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Ready for Mardi Gras? Galactic Drops Carnivale Electricos, and Stanton Moore Talks About It

Sal Nunziato | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Galactic, Big Freedia, Stanton Moore, Irma Thomas, Mardi Gras, Allen Toussaint, French Quarter, Fat Tuesday, Brazil, Bounce., Hip-Hop, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

It seemed inevitable, but we finally have New Orleans premier band celebrating Mardi Gras on a new record.

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Let Them Talk: Chatting With House's Hugh Laurie, Dar Williams and The Axis of Awesome, Plus Cal Ecker's "Time After Time" Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Cruella De Vil, Tom Jones, Scrubs, Christopher Guest, Hugh Laurie, Otis Spann, Family Guy, Two and a Half Men, Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo, Grey's Anatomy, Louis Armstrong, David Hasselhoff, Irma Thomas, Journey, Dar Williams, Benny Davis, David Bowie, Barbara Bush, Elvis Costello, Glee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Walt Disney, Muddy Waters, Joshua Radin, Axis of Awesome, 101 Dalmations, Nora Jones, Dr. John, Robert Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Spinal Tap, Leadbelly, Joe Henry, Jack Johnson, Randy Newman, George Holland, Allen Toussaint, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Hugh Laurie has a new album, Let Them Talk, which is New Orleans blues based. Here he discusses how he came up with that idea.

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An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Inner Circle, The O'Jays, Imogen Heap, The Adventures, Janis Ian, Cate Bros., Rubicon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Beach Boys, Woody Guthrie, Eric Burdon, REO Speedwagon, Otis Redding, Now That's What I Call Country, Matt Hires, Mark Schultz, Jack Ingram, Smile Empty Soul, Roy Hargrove, Billy Ocean, Cheap Trick, Rory Gallagher, David Guetta, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Michael Bolton, Queen Latifah, Matisyahu, Robert Glasper, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Cass Elliot, Neil Diamond, The Casualties, Roberta Gambarini, Patton Oswalt, George Benson, Elvis Presley, Phil Stacey, Tim Buckley, Delores O'Rioran, Carmen Appice, The Mamas & the Papas, Al Jarreau, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Entertainment News, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, The Dukes, Paul Revere & the Raiders, 16 Horsepower, Collective Soul, Fun., Alan O'Day, Pilot, Now That's What I Call Music, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Da Housecat, Teddy Pendergrass, The Subdudes, James Carter, Adam Ant, Colbie Caillat, Arctic Monkeys, Jeff Golub, Jackie DeShannon, Island Records, Fame, Woodstock, Sounds of Blackness, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Smokie Norful, Irma Thomas, Mew, Tanya Stephens, Brian Bromberg, Willie Nelson, Jack Wagner, The New City Ramblers, Mott the Hoople, Love and Theft, New Releases, Deryl Dodd, Cross Country, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, Kenny G, Jet, Niti Sawhney, Vander Graaf Generator, Sally Shapiro, John Denver, Jason Aldeean, Smokey Robinson, Taking Woodstock, Vandaveer, Najee, Selah, Needtobreathe, Latoya, Strawbs, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Advocate, Lgbt, Sony Legacy, Verve Records, Roberta Flack, Leonard Bernstein, Grammy, Ang Lee, Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler, Gramma Awards, Saturday Night Live, Wbai, Wnew, Miami Vice, Dar Williams, Birthers, Fox News, Cher, Teabaggers, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Mel Torme, Death Panel, Nina Simone, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."

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Fan-Funding With Jonah Smith, Plus Chris Bell, Stephen Stills, and Manassas Updates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malcolm Burn, Bonnie Raitt, Nash, Sonya Kitchell, Paypal, George Martin, Keith Sykes, Sam Cooke, John Prine, John Hiatt, Otis Redding, The Beatles, Big Star, Sam Nelson, Rufus Thomas, Rick Nelson, Malcolm Holcombe, Buffalo Springfield, Ellis Paul, Little Feat, Stephen Stills, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Irma Thomas, Nancy Bryan, John Freese, Stax Records, The Byrds, Jill Sobule, R&b, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Crosby Stills & Nash, Carrie Rodriquez, Stax, Erin McKeown, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jonah Smith, H Is Orange, Ann Peebles, Singer-Songwriter, Entertainment News, Graham, Ricky Nelson, Lowell George, Youtube, Chris Bell, Geoff Emerick, Relix Records, Marvin Gaye, Icewater, Alex Chilton, Relix, Ken Woodley, Manassas, Richard Rosebrough, Bob Hillman, Suzanne Vega, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

While most of his contemporaries have the fantasy of signing the bottom line of a label contract, Jonah Smith has rejected a record company's offer instead.

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Beyond Thunderdome: Tina Turner's Greatest vs. Nikka Costa's Latest

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Zoolander, Duffy, Ken Russell, Tina Turner, Elizabeth Lea, EMI Records, Robert Palmer, Sarah Palin, Motown Records, Aretha Franklin, Marilyn Monroe, Concord Records, Blondie, The Who, Chaka Khan, Nikka Costa, Irma Thomas, Capitol Records, Tokyo, Jan Brady, Stax Records, Johnny Guitar Watson, R&b, The Brady Bunch, Ike & Tina Turner, Nona Hendryx, Gospel, Mad Max, Mother's Finest, Los Angeles, Ann Peebles, Japan, Don Costa, Virgin Records, Beyond Thunderdome, Mel Gibson, Al Green, Sly Stone, Tommy Hilfiger, El Rey, Pete Townsend, Frank Sinatra, Pop, Joyce Kennedy, Thunderdome, Tommy, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Competing for the title "Best Female Pop-R&B Artist Deserving Your Limited CD Dollars" come two fierce competitors, both with new projects worthy of your consideration.

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New Orleans' Musicians Take Message to DNC and RNC

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Convention, New Orleans, Hurrican Recovery, Rnc, Jazz, Cyril Neville, Irma Thomas, Dnc, Wetlands, Blues, Music, Tab Benoit, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

On August 24 Tab Benoit and the Voice of the Wetlands All Stars have accomplished something that is quite remarkable -- they will open the Democratic Convention.

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