New Orleans Music News
Let the Music Roll with a Virtual Louisiana Grammy Concert
New Orleans Music News
Louisiana is hosting its own virtual Grammy celebration in partnership with the Grammy Museum. While the event carries the Grammy name, it's not an award show. It won't be the dream-crushing or dream-fulfilling contest that coronates an artist with a 6-pound, 24k gold electroplated gramophone trophy. It's not about winners or losers, but...
“Rise and Shine” Relief Video Will Fill You with Soul
New Orleans Music News
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is on a mission. The goal? Help local, out-of-work musicians whose gigs, performances, and jobs have been put on hold due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Created February 8, the foundation's relief fund has already garnered over $8,000. With a goal of $250,000, there's still a long way to go on...
Habitat for Humanity Benefit Helps Local Musicians and Culture-Bearers
New Orleans Music News
Local New Orleans musicians and cultural-bearers find themselves in a familiar struggle trying to navigate through this unrelenting pandemic. Because of the ongoing restrictions on gatherings that continue to affect the live music scene, some musicians are still finding it difficult to...
- Long Hard Journey Home: The Radiators Reunion is Coming to Tipitina’s TV
- Jazz & Heritage Foundation Awards $1.2 million in Community Partnership Grants
- Montreal’s OSHEAGA Music Festival 2021: “The Light at the End of the Tunnel”
- Decking Preservation Hall With HALLiday Grams
- MaCNNO Reopens Applications for Financial Aid for Musicians and Artists
- Rockin’ Around the Computer Screen: “Christmas Without Tears” Virtual Concert Fundaiser
- Future Cowboys’ Life on Mars Album is Out of This World
- Louisiana Musicians Announced as Grammy Nominees
- Go Vinyl With Tipitina’s Record Club
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Radiators Celebrate 43 Years of Fish-Head Music
New Orleans Musicians
It is that time of year again when 1000+ fish heads converged on New Orleans for the annual Radiators anniversary shows. This is the 43rd year that the local rockers have entertained their loyal fans, and the 10th anniversary since their official "retirement" back in 2011. While Rads shows have been few and far between, the epic...
From Jazz to Modern Music: The Big Easy’s Musical Roots
New Orleans Musicians
Brass Band in the Marigny [Robson Hatsukami Morgan/Unsplash] Hard-hitting drumbeats intertwine with mellow piano harmonies. A rhythmic bass keeps the tempo, and funky horns blare as loud as they can, as if they are not only in competition with the other horns, but also competing with the noise of the patrons who fill the room....
Local Musicians Perform in Support of Band Room New Orleans Book
New Orleans Musicians
Singers-songwriters Gina Leslie and Natalie Mae Palms performed for the Band Room Backyard Concert Series in Jefferson on Saturday, November 21. Hosted by Where Y'at Magazine writer Emily Hingle, the series is in support of Hingle's debut book Band Room New Orleans, which documents the practice spaces of local New Orleans...
- The Sun No Longer Sets Me Free (or the Strange Drug-Induced Career of Ozzy Osbourne)
- Don’t Stop the Music: Local Harpist Cassie Watson Francillon on Music During the Pandemic
- Don’t Stop the Music: Dr. Michael White Discusses the State of Live Music in the Big Easy
- Live Art by Livestream: “Geaux Live NOLA” Series Kicks Off This Week
- New Orleans Musician Johnny Angel Has Risen to the Top
- Don’t Stop the Music: Bounce Legend Big Freedia Discusses Cooking and Coronavirus
- Don’t Stop the Music: Cowboy Mouth is Staying in Touch With “The Groove of Life”
- Don’t Stop the Music: How Big Sam and His Funky Nation Are Handling the Coronavirus
- Don’t Stop the Music: “It’s Just Not the Same”—Rebirth Brass Band Deals With Impact of COVID-19
- Don’t Stop the Music: Ian Neville Releases New Album to Cope With Covid
- Don’t Stop the Music: Walter “Wolfman” Washington Misses Performing Live Music
- Five Streaming Music Events to Look Forward to This Week
- Don’t Stop the Music: Bonerama's Craig Klein Keeping the Beat Alive
- Album Review: Expect the Unexpected by the 79rs Gang is Mardi Gras Indian Music at Its Finest
- Giuda Brings Glam Rock to the Big Easy
- Bourbon Street Blues: What It's Like Being A Bourbon Street Musician
- Aaron Neville Tells It Like It Is
- A Conversation with Anders Osborne on Learning the Buddha Blues and More
- Lost Bayou Ramblers: Not Just Fiddling Around
- From Playing Empty Rooms to Headlining Voodoo: The Rise of The Revivalists
- A Short History of New Orleans Jazz