NEW ORLEANS MUSIC NEWS

The latest music updates from New Orleans and South Louisiana

The Rebirth Brass Band play their longstanding weekly brass throwdown at the Maple Leaf. Retro chanteuse Linnzi Zaorski performs upstairs at Mimi’s in the Marigny. The Cottonmouth Kings play dba.   Full story »

New Orleans musician, songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint will be honored on March 15 in New York City for his efforts in the arts and arts education. Young Audiences New York will honor Toussaint at their 9th Children’s Arts Awards ceremony. Fellow award recipients include: Tim Spengler, president, Initiative North America; Michael Dorf, philanthropist and entrepreneur and Hazel N.... Full story »

Hundreds of area percussionists from first grade through high school gathered Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Sophie B. Wright Charter School for a mini-camp hosted by Professor Johnny Lee Lane and the Louisiana Drumline Camp. See all photos from this gallery  Full story »

Slowhand, this wasn’t. Clapton raced through a 95 minute greatest-hits recital Saturday night.  Full story »

Wild local personality Ready Teddy does handstands and upbeat blues at the Apple Barrel. Bob French and his Original Tuxedo Jazz Band perform at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta. Jazz vocalist Sasha Masakowski performs with her dad, guitar virtuoso Steve Masakowski, at Chickie Wah Wah.   Full story »

Friday’s show amounted to either a modest festival or an overstuffed “regular” concert. Full story »

The members of the Imagination Movers, clockwise from top: Scott Durbin, Dave Poche, Rich Collins and Scott "Smitty" Smith in "Imagination Movers: Warehouse Mouse Edition." The Imagination Movers play a kid-friendly afternoon show at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. Charles Moore (brother of Deacon John) plays two sets of classic jazz guitar at Snug Harbor. Washboard Chaz’s Palmetto Bug Stompers... Full story »

As many as 3,000 young fans and parents have flocked their shows throughout the country.  Full story »

B.G. stands for Baby Gangsta, and that’s not just a name: the Uptown-born rapper recorded his first album for Cash Money Records, along with a 12-year-old Lil Wayne, at age 15. B.G. went on to become a member of the label’s 90’s supergroup the Hot Boys and to impact the English language forever with his 1999 hit “Bling Bling.”... Full story »

Rotary Downs releases their new album Friday.Rotary Downs may be proof positive that slow and steady does, indeed, win the race. For 11 years, they’ve meandered along with a gentle ebb and flow through four albums, a couple of lineup changes and measured accolades (like their 2007 credit as one of NPR Morning Edition’s Top 10 Unknown Artists for... Full story »

New Orleans rockers Rotary Downs have released Cracked Maps & Blue Reports. The band hosts a release party at One Eyed Jacks March 5, 2010. The CD will be available at the show and in local music stores.  Full story »

A concert honoring Jimmie Rodgers, the "father of country music, " is set for Saturday in the Greater Covington Center. The concert features David Doucet of BeauSoleil, Don Vappie and the Jimmie Rodgers Tribute Jazz Band and the Louisiana Purchase Bluegrass Band. The concert is at 7 p.m. in the Fuhrmann Auditorium at the center, 317 N. Jefferson Ave.... Full story »

The first soiree is dedicated to the memory of Juanita Brooks, jazz and gospel singer. Full story »

Photo by Aubrey Edwards 10th Ward Buck is a man of many talents. As a recording artist, he’s best known for his breakneck-speed bounce song “Drop And Gimme 50,” which was also recorded in 2007 by Hurricane Chris and Mike Jones.  Along with business partner and playwright Lucky Johnson, he produced the popular bounce musical “Catch Dat Beat,” which... Full story »

The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, along with the Louisiana State Museum, host a gala tribute to New Orleans music royalty Cosimo Matassa and Dave Bartholomew at the Louisiana State Museum's Cabildo in Jackson Square. Dozens of the "unsung heroes" of R&B, blues, funk and soul who grace the Stomp stage each year have been touched by Matassa and Bartholomew, not... Full story »