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It's an old joke: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" Answer: "Practice, practice, practice.” And that’s exactly how more than ...
Discover how New Orleans' cultural blend created jazz through 7 pivotal developments, from Congo Square gatherings to Louis Armstrong's revolutionary playing.
In 1959, the New Orleans native Dukes of Dixieland were the “number one jazz combo in the country,” according to Ed Sullivan, and just a few years removed from headlining at the Famous Door in ...
The first two singles from the Doobie Brothers’ fourth album failed to catch fire. So it was a surprise when “Black Water,” the third offering from 1974’s What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, went to ...
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Earlier this week, other videos made by Antoine Massey surfaced on social media, leading authorities to raid a New Orleans home.
For one evening, the Silver Lining Serenaders will make the garden at The Crepe Place feel like a party on Bourbon Street. The New Orleans duo will bring their blend of Dixieland jazz and Western s… ...
On Thursday, the Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch visited the American Banjo Museum to learn more about an upcoming Mardi Gras event.
Exchanging his tux for shirt sleeves and slacks, Drummer Krupa, who had his first taste of jazz from Louis Armstrong and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings back in the ’20s, said with a big grin ...
See how prisoners escaped from Orleans Parish Prison, where 5 of 10 the inmates were caught, and the charges against those still at-large.
A Louisiana state law passed just last year bans the very policies that make New Orleans a sanctuary city, the only one in the Gulf states.
Jim moved to New Orleans in 2018, to front a new Jazz Band, The Assunto Dukes Tribute, who play the music of Frank and Freddie Assunto, who were The Original Dukes of Dixieland.