Music and Culture Are Crucial To New Orleans’ Future | @offbeatmagazine
We need to come together with one vision—and no individual agendas—to make sure that our music and culture is a part of the mayoral platform of all candidates.
Kermit Ruffins featured on AmericanWay Magazine | American Airlines
Kermit Ruffins, Basin Street recording artist, is featured on the cover of AmericanWay, AmericanAirlines monthly magazine.
Kermit Ruffins is a jazz trumpeter, singer and composer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Ruffins co-founded the Rebirth Brass Band in 1983 and made his first recordings with Rebirth in 1984. In 1992 hee started the Barbecue Swingers, a traditional jazz quintet. Kermit’s signature is cooking barbecue at his shows, and every Thursday since the early ’90s, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers have played at Vaughan’s Bar in the Bywater neighborhood.
Free New Orleans related Movie & TV Show Previews | amazon.com
Watch movie previews from the latest blockbusters and TV shows from the Amazon Video On Demand digital video store. The Amazon Video On Demand store has thousands of high quality TV shows, movies, and more for you to purchase or rent. We’ve filled this digital store with New Orleans related content.
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2010: Pearl Jam Van Morrison Aretha Franklin headliners #jazzfest #nola
Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Lionel Richie, The Neville Brothers,Allman Brothers Band, Anita Baker, My Morning Jacket, Darius Rucker, Widespread Panic Among Hundreds Scheduled to Appear at 41st Jazz & Heritage Festival…
Metromix Launches in New Orleans and 27 Additional U.S. Markets | Yahoo! Finance
Metromix is a national network of local entertainment Web sites targeting 21- to 34-year-olds with information on where to go and what to do. Metromix was formed through a joint venture between Gannett Co., Inc. and Tribune Company, two of the country’s largest media companies with newspapers, TV stations and Web sites in the nation’s top markets. Metromix recently expanded into 27 new cities extending its reach to more than 50 top U.S. markets, including New York and Chicago.
J-Grad works to keep Jewish grads in New Orleans | Daily World
J-Grad is the latest in a series of aggressive recruiting efforts to reinvigorate the Jewish community since Katrina drove off an estimated 30 percent of its population.
In New Orleans, Chaos in the Streets, and in Police Ranks Too - ProPublica
A fresh examination of the post-Hurricane Katrina period — a joint effort by ProPublica, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and PBS “Frontline” — raises additional questions about the actions of police who shot civilians. It also reveals deep flaws in the department’s efforts to investigate its officers’ use of deadly force in the chaos after the storm.
Kelly Clarkson Helps Out With New Orleans Charity | Contactmusic News
Kelly Clarkson showed her charitable side on Saturday (12Dec09) by taking to the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana to lend a hand for a festive charity drive.
