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2011 Voodoo Music Experience Photos

2011 Voodoo Music Experience Photos

This past weekend, the 2011 Voodoo Music Experience overtook New Orleans' City Park on Halloween weekend for the 13th consecutive year. Headliners included The Raconteurs, Soundgarden and Blink 182, while the festival also featured Girl Talk, Band of Horses, TV on the Radio and many others. Check out Mark C. Austin's photos from this year's Voodoo Music Experience below.  read more

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2011 Austin City Limits Day Two Recap

2011 Austin City Limits Day Two Recap

Vendor peddling shirts outside of the festival Saturday night: "You'll never have a volume problem with a Stevie Wonder T-shirt!"  read more

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Austin City Limits Announces Season 37 Lineup

<i>Austin City Limits</i> Announces Season 37 Lineup

Austin City Limits has announced the line-up for their 37th season. This will be the first season that every show will be taped in the newly build Moody Theatre since the historic Studio 6A was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.  read more

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Del McCoury and Preservation Hall Jazz Band: American Legacies

Del McCoury and Preservation Hall Jazz Band: <em>American Legacies</em>

The intersection of bluegrass and jazz isn’t exactly a bustling one, but the successful fusions of the past - Bela Fleck’s genre-defying albums, David Grisman’s Dawg music - have placed a heavy emphasis on improvisational interplay and breakneck solos. So the meeting of Dixieland revivalists The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and bluegrass traditionalists The Del McCoury Band is more than a little perplexing and intriguing. Both have had their forays into adventurous musical waters....  read more

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Five Albums that Celebrate New Orleans and its Indomitable Music

Five Albums that Celebrate New Orleans and its Indomitable Music

It's been five years since Hurricane Katrina unleashed her fury on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast...  read more

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Newport Folk Festival Announces 2010 Schedule

Newport Folk Festival Announces 2010 Schedule

George Wein’s annual celebration of all things rootsy, the Newport Folk Festival, is back in 2010 with another solid lineup including the likes of Brandi Carlisle, The Swell Season, Punch Brothers and John Prine. Today, set times for these and all other Newport Folk Festival artists were announced via the event’s website....  read more

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band, My Morning Jacket and Amy Lavelle Photos - New Orleans, LA - Preservation Hall - 4/24/10

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, My Morning Jacket and Amy Lavelle Photos - New Orleans, LA - Preservation Hall - 4/24/10

They played for 120 people...  read more

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My Morning Jacket Announces Tour With Preservation Hall Jazz Band

My Morning Jacket Announces Tour With Preservation Hall Jazz Band

There's nothing that brings people together like a little do-gooding...  read more

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Pearl Jam, Drake, MMJ, Levon Helm, Van Morrison, Many More Highlight New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2010 Lineup

Pearl Jam, Drake, MMJ, Levon Helm, Van Morrison, Many More Highlight New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2010 Lineup

Even after conducting the most thorough examination of Pearl Jam possible, we never would have been able to picture nor predict where Eddie Vedder would lend his trademark vocals next: the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival....  read more

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Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Brandi Carlile, Many More Featured on Preservation Hall Jazz Band Comp

Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Brandi Carlile, Many More Featured on Preservation Hall Jazz Band Comp

As Tom Waits first noted last month, he will be one of several notable folks featured on the latest project by New Orleans’ Preservation Jazz Hall Band....  read more

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