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The Old-School NOLA Charms of Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Social and Pleasure Clubs, The Pitch, Roger Lewis, Treme, Music, Marching Bands, Kevin Harris, David Simon, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Entertainment News

Few bands today embody the Crescent City sound and lifestyle as wholly as Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

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'Game of Thrones,' 'Homeland' & More Win Peabodys

HuffingtonPost.com | Maureen Ryan | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Game of Thrones, Peabody Awards 2012, Homeland, Cnn, Treme, Maureen Ryan, Al Jazeera, Colbert Report, Peabody Awards, TV News

The winners of the George Foster Peabody Awards were announced Wednesday morning, and among the entertainment winners are "Game of Thrones," "Parks an...

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BlackVoices History Quest: New Orleans

Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Adventure and Educational Travel, Family Trips, Video, Bv-Sunday, New Orleans, Family Road Trips, Black History Museums, Road Trips, Treme, Travel, New Orleans Black History, Slidepollajax, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in New Orleans. You can plan a trip with your family to these places with the helpful ...

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15 TV Stars Who've Won Oscars

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Pbs, Oscars 2012, Tnt, Jeremy Irons, Academy Awards, Fx, Mary Steenburgen, Downton Abbey, Treme, Academy Awards 2012, NCIS LA, Cbs, Leverage, American Horror Story, Marlee Matlin, Outlaw Country, True Blood, Anna Paquin, Video, Anjelica Houston Smash, Abc, Nbc, NCIS Los Angeles, Dustin Hoffman, Luck, Switched at Birth, Cloris Leachman FOX, Academy Award Winners, Oscar Winners, Hbo, Linda Hunt, Masterpiece, The View, Maggie Smith, Jessica Lange, Tv, Bored to Death, Whoopi Goldberg, TV Canada, Shirley MacLaine, 30 Rock, Kathy Bates, ABC Family, Oscars, Harry's Law, Raising Hope, Melissa Leo, Timothy Hutton, The Borgias, TV News

The Oscars will crown a new crop of Hollywood royalty when the winners are announced during the Sun., Feb. 26 ceremony (8 p.m. EST on ABC); but many p...

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'Treme' Season 3 Delayed: Scoop On Season 3

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Video, Canada Tv, Treme Hbo, Hbo, Occupy Wall Street, Treme, Anthony Hemingway, HBO Treme, Treme Delayed Until Fall, Treme Delayed, Occupy Movement, Rebuilding New Orleans, TV News

Fans of the acclaimed HBO drama "Treme" will have to wait longer than expected for the third season of David Simon's tale of life in post-Katrina New ...

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A Blue Note Gospel

Rev. Otis Moss III | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: New Orleans, New Orleans-Louisiana, Blue Note Gospel, Sunday-Sermon, Treme, Prayer, Blue Note, Rebuilding New Orleans, Black Voices News

Many times God will bring out new colors when we experience the blues of a storm -- we must allow, the tears of God to beat across the canvas of our soul and God will paint a new picture in our spirit.

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Maroon 5 with Travie McCoy on SNL, Plus Chatting with Vince Gill, Trombone Shorty and Paul Rodgers

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, Trombone Shorty, Maroon 5, Warren Haynes, Sam Cooke, Garah Gill, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, Bad Company, Stevie Wonder, Gerry Rafferty, Rosanne Cash, Pete Wasner, Ashley Monroe, Maggie Bell, Corrina Gill, Detective, Rick Rubin, Muddy Waters, Vince Gill, The Everly Brothers, Steve Lukather, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, Jasmine Rogers, Booker T. And the MGs, Dylan O'brien, U2, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Jazz Fest, Po' Folks, Solid Gold, Gym Class Heroes, Brad Paisley, Jenny Gill, Pure Prairie League, Tuba Fatts, Eric Clapton, Slash, Elmore James, Pistol Annies, Paul Kossoff, Keith Urban, The Firm, Treme, Queen, Neal Schon, Bob Ezrin, Travie McCoy, Will Owsley, Robert Lucas, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Ian Hatton, Amy Grant, Louis Armstrong, Carly Simon, Alison Krauss, James Brown, Les Paul, Bekka Bramlett, Green Day, Free, Paul Rogers, American Bandstand, Canned Heat, Luther Allison, Mr. Haney, John Lee Hooker, Lenny Kravitz, Green Acres, The Ministry, Jimi Hendrix, Nin, James Taylor, Entertainment News

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Steve Earle: Still Singing, and Acting, Against the Death Penalty

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Murder, Death Penalty Executions, Troy Davis, Capital Punishment, Crime, Steve Earle, Treme, Lethal Injections, Politics News

It was hardly a surprise that my favorite songwriter/actor/novelist Steve Earle got involved in activism surrounding the execution of Troy Davis by the state of Georgia last week.

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'Treme' Creator: Show Will Address BP Disaster, If It Lasts

loop21.com | Brentin Mock | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Bp, The Wire, New Orleans, Television, Hbo, Treme, BP Oil Spill, Bp Disaster, David Simon, Black Voices News

David Simon, creator of "The Wire," the HBO series considered by many to be the best television show ever, and "Treme," also on HBO, which chronicles ...

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Treme's Michael Cerveris To Join Evita Cast On Broadway

AP | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Broadway, Treme, Evita, Evita Broadway, Michael Cerveris, Treme Michael Cerveris, Culture News

NEW YORK -- Michael Cerveris will be joining Ricky Martin and Elena Roger in the Broadway revival of "Evita." Producers announced Monday that Cerveri...

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Why The BBC Should Welcome Sky Atlantic's Spending Power

Andy Welch | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: The Sopranos, Kate Winslet, Game of Thrones, Mildred Pierce, Bbc, The Wire, Treme, Uktv, Boardwalk Empire, Nurse Jackie, Uktvdrama, Six Feet Under, Uktvdocumentary, UK Entertainment News

Another day, another press release announcing a new series heading to Sky Atlantic. Last month the channel announced they were taking cult favourite Nurse Jackie off BBC Four's hands. It's the latest in a longish list of acquisitions from other channels, Sky's wallet proving too big for the rest of the UK terrestrial broadcasters to compete with. And I say let Sky have them.

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Shannon McNally Celebrates Her Spirit of Independence Days

Michael Bialas | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Shannon McNally, Wallace Lester, Treme, Steve Earle, Kickstarter, Bobby Charles, Colorado, Mississippi, Concert, David Simon, Entertainment News

Shannon McNally could be like one of those characters in Treme, the critically acclaimed HBO series about New Orleans musicians surviving in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She already knows the part by heart.

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Did Treme's Emmy Nod Get Lost In The Mail?

AP | By FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Treme Hbo, Treme Emmy Nomination, Hbo, Treme, Treme Emmys, Tv, Treme Tv Show, Culture News

NEW YORK -- Problem solved? It would've been embarrassing to overlook Melissa Leo when handing out the Emmy nominations this year. After all, just fi...

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Steve Earle: America's Hardcore Troubadour

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Hbo, Treme, New Orleans, Steve Earle, William Gibson, New Orleans Musicians, House of Blues, Will Rigby, Gulf Oil Spill, SaveWorkers.Org, Television, Music, Entertainment News

Steve Earle played "This City" for a New Orleans audience last night, telling us a song is done when you play it for the people you wrote it for. "Now...

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Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Sarah McLachlan Go to Telluride Bluegrass Heaven (Day 1)

Michael Bialas | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Melissa McClelland, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Chris Masterson, Abigail Washburn, Bridal Veil Falls, Eleanor Whitmore, Treme, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Colorado, Sarah McLachlan, Elks Park, Entertainment News

"The first time I played here, which was about 15 years ago I guess, I looked up during the set and saw the waterfall and forgot the entire second verse of the song I was playing."

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Imitation of Life: Fact Versus Fiction

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Treme, Eric Overmyer, Back of Town, David Simon, Writing, Television, Fiction, HBO Treme, Celebrities, Nicolas Cage, Art, Arts News

With musicians and other locals often playing themselves, Treme runs through real-life New Orleans, splashing onto everyone eventually.

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Is Teach for America Becoming 'Too Big to Fail?'

Sam Chaltain | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Education, Hbo, Community, Treme, Community Organizing, Wendy Kopp, Teach for America, Education Reform, Teachers, Teaching, Education News

Some hail it as the solution to our need for highly qualified teachers in every classroom. Others define it as a stopgap measure based on a model so transitory to make it dangerous at best, and racist at worst.

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Eric Ripert, Tom Colicchio Appear On 'Treme' Again

Eater National | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Celebrity Chefs, Eric Ripert, Treme, Food Tv, Le Bernardin, Tom Colicchio, Chef Cameos, Food News

On last night's episode of Treme, Tom Colicchio and Eric Ripert had their very own cameos, with multiple lines and everything. ...

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Alan Richman Gets A Sazerac Thrown In His Face On 'Treme

Eater National | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Alan Richman, Anthony Bourdain, Celebrity Chefs, Food Critics, Alan Richman Treme, Treme, Food Tv, Food News

Back in February it was announced that Anthony Bourdain was going to be writing scenes for Treme and that restaurant critic Alan Richman had agreed to...

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New Orleans Jazz Fest Honors 100 Years of Soulitude (PHOTOS)

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Treme, Arcade Fire, New Orleans Musicians, James Andrews, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Willie Nelson, John Boutte, Mahalia Jackson, Slidepollajax, New Orleans, Music, Jazz Fest, Jazzfest, Travel, Television, Photography, Jazz, Entertainment News

It's impossible to decide which was the biggest love-in of the day: 99-year-old Lionel Ferbos singing "When You're Smiling" or John Boutte who wrote HBO's Treme theme song.

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Treme & Beyond: Conversations with Steve Earle, The Belle Brigade and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Dvorak, Csny, Arlo Guthrie, Aaron Arntz, Dwight Yoakam, Bram Inscore, Alison Krauss, Andy Cabic, Treme, Steve Earle, Paul Simon, The Belle Brigade, The Beach Boys, The Everely Brothers, Woody Guthrie, Thom Monohan, Joan Baez, Ink Spots, Beatles, Bill Mumy, Johnny Irion, Jo Hill, Little Feat, Harlan Silver, Gary Louris, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Katrina, Allison Moorer, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Kimmel, Harley Watt, Babylon 5, Mike Finnigan, Hank Williams, The Byrds, T-Bone Burnett, Simon & Garfunkel, Thomas Steinbeck, Johnny Cash, Liuzza's, Hoyt Axton, John Williams, Jay Gruska, The Jayhawks, Mark Olsen, Monsanto, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt, June Carter, Robert Plant, Lowell George, Randy Newman, Matthew Wilder, Blake Mills, Gram Parsons, Barbara Gruska, Joni Mitchell, Ethan Gruska, James Taylor, Allen Toussaint, Low Rider Music, Tipitinas, Nillson, Entertainment News

Steve Earle spoke to me from Liuzza's in New Orleans, where he had just ordered a Po Boy, and where he is currently filming the second season of HBO's Treme.

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Lucia Micarelli Separates Fact From Fiction Before Season 2 of Treme

Michael Bialas | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Treme, Treme Season 2, Treme Hbo, Treme Season 1, Television, Hbo Treme Season 2, HBO Treme, Lucia Micarelli, Entertainment News

The up-and-coming performer took some extra time to dispel rumors, debunk myths and separate fact from fiction (with mild spoiler alerts).

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River of Love: Susan Cowsill at French Quarter Fest

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 06.10.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Treme, Susan Cowsill, French Quarter Festival, Shamarr Allen, Music, Entertainment News

This is a hard story to put into words since it's not mine to tell, but Susan Cowsill has a way of giving you a window into the heart of what she's li...

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Melissa Leo -- She's a Fighter

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

She's been a working actor for almost 30 years - having dropped out of Purchase College of the State University of New York to take a role on All My C...

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Boob-Tube: Best Television Of 2010

Jake Arky | Posted 05.25.2011

Now that Snooki's ball has dropped and The Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy is coming to a close, let's look back on the year in television that was 201...

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