New Orleans Jazz Festival 2013: Thursday - Widespread Panic, Theresa Andersson
The trouble with a band like Widespread Panic is that if you’re at all familiar with jazz, the band’s improvisations are not that impressive. And if the band’s not getting over on the strength of its solos, it has to rely on the more conventional qualities of pop music—singing, songwriting and rhythm—and those aren’t so impressive either. It’s not that Widespread’s musicians are incompetent in any of these areas; it’s that they’re not exceptional at any of them. The sextet played a two-and-a-half-hour set, nearly twice as long as any other set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsNew Orleans Jazz Festival 2013: Day Three Recap
There is no better example of the continuity of New Orleans’ musical traditions than the back-to-back sets by the Midnite Disturbers and the Treme Brass Band on Sunday afternoon at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsTom Petty, Bon Iver to Play New Orleans Jazz Fest in 2012
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival released its full lineup for 2012 today. Notable acts for the event include Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bon Iver, My Morning Jacket, Foo Fighters and Al Green among tons of other acts. It will take place over two weekends on April 27-29 and May 3-6. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsNew Orleans Jazz Fest announces 2008 lineup, schedule
[Above: Galactic performs at 2007's Jazz Fest] For the first time since 2005, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is returning to its full 7-day schedule, April 25-27 and May 1-4. Heavyweight leaders of the freshly-announced lineup include...(deep breath)...Stevie Wonder (Paste's #14 Best Living Songwriter), Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, Tim McGraw, Santana, Sheryl Crow, Widespread Panic, The Neville Brothers, John Prine, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, Randy Newman, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Raconteurs, Maze feat. Frankie Beverly, O.A.R., Galactic, Tower of Power, Cowboy Mouth, Bettye LaVette, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dirty Dozen Brass Band,... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJazz Fest to be Broadcast Live Online
Not going to make it down to the Big Easy this weekend for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival? That doesn’t mean you have to miss it. The AT&T blue room will webcast live performances from the festival May 5 and 6. Scheduled to appear on the broadcast are Norah Jones, the Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer and ZZ Top, among others. Also available in the blue room are archived performances from the first weekend of the festival, which took place April 28 and 29. Other festivals included in this year’s blue room will include Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin... read more
Found in: Music, NewsA Little Help From Our Friends
Basin Street Records, a New Orleans indie label that’s home to jazz legends Henry Butler and Irvin Mayfield, among others... read more
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