The French Quarter Festival, the free four-day festival in New Orleans with 22 stages of music throughout the French Quarter, kicked off on Thursday and continued through the weekend, hosting over 800 local musicians for […]
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mardigrass and urbangrass: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Del McCoury, Chris Thile & Michael Daves at WNYC’s Green Space
On Wednesday, I scored some tickets to see two amazing collaborations of music in less than 60 minutes at WNYC’s Green Space, a studio in TriBeCa with 125 seats for live, on-air concerts and discussion […]
the backstory: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall
A Spanish tavern in the 1800s, Preservation Hall opened in New Orleans in 1961, as a humble jazz spot with no running water or air conditioning and a few benches for patrons. Today Preservation Hall […]
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