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ReBuild Your Own New Orleans Garage Band

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 06.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Garage Band, Nomrf, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, New Orleans Charity, Rem, Fender Squier, Dr. John, Entertainment News

Almost three years post-Katrina, touring musicians are struggling with higher gas prices and can use help staying out on the road. Please join us in getting the next generation of New Orleans musicians started out right.

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Last Post from Jazzfest: Dr. John's Tricknology by Osmosis

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Herlin Riley, Wwoz, Bob French, Dr. John, New Orleans, New Orleans Musicians, Entertainment News

Friday afternoon New Orleans drummer Herlin Riley stopped by New Orleans' WWOZ studio for Bob French's show with Dr. John, otherwise known as Mac Rebe...

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Rocky Road: Time Defends McCain's New Orleans Gaffe

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.30.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Johnny Sansone, John McCain, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Time Magazine, Dr. John, Jazzfest, Barack Obama, McCain Gaffe, Ninth Ward, Ice Cream Gate, Mccain Ninthe Ward, Clinton Ninth Ward, Mccain Press, Ice Cream Mccain, Mccain Senior Moment, Time Magazine Mccain, Home News

Senator McCain's tossed off semi-proposal to "tear down the Ninth Ward" if needs be is redundant at best. The tearing down was already done by a massive federal levee failure almost three years ago.

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Free at Last: Second Liners Released From Charges

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans Musicians, Dr. John, Katrina, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Normf, Entertainment News

How many New Orleans musicians have died of heartbreak before they had a chance to move back?

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Come Kitty Kitty Come Come - The Doctor is Pissed

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Dr. John, Rev. Goat Carson, Wetlands, Grammy, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Politics News

You know you've been to a great show when the drummer introduces the headliner for his encore as "One pissed off motherfucker." In New Orleans last...

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New Orleans Musicians Charity Goes Greener

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.13.2007 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Rem, Dr. John, The dB's, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, The Giving Life, Living News

Two thirds of America is wary of where their New Orleans charity donations have gone, according to a new University of New Orleans survey, so this is ...

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Play it Again: New Orleans Musician's Donated Van Stolen

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.05.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Nomrf, New Orleans, Brad Pitt, New Birth Brass Band, Dr. John, Martin Luther King, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Leah Chase, Rem, Entertainment News

When Cayetano (Tanio) Hingle applied for transportation from the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund, a family in Baton Rouge had just decided to dona...

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Seasons Greetings from the Flyover States (and Thanks Brad Pitt)

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Drew Brees, Branford Marsalis, Brad Pitt, Drew Dat, Make It Right, Habitat for Humanity Musicians Village, Angelina Jolie, Rem, Jr., Harry Connick, Dr. John, Saving NOLA Now, Global Green, New Orleans, Mike Mills, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Living News

Please consider heading south to New Orleans for the best live local music around: tourism is one of the most important components helping the artists who have made it home able to stay there.

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Warn the Villagers, It's Thankenstein

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.21.2007 | Living

Read More: Thanksgiving, Dr. John, Larry David, Nomrf, New Orleans, The Simpsons, Milwaukee, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

The challenge of reflecting on two years of generosity from strangers after Hurricane Katrina is a thank you column that could fill the blogosphere and swallow Thanksgiving.

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Steven Paul Mark On Colbert, Writers' Strike

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.18.2007 | Home

Read More: Writers Strike Opinion Page, Stephen Colbert, Linda Ellerbee, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, Cokie Roberts, The Daily Show, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Lou Dobbs, Dr. John, Writers' Strike, Writers' Strike News, George Bush, Home News

I recently sat down with Steven Paul Mark, formerly of Comedy Central, and chatted about the writers' strike, Colbert For President, and the Daily Show blackout's impact on campaign overage.

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