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Voodoo Experience wants you to worship the music

When Muddy Waters referenced a "gypsy woman" in the song of the same name, he was giving a shout out to traditions of Louisiana's long-standing voodoo culture. New Orleans continues to celebrate those traditions with its 10th annual Voodoo Music Experience. And while the name may sound rather ominous to those not in the know, the experience is more of the musical variety than the hexing one....  read more

R.E.M., STP, NIN, more headline Voodoo Music Experience

With this year’s Jazz & Heritage Fest already halfway over, another New Orleans music extravaganza is already shaping up. The 10th New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience will be held October 24-26 at New Orleans’ City Park with R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots set to headline. The Neville Brothers, New Orleans’ First Family of Funk, returned to New Orleans for their first performance since Katrina for this year’s Jazz Fest and will make their first appearance at Voodoo Fest this year as well. Other local acts including the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Irving Mayfield’s New Orleans Jazz Orchestra...  read more