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The Most Influential Female Blues Musicians
- This introduction to key blues artists proves that women have been a key part of the genre since it began.
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‘Take Me to the River: New Orleans’ Review: Crescent City’s Music Veterans Meet the Funky Next Generation in a Spirited Doc
The last time there were as many trombones in a movie as there are in “Take Me to the River: New Orleans,” Harold Hill was probably leading a parade. The ongoing vitalization of the Crescent City’s music culture really is like something out of a horn salesman’s fever dream, with younger generations readily taking up […]
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Paul Simon Tribute Draws Oprah Winfrey, Garth Brooks, Jonas Brothers, Eric Church, Dustin Hoffman and More
What were the odds that the Recording Academy would honor the woman that many consider the greatest living female songwriter, Joni Mitchell, and great living male songwriter, Paul Simon, within a week’s time of one another? And yet that’s what happened as last Friday’s pre-Grammys MusiCares tribute to Mitchell in Las Vegas was followed Wednesday […]
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Paul Simon to Get ‘Grammy Salute’ With Tribute Show Featuring Brandi Carlile, Brad Paisley
Simon himself will appear at the special gig, which will also feature Billy Porter, Dave Matthews, and Rhiannon Giddens
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Jazzfest to Return in New Orleans With the Who, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters Among Headliners
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is counting on 2022 being the charm, after the annual event was repeatedly postponed and finally canceled in 2020 and 2021. The festival popularly known as Jazzfest announced its return Thursday, with headliners including the Who, Stevie Nicks and Foo Fighters set to take the city’s stages across […]
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Irma Thomas Shares Important PSA to Support Louisiana's Music Community with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager
The Soul Queen of New Orleans shared some important remarks on the TODAY show about giving back to musicians right now.
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Yes, Now We Know Exactly What It Means to Miss New Orleans
Jack VartoogianPianist Allen Toussaint was already holed up in New York City on September 21, 2005—driven from New Orleans by the flood resulting from the levee failures following Hurricane Katrina—when he sat down at the piano of Manhattan’s Avatar Studios to record “Yes We Can Can.”Toussaint—the composer, arranger, and producer of hits spanning generations and genres, who died in 2015—wrote that song in 1970 for singer Lee Dorsey, as a message of hope and a call for communal action to heal soc
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Dave Grohl, Jon Batiste, Jim James and More to Play Preservation Hall Benefit
Dave Grohl, Jon Batiste, Jim James and more musicians will be bringing their talents to 'Round Midnight Preserves, a special show to help benefit The Preservation Hall Foundation. The livestream show will feature a set of musical collaborations and never-before-seen performances from past Midnight Preserves. Ther will also be commentary from Preservation Hall…
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band Taps Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello for Livestream Benefit
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Dr. John Dies
The New Orleans pianist is best known for his 1973 top 10 hit, "Right Place, Wrong Time."
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'Dr. John,' funky New Orleans 'night-tripper' musician, dies
Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. In a statement released through his publicist, the family said Dr. John, who was born Mac Rebennack, died "toward the break of day" of a heart attack. "Dr. John was a true Louisiana legend," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement.
