Friday, Red Baraat will play Le Flambeau at The Voodoo Music Experience at 5 p.m., and yesterday it released a free, live recording, Bootleg Bhangra. You can download it here.

Red Baraat's bhangra-brass combination is one of my highlights for Friday. Here are the sets we plan to check in on over the course of the day.

In previous years, the Le Plur Stage was always slightly out of the way, so it was easy not to notice the crowds at the show. Last year, it moved out to the open and the size of the audiences for Afrojack, Bassnectar, Calvin Harris and Boys Noize made it clear how important the stage is to Voodoo. 

Local EDM artist HelloNegro more or less made his public debut when he played an early afternoon set at The Voodoo Music Experience last year. He has kept a low profile, performing infrequently and maintaining a degree of anonymity. He has also tried to create a distinctly New Orleans brand of electronic music based on ages-old principles. He told Brian Boyles:

There's a lot to like on the first day of Voodoo this year. I've seen Americana duo Shovels and Rope three times in the last year and liked them more each time. They've played big rooms when they've opened for Jack White, so they likely know what to do with a festival stage - we'll find out what.