked a jazz anthill when he half-jokingly riffed on video about
[Updated] Tomorrow, Bantam Foxes will release their new EP, Fascination
[Updated] “For a while, there was actually a rumor going around on the Internet that we’re from New Orleans,” sa
New Orleans is taking a quieter week after Mardi Gras and Super Bowl, but that doesn't mean we've shuttered the clubs and started watching television.
Live music during the last days of Carnival includes Rebirth, G. Love, Funky Meters, The JAG, Shovels and Rope, R. Kelly and more.
Between Nashville and New Orleans, there’s a stretch of road that’s all too familiar to Nashville-based gritty Southern rock band
Sunday night after Bacchus, The Hot 8 Brass Band will be at
If we have one duty to New Orleans, it's to not contribute to its caricature.
Through Valentine's Day, The Voodoo Experience has weekend passes, Loa Lounge weeken
The Super Bowl is over, the lights are back on in the Dome, and know we're left with the second week of Carnival starting tomorrow.
[Updated] Tonight, Jon Cleary plays his more-or-less weekly solo pian
A look ahead to the week in live music, including The Roots, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Toro Y Moi and more.
Professor Longhair and some Carnival classics get the Balkan bounce beat courtesy of Gypsyphonic Disko.
This month, My Spilt Milk is pleased to present The Hot 8 Brass Band o
The last time The Drive-By Truckers played Tipitina's, I was worried about their future.
The circus that surrounds the Super Bowl has changed exponentially since New Orleans last hosted one in 2002, and it will be most evident along th
The Nevilles, Drive-By Truckers, ONUINU, Prytania Fest and a Saturday night of insurgent Carnival are among the week's highlights in New Orleans.
"When we went down there, it wasn't so much about trying to make a New Orleans record as it was about getting away from our own backyard and out o
Austin's The Eastern Sea has played New Orleans a lot recently, including a couple of shows in the summer, a
[Updated] Last week, Honey Island Swamp Band's Aaron Wilkinson talked about the band'
[Updated] “The rhythm is what our band is about,” says Pete Bernhard of the Santa Cruz-based The Devil Makes Three.
The Milk Run looks at the week in New Orleans in live music, including OffBeat's Best of the Beat, Los Lobos, EMEFE, Calexico and Coyotes.
On February 19, Jason Marsalis returns with his Vibes Quartet and In a World of Ma
Parker Gispert of bluesy rock ‘n’ roll outfit The Whigs admits that the three-pi
The city's newest jazz venue, Little Gem Saloon, is also its oldest, and you can che
"You can't go more than few days in New Orleans without running into a festival or a party," City Council President Stacy Head said at the press c
Walt McClements clearly has a restless streak, and one musical project is never enough.
"We're taking a laissez faire approach to making a new record," says Yonder Mountain String Band
This week in live music in New Orleans, celebrations of Elvis, "Treme," and New Orleans Musicians Clinic, along with Justin Bieber, The English Beat and more.
Texture has always been one of the calling cards of Generationals, and the electronic sounds from last year's
Some interviews are easier than others. Glen David Andrews, for instance. Get him started and he'll take it from there.
The highlights of the next week in live music in New Orleans, including Eric Lindell, the Dirty Dozen, Leon Russell, Jersey Boys and the New Orleans Viewer's Choice Awards.
[Updated] I hadn't planned to do a year-end best-of list for a host of reasons.
[Updated] New Year's Eve is always an adventure, and in New Orleans it's one accompanied by live music starting at 9 p.m.
One their debut album, The New Orleans Suspects make their brand of funk rock sound effortless.
A look at the week ahead in New Orleans live music, including New Year's Eve, the Jimmy's Punk and New Wave Reunion, the end of this phase of The Carrollton Station, and the Holiday HO-Down.
"I don't need a jetpack / I'm jazzing' like the Rat Pack," Elon Hornsby proclaims to start h
“I like the media because it’s a game,” says Cole Alexander, singer-guitarist of the Black Li
Never Records opened with little fanfare, and it looked like any indie recor
When former BR-549 singer Chuck Mead recently passed through town, we talked about classic country and his new
Earlier this week, someone wrote in the comments section of a story on the Homegrown Harvest Fe
This time of the year, bands aren't touring and even local musicians would rather be home with their families.
Life's too short to listen for long to music I don't enjoy, so this overview of this season's Christmas releases skips some high profile releases.
For Judith Owen, Christmas music is a full-contact sport.
It seems like we just finished with The Voodoo Experience, but it's back in
Glen David Andrews has had to make so many changes in his life that for
Last year, Gypsyphonic Disco - Quickie Mart and Ben Ellman - celebrated the holiday seas
"People don't realize how intimate an action singing together is," Lucas Davenport says.
This week's musical highlights include Christmas shows with DJ Soul Sister, Kermit Ruffins, Curren$y an St. Cecilia's Asylum Chorus.
When asked about Christmas music, blues singer Olga is quick to enthuse about
This Week's Spotify Soundtrack touches on the season, explores Latin jazz, and previews shows by The Eastern Sea, Roseanne Cash, Soul Sister's Christmas Jam and more.
Yesterday My Spilt Milk went old school bounce with Ricky B; today - contemporary with
The Eastern Sea's Matt Hines was annoyed when he entered a Walmart before Thanksgiving and heard Christmas m
A look at the week ahead with music by Anders Osborne, Chis Smither, DJ Shadow, Susan Cowsill and more, as well as the free screening of "Wheadle's Groove" and the 4th annual Caroling Pub Crawl.
This year, Louisiana's best hopes of bringing home Grammys come from people who've le
When Dark Dark Dark came to town, Walt McClements talked about the challenges of juggling a number of
The Polyphonic Spree seems like a natural for Christmas music, but so far we've had t
DJ Shadow's Endtroducing presented a new way to think about DJs in 1996 as he liberate
Kishi Bashi played New Orleans twice this year, once opening for Of Montreal at the Howli
This Week's Spotify Soundtrack includes songs for the season; previews of shows by Mark Kozalek, Anders Osborne, The Mercy Brothers and more; and new music from The Polyphonic Spree, Tracey Thorn and Zombie Zombie among others.
This week in New Orleans: Aerosmith, Irvin Mayfield and Ernest Gaines, garage rock from Iowa, modern rock from South Africa, PhotoNOLA and a robot parade.
Friday night, Vox and the Hound will play a CD-release party for their new album C
Dave Alvin sat in an ant bed while talking to me on the phone.
When Dylan LeBlanc says, "It's more of an upbeat show in general when I'm with my band,
Yesterday, I explained away much of the hostility some have for Christmas music in 10 paragraphs or less (t
Bayou Country Superfest will return to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge on the Memoria
On Back at the Quonset Hut, the joy Chuck Mead experienced singing classic country hits is obvious, a
[Updated] If you'd like to get Chris Wood talking, bring up concert etiquette.
We've slept off Thanksgiving dinner, thanks in part to the New York Jets' less-than-stellar performance Sunday night.
The pop and fizzle of fireworks are among the first sounds heard on Canadian rock duo Japa
We here at Spilt Milk World HQ respect the holidays and don't believe in starting one until the other is officially in the rearview mirror.
In her explanation for the poor audience turn-out for the Homegrown Harvest Festival,
For more than a decade, the EMP Pop Conference has been a gathering place for critics, writers, scholars, and others who take music seriously to co
Fans of Lil Wayne would like a reason to believe that the Weezy circa Tha Carter II and III still lives somewhere in him.
A few weeks ago, My Spilt Milk spoke with Dee-1 about his new mixtape,
A first look at new live footage of Absolute Monster Gentlemen Derwin "Big D" Perkins and Cornell Williams' band Pockit Tyme onstage in Bay St. Louis.
New music by Cody ChesnuTT, Karriem Riggins, The Weeknd and Jason Isbell, and show previews for Tab Benoit, Japandroids, Wiz Khalifa, and a Hurricane Sandy benefit.
Mary Gauthier spent election day making jalapeno cornbread for a potluck of "left wing
A look at the week ahead, including shows by Gypsyphonic Disko, Roky Erickson, Fleur de Tease, Tryptophunk and more.
New music from Dirty Projectors and Karriem Riggins, previews of Michelle Shocked and Lucky Date, and an African groove.
This week in New Orleans nightlife: Ladyfest, Hell Yes Fest, Shell Beach benefit, Donavon Frankenreiter and more.
We look forward to shows by Counting Crows, Rick Ross, Star & Micey and more, and new albums from The Coup, The Soft Moon, and Delicate Steve.
"I can feel our stuff evolving, but I can't put my finger on what it's evolving into."
[Updated] Last year, a cold rain took the edge off of the debut of Gleason Gras.
"We're Green Day except taller," Metallica's James Hetfield announced Saturday night at T
Team Milk has reached consensus on three shows - Jack White, Royal Teeth, and The Lost Bayou Ramble
Festivalgoers are accustomed to a fair amount of production to keep the live experience dynamic and visual, but Neil Young and Crazy Horse made due
Yesterday at Voodoo, I carried a light jacket in case I needed it; tonight, I fear a light jacket won't be enough, and that we'll enjoy the pyro in
My Spilt Milk will be at The Voodoo Experience all weekend in City Park. Here's where we plan to be on Friday:
Before rock musicians began turning up their amplifiers as loud as they could and roaring into microphones, there was something like what Cha
I witnessed New Orleans/Lafayette indie dance pop band Royal Teeth play The Ba
"When you listen to Mali music, you hear a lot of different music inside, like salsa, reggae, C
[Updated] Neil Young will headline the opening night of The Voodoo Experience Friday night, but he'll talk to you today at 2 p.m.
The Open Ears Series has presented weekly improvised music shows for f
“You always remember your first,” Say Anything songwriter and vocalist Max Be
This Week's Soundtrack looks ahead to shows by Trombone Shorty, Sarah and the Tall Boys, Man or Astroman? and bands playing Voodoo.
For me, reuinion gigs often fail to satisfy, not because the band can't play anymore but because they're too excited that they can.
Afghan Whigs, Trombone Shorty, and Thomas Dolby speaking at TribeCon are among the week ahead's highlights.
"Schizophrenic" is too strong a word, but Walt McClements has feet in two different worlds.
Earlier this summer, Helen Gillet had a good conversation on improvisation and the social di
"Normally I ask people to put away their phones," The Lumineers' Wesley Schultz told the cr
Sleigh Bells went onstage slightly after 10, and at 10:58 I was on the sidewalk
a look ahead to shows by The Lumineers, Sleigh Bells, Matt and Kim, The Afghan Whigs and more; and new music from Tame Impala, A.C. Newman, Bad Books and more.
After Green Day withdrew from this year's lineup for The Voodoo Experience, speculati
Small-town Indiana’s Houndmouth makes the kind of music you’d imagine railroad workers
It's a good week for roots music in New Orleans this week with the Blues and BBQ Fest, Steve Earle, The Lumineers, John Hiatt and Patti Griffin.
Dee-1 has a lot to say. When a helicopter flies low over the Magazine Street PJ's while we're talking, he doesn't wait for it to pass.
On September 24, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong checked himself into rehab after an onstage rant at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas.
Thunderous Canadian post-rock instrumental group Godspeed You!
A preview of shows by M83, Dan Deacon, Bombay Bicycle Club and Moon Duo, along with new music by Miguel, The Mountain Goats, John Cale and more.
[Updated] Wednesday night, Governor Mitt Romney tried work his way around the pre-existing conditions question, allowing that peo
“We haven’t played this song in 29 years,” Red Hot Chili Peppers’s bass player Flea s
The week ahead includes shows by Antibalas, Dee-1 and the Gretna Heritage Fest, as well as benefits for Mike Mayeux and Sheik Richardson.
Later this morning, I'm recording a Spilt Milk podcast with rapper Dee-1.
“I appreciate sacred music,” says Rob Lowe of Austin-based instrumental band Balmor
This Week's Spotify Soundtrack previews new music from Melody's Echo Chamber, Green Day, Sotho Sounds and Kreayshawn (with Sissy Nobby); and shows by Santigold, Victor Wooten, Dinosaur Jr., TOPS and more.
When I told a friend earlier this week that I was going to see The Soft Pack, he aske
During her set this year at Jazz Fest, Dayna Kurtz had a moment.
Black & White and Read All Over, Professor Longhair's house party, Animal Collective and Kendrick Lamar are a few of the highlights in a big week in New Orleans.
Last year, Preservation Hall and the jazz band that bears its name celebrated 50 ye
Earlier this summer, New Orleanian Jim McCormick co-wrote his first number one on Billboard
[Updated] I never understood how painful making music might be for Fi
Vox and the Hound are letting valuable promo time go to waste.
This Week's Soundtrack looks ahead to shows by Fiona Apple, Animal Collective, Hoodie Allen, and the benefit for the preservation of Professor Longhair's house, as well as new music from Grizzly Bear, Dinosaur Jr. and Voodoo Experience acts Kaskade and the Gaslamp Killer.
Josh Mazour has a job in an Attorney General's office, but when I ask about it, he plays it off.
This week includes a Big Sun reunion, Off!'s punk purism, The Walkmen, Lewis Black and the Rising Tide conference.
Amanda Palmer's decision to pay beer, merch and mentions to the local musicians who'd
Tod Ashley of Firewater doesn’t just see the world when he tr
“We want to try to circulate a chi,” Beach House singer Victoria Legrand announc
This week, we have new music from Bob Dylan, Empress Hotel, Ralph Stanley and The XX; and previews of shows this week by Amanda Palmer, The Walkmen, Nasimiyu, Lewis Black and more.
Today, New Orleans' hard rock band Star and Dagger have released their first video, which references a n
This week, New Orleans' nightlife offerings include Irvin Mayfield and the NOJO with Ledisi, Mystikal with Juvenile, Honey Island Swamp Band with Red Baraat, Black Taxi, Beach House and Stomp.
Drummers keep time because it's their role, not their job. Ask a drummer and he or she will tell you - keeping time is everybody's job.
Harvest the Music plans to see orange during its 5th annual concert series, which st
This Week's Soundtrack features new music by Animal Collective, The Fresh and Onlys, Bob Mould and more, and previews shows by 2 Chainz, Slash, Red Baraat, I Totally Destroyed It among others.
Somewhere along the way, a couple of 12-year-olds fooling around on guitars turned into a dynamic guitar-and-drums duo.
The Voodoo Experience has released its final lineup, which now includes Nas, Coheed
“I hope whenever the fucking shitty movie is made about Brooklyn in the ‘00s, it’s going to be more like Justice League.
Rule Number One: No band should have three sport coats onstage unless it has a horn section to wear them.
Lil Wayne's strength is that he's never been obsessed with keeping it real; in fact, he's at his best when he's keeping it unreal.
What does a band mean to its members after more than 25 years? After it has taken time off?
Hurricane Isaac wiped out the power at Spilt Milk World HQ, but we're back with a big week ahead in music.
Musicians have an important role to play in the conversation about the place for live mus
New music and a preview of the week in music in New Orleans, including Dylan LeBlanc, Dale Watson and "We Heart Mike."
Earlier in the week, My Spilt Milk ran the story of Juvenile being arrested in M
This week, Kishi Bashi, Y La Bamba, Matt Lemmler and more perform, while the Saints defense gets another chance and we do what we can for Mike Mayeux.
“It’s something that I couldn’t escape since conception,” says Luzelena Mendoza of her musical beginnings.
Woody, Willie, Love and Kishi Bashi are included in This Week's Spotify Soundtrack.
Aeschylus wrote, "In war, the first casualty is the truth," and the same holds true for wars on live music.
Since President Bill Clinton made Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" the theme song for his 1992 campaign, a rock-era theme song has become a standard i
The music industry's changing in so many ways, but one that isn't is promotion.
Quickie Mart has been collaborating with rapper Gotham Gre
New music from Antibalas and Kendrick Lamar, old favorites from the Only Ones, Panther Burns and Fleetwood Mac, and live previews from Shovels & Rope, Curren$y and Dirty Bourbon River Show.
It's Saturday night. White Linen Night is going on around the corner, but in the Circle Bar, people are reminiscing.
You can hear soul and classic rock in Empress Hotel, but you can also hear ar
The last time we heard from indie rock band Brass Bed was its tribute to Harry Nils
Updated: Recently, found Alexandra Scott's song on Ingrid Lucia Presents New Orlean
This Week's Spotify Soundtrack is an open challenge to all the gloomy sum'bitches to hang on to their angst.
Black metal, Dirty Projectors, Peter Jackson and the future of journalism are all a part of the week ahead, along with Satchmo SummerFest and Whitney White Linen Night.
"I thought 'fiasco' meant something else."
Reviews of "Ingrid Lucia Presents New Orleans Female Vocalists," "The Cherry Thing" by Neneh Cherry and The Thing, and "Big Station" by Alejandro Escovedo.
Preservation Hall spent most of 2011 celebrating its 50th anniversary, culminating with
Animal Collective will perform in New Orleans on September 29 at th
Hurricane Katrina sent brothers Kentrell "Krispy" Lindsey and Alvin "Joey" Lindsey out of New Orleans East - first to Houston, then to Los Angeles
Last week, the soundtrack leaned heavily and
What should be on your radar this week?
For decade, New Orleans' Jim McCormick has been writing songs on Music Row in Nashville. With Brantley Gilbert's "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," he has his first number one. What does that mean for him?
This week's soundtrack previews Tales of the Cocktail and upcoming shows, including Little Feat (this week) and Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective and Fiona Apple (in the future).
Where should you be this weekend? The "Tchoupitoulas" screening, Honey Island Swamp Band, The New Orleans Beatles Festival and the Kitty Lynn benefit. Next week? Tales of the Cocktail, The Who doc and more.
For roughly 45 minutes, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who joked, reminisced, and occasi
Recently, Curren$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
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.
"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.
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.
On Sunday, "Uncle" Lionel Batiste passed away at age 80 or 81 of cancer.
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
With the Fourth of July in the middle of next week, touring activity is down but free stuff is up.
The Flaming Lips release their collaboration album and hustle through the South in search of additional fwends.
R.J. Smith discusses James Brown before appearing at Octavia Books Tuesday at 6 p.m. to sign copies of his Brown bio, "The One."
Fans hold the key to the divide revealed by the recent online dust-up between Cracker's David Lowery and NPR's Emily White.
Some old school soul, some outlaw country, some art rock and more to prepare you for the week in New Orleans.
An unusually good week in the summer for high profile shows:
Swedish adventurous jazz combo The Thing collaborated with Neneh Cherry, whose roots in th
This week, NPR's "World Cafe" has focused on New Orleans. Since the show isn't carried locally, here are links:
It's tempting to say that the Mainline Brass Band stretches the definition of br
Last year, Frank Ocean had about as big a year as you can have without selling an album.
This week's soundtrack is seriously shaped by last week.
The radio show "World Cafe" with David Dye will focus on New Orleans this week, starting today
This album of sea shanties from the Bywater makes me want a beer.
[Updated] On June 28, the Flaming Lips will come to New Orleans to the House of Blues to
Saying Curren$y's back seems wrong because he never goes away.
Toronto-based R&B artist The Weeknd - Abel Tesfaye - will play the House of Blues Tuesday, June 12.
It's hard to feel the reality in the Young Money Cash Money/G.O.O.D. Records beef.
It took a couple of songs and a spilled drink for Star and Dagger's set at One Eyed Jacks to ca