Brass Bands Clash on Frenchmen Street
Later in the evening, my homebody Darren Towns of the TBC Brass Band had a gig with a pick-up band of musicians from various brass …
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St. Roch Market: From Abandoned to Amazing
Back in 2008, when I really began my love affair with New Orleans, the city was only three years past Hurricane Katrina, and signs of …
Great Breakfasts and Lunches at NOLA’s Two Chicks Cafe
New Orleans is actually quite the breakfast city, and it has always had a huge number of choices for food to start the day, but …
A Birthday Party Uptown at Sportsman’s Corner With TBC Brass Band
After getting off work, I changed clothes, packed my car and headed out Interstate 55 into Mississippi. My friend, the trombonist Edward Jackson had asked …
Lundi Gras From New Orleans to Memphis
After the Duwayne Burnside performance on Sunday night, we went for a late-night breakfast at the St. Charles Tavern, one of a handful of 24-hour …
Oak Street, New Orleans, Sunday Afternoon on Mardi Gras weekend
Although New Orleans is my favorite city, and it was Mardi Gras weekend, we were in town primarily for a Duwayne Burnside concert that I …
R. L. Boyce Brings The Hill Country To New Orleans
It was perhaps a strange night for Hill Country blues in New Orleans. It was raining heavily. Mardi Gras parades had led to road closures …
Breeze Cayolle and The Mighty Souls Brass Band at Lafayette’s
Lafayette’s Music Room is a reincarnation of one of Memphis’ best-beloved music venues of the 1970’s, but the latter-day version has something of a New …
A King Biscuit Daybook: Rebirth Brass Band at the Main Stage
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Guitar Lightnin’ Lee At The All-New Three Keys Lounge at Ace Hotel Nola
https://goo.gl/photos/rMmSxYJFBm9KQvRT6 New Orleans might be America’s music capital, but it’s not the place we think of much when it comes to blues. We revel in …