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Music highlights in New Orleans for Thursday, Nov. 20
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Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune
Thursday November 13, 2008, 5:00 AM
Seguenon Kone joins Jason Marsalis and Michael White on Nov. 20 at Snug Harbor.Snug Harbor hosts a night of cultural cross-pollination when the Ivory Coast multi-instrumentalist Seguenon Kone -- now based here -- teams up with local clarinetist Michael White and percussionist/vibraphonist Jason Marsalis; this "fatien, " or heritage, ensemble also features Boubacar Cissoko of Senegal and Diarra Zumane of Ivory Coast and locals Margie Perez, Matt Perrine and Rex Gregory.
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View commentsCash Money Records to give away Thanksgiving turkeys
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Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday November 19, 2008, 8:03 PM
The principals of Cash Money Records, the wildly successful rap label born on the streets of New Orleans, have more or less moved their base of operations to Miami. But label co-founders Bryan "Birdman" and Ronald "Slim" Williams are returning to their old neighborhood for Cash Money's annual turkey giveaway.
Jeremy Davenport signs with Basin Street Records
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Basin Street Records
Wednesday November 19, 2008, 4:52 PM
Jeremy DavenportMark Samuels, president and founder of the award-winning New Orleans' based record label, Basin Street Records, is pleased to announce the label has signed an exclusive recording agreement with trumpeter/vocalist/composer Jeremy Davenport. The first recording of this two record deal is scheduled to begin next month with a proposed spring 2009 release date.
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Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday November 19, 2008, 5:00 AM
It's Swing Night with Joe Krown at the Mid-City Lanes. Gal Holiday kicks up her heels at the Blue Nile. Ellis Marsalis returns to UNO to perform in the University Center for the "Jazz at the Sandbar" series.
Motley Crue is coming to New Orleans
by Keith Spera, Music writer, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday November 18, 2008, 4:12 PM
Motley CrueVeteran hard rock band Motley Crue is scheduled to headline the New Orleans Arena on Feb. 28, topping a bill that also includes Hinder, Theory of a Deadman and The Last Vegas.
Radio documentary about Jonathan Freilich is as wide-ranging as guitarist's career
by Dave Walker, TV columnist, The Times-Picayune Tuesday November 18, 2008, 11:19 AM
Jonathan Freilich, Founder of the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars and the subject of David Kunian's latest radio documentary.
Regarding the subject of David Kunian's latest radio documentary, it's OK to ask:
Why Jonathan Freilich?
Founder of the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, Freilich doesn't appear to fit the near-mythological mold of some of Kunian's other radio-documentary subjects, who over the years have included drummer and composer James Black, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones and Earl King.
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by The Associated Press
Tuesday November 18, 2008, 9:13 AM
Ralph Joseph "Jody" Reynolds, the rockabilly singer and songwriter whose lone hit "Endless Sleep" in the 1950s ushered in a wave of tragic teen pop songs, died Nov. 7. He was 75.
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Tuesday November 18, 2008, 9:06 AM
Willie ClaytonGREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Some of the Delta's most popular blues artists are scheduled to perform at the second Mississippi Blues Fest in March.
Willie Clayton, T.K. Soul, Vick Allen and J. Blackfoot will be featured at the Leflore County Civic Center Saturday, March 7, 2009.
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