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In New Orleans, music is the rhythm by which we live our lives. From the buskers making us dance through the French Quarter to the school bands practicing in our streets, there's always a melody or a beat to move us forward, bring a smile to our faces and get us through the day. Like other cities across the globe, our state and...

Looking for the perfect family getaway? Come on down to Family Gras, located at Clearview Shopping Center on 4436 Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, just ten minutes from downtown New Orleans! A FREE three-day festival drawing crowds of over 80,000, the event will take place between February 14th and 16th of this month. Brian Wilson,...

In 2010, Haiti was reeling from the earthquake, political unrest, and a cholera epidemic. That year, a group of musicians living there formed Lakou Mizik. This multi-generational collective is working to preserve Hatian music traditions at the same time as they are updating the sound by incorporating modern dance hall beats. Some of...

In 2007, Italian rock band Giuda emerged in the music scene with the charisma of their early punk predecessors and the stomping energy of 1970's glam rock 'n rollers. With a retro sound that can be likened to 70's brit-rock bands Mud and Slade, Giuda puts their own contemporary spin on the glam-rock genre with critically acclaimed records such...

Bourbon Street is named after a royal family of France, but these days, it's not a place associated with regality. The notorious 13-block street was a residential area for the upper crust, with fabulous restaurants, in the 1800s. After the nearby legal red-light district Storyville officially shut down in 1917, Bourbon Street became the...

In late 1966, when a song titled "Tell It Like It Is" exploded onto the pop music scene and quickly shot up to #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard's Hot R&B surveys, no one could have been more surprised than its singer, a then-25-year-old New Orleanian named Aaron Neville. The voice behind the song was unlike any ever heard...