The standout female accordionist, singer, and songwriter Rosie Ledet is often referred to as “The Zydeco Sweetheart,” and for a good reason. Her brand of the native Louisiana folk music blend called Zydeco has captured the hearts of many Louisianians, and also those of folk music lovers around the world.

It’s sweet, golden food for your ears and soul. This release also had the lineup addition of The Honeypots is a female-centric powerhouse percussionist Paula August Jepson, adding consisting of three very talented musicians, all another layer of great musicality as well as with popular local bands in their own right: Lynn female power.

New Orleans is a city that has always effortlessly placed musical spells on its temporary guests. Like many others, this band was formed when two D.C. natives, Jeff Raines (guitar) and Robert Mercurio (bass), attended college in the jazz and blues city and became surprisingly mesmerized by the city’s devotion to funk music culture.

DragonSmoke Tuesday, April 30; 9 p.m. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St. oneeyedjacks.net, $30-$35 This supergroup consists of Eric Lindell on guitar and vocals, Ivan Neville on keys and vocals, and Galactic’s titanic rhythm section, headed by Stanton Moore on drums and Robert Mercurio on bass.

So sings Michael Selser, the frontman and guitarist for Roarshark, a local trio mixing elements of indie and prog rock. With a sound somewhere between Broken Social Scene and King Crimson, and some New Orleans fl avor thrown in, they practice in drummer David Schulz’s room on Super Bowl Sunday, when everyone else is abuzz over football.

the singer says to someone offstage, “Someone get me a shot”. “Poncho” is very Latin-sounding, and is mostly a call-and-response of horns, led by saxophonist Joe Cabral, featuring exotic percussions by Anthony Cuccia.

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Entertainment is found in a multitude of forms. One of the more vintage and sophisticated forms is the dinner theater. The earliest dinner theater, dating back to the Middle Ages, hosted dining in one room and the performance of music or drama in ano...