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Ponderosa Stomp Announces New Season, 2010 Headliners

Ponderosa Stomp has long been a stopover for “the unsung heroes of rock and soul,” taking place on weeknights between the two weekends of New Orleans’ Jazz Fest and celebrating the sidemen and cult figures that the larger event overlooks. Now, nine years in, Jazz Fest’s little brother is all grown up and moved to its own weekend date the 24th and 25th of September....  read more

Ponderosa Stomp announces dates and lineup

The Mystic Knights of the Mau Mau have announced the 7th annual Ponderosa Stomp. Now, for those of you who haven’t heard of the New Orleans event, this may sound like a group of Hawaiians dressed in armor gathering together to jump up and down on pieces of steak. As cool as that might be to see, what the Ponderosa Stomp is presenting this spring errs more on the side of cultural preservation. The Mystic Knights is actually a charity organization that focuses on conserving and supporting the roots music of the U.S. Their festival, the Ponderosa Stomp, is set...  read more

2007 Ponderosa Stomp returns to New Orleans

The 6th Annual Ponderosa Stomp, an American roots music festival, returns to New Orleans this year. Moved to Memphis last year, the eight hour event spotlighting pioneers of rock'n'roll and rhythm & blues will be held at the New Orleans' House of Blues on May 2, 2007. The Mystic Knights of the Mau-Mau, a non-profit group, started the Stomp in 2000 to rediscover and promote overlooked American musicians. Since then they have partnered with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sun Studios and the Stax Museum, among others. Some of the artists' playing the Stomp are: Wardell Quezergue and...  read more

Rock 'n' Soul all Night

Herb Hardesty sounds genuine, not deliberately tactful, when he declines to voice a preference for...  read more