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Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews at the festival.
Mr. Scott now lives in Harlem. Mr. Andrews has a home in the French Quarter. Both musicians have crafted music that speaks fondly and forcefully of their birthplace—up to a point...
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Diversity marks the latest crop of CDs from New Orleans musicians who are regularly heard on the scene. Two artists — bassist Brian Quezergue, the son of the legendary Wardell Quezergue, and drummer Simon Lott — both make their recording debuts as leaders on these new discs...
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New Orleans music is at its heart good-time music, and locals are more likely to get up and shake that thang rather than cry into their daiquiris...
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Jackson marks her stage return Friday with an opening night, first-time performance at the Essence Music Festival inside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
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Near Town Point Park in Norfolk, Virginia? Zydeco, étouffée, beignet. Whether those words sound familiar or foreign, add a trip to the 21st annual Bayou Boogaloo to your calendar and top it with three stages of music with 15 musical acts.
Top traditional jazz musicians and bands from around the country will be playing for three days, bringing the best of New Orleans-style music to Connecticut during this annual treat. With four music sessions, two music sites and 13 bands, you can hear over 40 hours of great traditional jazz and New Orleans-style tunes.
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Steve Earle has played a recurring character, Harley, a street musician, in three episodes of "Treme." Speaking about the brand new song, Earle said, "David Simon came on the set one day and asked me to write a song that my character would have written in '05. The next morning I woke up and wrote it." The song is titled "This City."
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Playing to ease the pain: An all-star gathering including rapper Mos Def, right, Lenny Kravitz (on guitar), Trombone Shorty, Tim Robbins and members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band recently recorded It Ain't My Fault, a single that is being released to aid the Gulf Coast oil disaster.
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Reposted from New Orleans Stuff blog
music from the HBO series Treme Episode 9, "Wish Someone Would Care"♫ John Boutte -- The Treme Song
♫ Smiley Lewis -- I Hear You Knocking
♫ Smiley Lewis -- Someday You'll Want Me
♫ Steve Zahn (Davis McAlary) -- Smoke That Fire
♫ Mardi Gras Indians -- Hoo Na Nay
♫ Jon Cleary -- When You Get Back
♫ Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers -- Honey Suckle Rose
♫ Li'L Wayne -- Fireman
♫ Sonny Rollins -- Blue Seven
♫ Lucia Micarelli (Annie) + Jamie Waterson -- Dixie Flyer
♫ Steve Zahn (Davis McAlary) -- Traditional 12 Bar Blues
♫ Jon Cleary -- More Hipper
♫ Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers -- If You Want Me To Stay
♫ Steve Zahn (Davis McAlary) -- I Wish Someone Would Care
♫ Jon Cleary -- Big Chief
♫ Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers -- Didn't He Ramble
♫ Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers -- Skokiaan
♫ John Magnie -- Agent 00 Soul
♫ Michiel Huisman -- I Like It Like That
♫ O.V. Wright -- I'd Rather Be Blind, Cripple & Crazy
♫ Natchez Calliope -- The Entertainer
♫ Lucia Micarelli (Annie) + Jamie Waterson -- Jambalaya
♫ Hack Bartholomew -- Down By The Riverside
♫ Lucia Micarelli (Annie) + Jamie Waterson -- Do You Know What It Means
♫ Natchez Calliope -- Ain't She Sweet
♫ The subdudes -- All The Time In The World
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download music from Treme. Episode 8, All On A Mardi Gras Day! As New Orleans gears up for Fat Tuesday, LaDonna puts her bad news on hold....
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