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/ 3 months agoCheck Point Charlie closes after decades in New Orleans as a 24-hour dive bar, music venue
Named for the Cold War’s most famous crossing point between West and East Berlin, Check Point Charlie was on the border...
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/ 3 months agoRobert Plant, Maná, Rakim, Larkin Poe, a bluegrass fest: music in New Orleans this week
It’s a busy week for live music in New Orleans, the first of many such weeks with festival season right around...
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/ 3 months agoSaenger Theatre’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ takes a leap from the silver screen to the stage
Charlotte McKinley was born nearly 29 years ago at Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans. Her mother was a schoolteacher at...
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/ 3 months agoAt the Jazz Bounce Lounge, a helmeted producer conjures a New Orleans music hybrid
In a cocktail lounge beneath the Orpheum Theater, a sold-out crowd vibed to Mikecol’s beats. “Jazz gave us the foundation, the...
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/ 3 months agoCree McCree’s new book collects 30 years of music writing in New Orleans and New York
Over decades, she has written for Details, Spin, High Times, Us Weekly, No Depression, Rolling Stone, Downbeat, OffBeat and many other...
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/ 3 months agoA big week for guitarists in New Orleans with Pat Metheny, Gary Clark Jr., Matt Schofield
It’s a good week for guitar fans.Read More
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/ 3 months agoNew Orleans’ TRNSCND festival is canceled, but a smaller Republic show will still go on
Also happening this weekend: The Boys 4 Life Tour, Big Easy Blues Festival and more.Read More
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/ 3 months agoTipitina’s benefit honors Professor Shorthair, a key figure in Neville Brothers history
If not for Gerald “Professor Shorthair” Tillman, the Neville Brothers and Ivan Neville wouldn’t sound the same.Read More
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/ 4 months agoNew Orleans live music this week: Wayne Hancock, Paul Sanchez and more
The “Songs and Stories From the Crescent City” series at the Broadside’s indoor Pavilion is a round robin-style singer-songwriter showcase.Read More
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/ 4 months agoNew chamber music ensemble in New Orleans pays tribute to Venetian baroque composers
The Old World similarities between New Orleans and Venice, Italy, have sparked a new chamber music ensemble in the Crescent City.Read...




