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From Blues To Rock To Country
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From Blues To Rock To Country

Samantha Fish’s polished guitar work and engaging vocals are a force to be reckoned with.

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Jazz Fest Bible 2018
Drums In The Bloodline
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Drums In The Bloodline

Weedie Braimah brings the African element to the music.

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Jazz Fest Bible 2018
Bay Area On The Bayou
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Bay Area On The Bayou

San Francisco-based musician and promoter Mitch Stein feels at home in New Orleans.

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4 mins  |
Jazz Fest Bible 2018
Do You Know What It Means?
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Do You Know What It Means?

Kermit Ruffins pays tribute to Louis Armstrong.

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Jazz Fest Bible 2018
Serving Us Right
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Serving Us Right

Ashley Roussel left the volleyball court for the kitchen.

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6 mins  |
September 2017
Second Lineage
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Second Lineage

Second Lineage

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September 2017
Musical Landscapes
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Musical Landscapes

The Crooked Vines take risks and detours while remaining cohesive.

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September 2017
A Utopian Environment
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A Utopian Environment

Stax Records employee Deanie Parker celebrates 60 years.

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September 2017
Nathan Williams, Jr. of Lil' Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers
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Nathan Williams, Jr. of Lil' Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers

Nathan Williams, Jr. of Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers

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June 2018
Woodenhead Plans New Recording
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Woodenhead Plans New Recording

Woodenhead Plans New Recording

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June 2018
Femaissance Forges Activist Art
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Femaissance Forges Activist Art

Granny panties and glitter-covered silicon chicken wings.

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June 2018
Maggie Morgan/Manolito
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Maggie Morgan/Manolito

Maggie Morgan/Manolito

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June 2018
The Posies
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The Posies

The Posies

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June 2018
Chief Of Chiefs
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Chief Of Chiefs

Robert Nathaniel Lee and the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans, 1915-2001.

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May 2018
Sharp Dressed Man
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Sharp Dressed Man

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on taming that beast.

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May 2018
We're Comin' for Ya!
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We're Comin' for Ya!

Cha Wa creates a mashup of Mardi Gras Indian chants and brassy horns.

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May 2018
Calvin Johnson's Pres Hall Series
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Calvin Johnson's Pres Hall Series

“One of his mantras that he would always say to me,” Calvin Johnson Jr. recalls of his uncle—the late, great jazzman Ralph Johnson—from Preservation Hall’s courtyard offices, “was, ‘The world is just waiting for that melody. Until you have it, shut up.’”

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April 2017
Photographer Christopher Briscoe
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Photographer Christopher Briscoe

My feet were blistered and aching after two weeks of nonstop walking through the French Quarter.

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April 2017
Alynda Lee Segarra (of Hurray for the Riff Raff) talks back
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Alynda Lee Segarra (of Hurray for the Riff Raff) talks back

Hurray for the Riff Raff’s new studio record, The Navigator, is a narrative concept album telling the story of a character, Navita, who resembles Alynda. Navita Milagros Negrón grows up poor and vulnerable on urban streets, but empowered by love and community, she overcomes fear to lead her people.

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9 mins  |
April 2017
Big Bites of Street Culture
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Big Bites of Street Culture

Photographer Michelle Elmore’s three new books.

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4 mins  |
April 2017
Keiko Komaki
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Keiko Komaki

Keiko Komaki: My Music

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2 mins  |
December 2017
Susan Cowsill's New Series
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Susan Cowsill's New Series

Echoes of Laurel Canyon

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December 2017
In Memoriam
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In Memoriam

Wendell Albert Eugene (1923 - 2017)

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2 mins  |
December 2017
Tricky Repertoire
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Tricky Repertoire

The Soul Rebels step out of the box

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4 mins  |
December 2017
Michael Pellera
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Michael Pellera

Lifetime Achievement in Music Education:

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January 2018
Anders Osborne
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Anders Osborne

Positive Vibrations HeartBeat Award (Musician):

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4 mins  |
January 2018
300 Songs For 300 Years
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300 Songs For 300 Years

Louisiana roots.

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5 mins  |
April 2018
Renaissance Beats and Ritual Bars
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Renaissance Beats and Ritual Bars

Cavalier is out in the open.

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4 mins  |
April 2018
Bryson Downham/Toups South
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Bryson Downham/Toups South

Bryson Downham/Toups South

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2 mins  |
April 2018
Clarence Johnson III
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Clarence Johnson III

Positive Vibrations HeartBeat Award (Culture Bearer):

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4 mins  |
January 2018