Thursday night will mark a new era on Canal Street when The Joy Theater reopens on December 29th, led by a string of shows and starting with Irma Thomas and Lance Ellis. The following night Cyril Neville's Tribe 13 and Soul Rebels Brass Band will play and Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers will perform [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Lauren Dukoff Yep, it's time for CMJ , aka five nights of running -- or stumbling, on occasion -- around New York City, bouncing from show to show and most likely staying up way too late. We've brought you 78 free MP3s and a 101-song Spotify playlist , and now here's our list of bands we'll be checking out this week, even if it means cutting you [...]
This weekend, the community-organized Gentilly Fest returns for a fourth year of ambitiously tackling the myriad problems facing the historic New Orleans Neighborhood in the wake of not only Katrina, but also the more broad economic decline that has hit the Gentilly area particularly hard. The Gentilly Fest began three years ago as a way to help our community help ourselves. We realized that our first responders did not have funds to adequately equip their facilities with furniture, office supplies and other general small office equipment... [It] also provides an opportunity for neighbors to come together [...]
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival has announced its first round of performing bands and artists including: Portugal. The Man, CSS, Neon Indian, The Wombats, Wild Flag, Metronomy, Talib Kweli, Givers, Zola Jesus, Class Actress, Dum Dum Girls, Art vs. Science, Viva Brother, Davila 666, Eleanor Friedberger, EMA, Jean Grae, Pharoahe Monch, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, US Royalty, Datarock, Kermit Ruffins, The Parlotones, Kvelertak, Sea of Bees, Handsome Furs and Memoryhouse. Hundreds more acts will be announced in the coming weeks, so please visit www.cmj.com/marathon for the latest lineup updates. CMJ Music Marathon 2011 will be [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Daniel Boczarski, Getty Images With summer winding down, it's time to start planning for CMJ , the annual festival where thousands of bands descend on New York City for a few days of rocking. On Tuesday, Aug. 23, the organizers announced the initial lineup and, as usual, it features a great variety of established and up-and-coming acts. This year, CMJ-goers will get to see Portugal. The [...]

The first round of artists for this year's CMJ Music Marathon in NYC were just announced . The music and film festival is set for October 18-22 all around NYC. I still haven't made it out this festival but tons of indie rockers cut their teeth in NYC around this time of year and around the CMJ events. Plus it's a solid way for tons of folks in the industry to get together and finally meet each other face to face as opposed to electronic correspondence only. Maybe I'll make [...]
Alright, folks. Now is the time in Festival Season: Local Edition® that you really earn your stripes. If you thought it was hot during Oysterfest , you better start hydrating now for one of the final entrants in the nearly perpetual calendar of weekend-long musical celebrations. Back for it's 11th year, Satchmo Summerfest is three days of free music, seminars and discussions celebrating the life, legacy and birthday of New Orleans' Native Son, Louis Armstrong. His birthday just so happens to fall during the most brutal stretch the Crescent City sees weather-wise; a time of year when [...]
Following her stop over promo tour Cougar Microbes and Alana Stewart discussed UK venues, Rod Stewart covers and "resurrecting" Lauryn Hill. I'm pretty sure this is how it went down: - Cougar Microbes: Who is Alana Stewart? Describe yourself and your music to the uninitiated. - Alana Stewart: I'm a vocalist & lyricist who tries her [...]

" New Orleans' favorite trumpeter, Kermit Ruffins , wrote this tune last year and got what he asked for – a Saints Super Bowl victory. This season, the Crescent City is asking Santa for another Super Bowl ring. Download now and sing it loud enough so Santa can hear you at the North Pole! " MP3 : Kermit Ruffins - A Saints Christmas [direct download - right click and save as]

IODAcast 083, A Holiday Special Featuring: Pink Martini, Kermit Ruffins, Dr. Elmo and more. Pink Martini "We Three Kings" (mp3) from "Joy to the World" (Heinz Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Sounds Of [...]

Kermit Ruffins made a Christmas wish and it came true. Listen to "A Saints Christmas" here. http://www.facebook.com/Kermit Ruffins
Albums Matt and Kim – "Sidewalks" The duo of Brooklynites may be challenging their title as an alt-rock band with their latest album, as they may be a little more techno after this recent showing. This slight shift in a different direction is a definite plus as nearly every song on the album is catchy and deserves many iPod plays. Susan Boyle – "The Gift" A while ago the troll-like singing phenomenon became an internet superstar when she proved the old, "you can't judge a book by its [...]

IODAcast 080, Featuring: Kermit Ruffins, 1982, Gold Panda and more. Gold Panda "Snow & Taxis" (mp3) from "Snow & Taxis" (Ghostly International) More On This Album 1982 "Life Is What You Make It (feat. Saigon & [...]
To celebrate today's crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Atlantic/Pacific, Dave Beck, Cashes Rivers, Juliette Commagere, Deluka, the Octopus Project, Paleo, Parallels, Kermit Ruffins, the Sainte Catherines, Small Black, Sorry No Ferrari, Sun Airway, the War On Drugs, Warpaint and Wolf & Cub. Also, vote for your favorite of today's new releases.
Kermit Ruffins to Perform at BAM's Red Hot + New Orleans, Voodoo Fest, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" "Tremé" Star and New Orleans Icon Releases Happy Talk on Oct. 26th via Basin St. Records Listen to " Hey Look Me Over " for a Sample of Happy Talk Special CD Release Party with a big band at Rock & Bowl in NOLA, Nov. 5th "An unabashed entertainer who plays trumpet with a bright, silvery tone." – The New York Times "The best thing I heard… exactly what I was [...]

Trombone Shorty at Virgin Free Fest (09/15/10) Photo : Jon Klemm Andrews and his bandmates, Orleans Avenue, spent nearly an hour effortlessly leap-frogging among nimble jazz, classic New Orleans brass, viscous funk, silky soul - they even puffed their chests out for a take on Lil Wayne's "Lollipop." But audience members didn't move their leaden feet until Andrews and company fled the stage and ventured out into the field for a grand finale march. As the musicians paraded up the hill bleating righteously, fans [...]

Red Hot + New Orleans (Dec 3 & 4, 2010) Tickets for all 2010 Next Wave Festival shows (including Red Hot + New Orleans featuring) are on sale now. Some of the artists taking part in this year's Next Wave Festival include Laurie Anderson, Pina Bausch, Ping Chong, Maya Ciarrocchi, Dr. John, Ralph Lemon, Mark Morris, Heidi Rodewald, Stew, Trombone Shorty, Kermit Ruffins, Ledisi and more.

Filed under: Free MP3 Download of the Day Artist: Kermit Ruffins Hails From: New Orleans Song: 'I Got a Tremé Woman' Album: 'Happy Talk' Sounds Like : Louis Armstrong In Their Words: "I wrote 'I Got a Treme Woman' with the HBO series in mind. And you know a Treme woman is a fun lovin' woman for sure!" [...]
Now that the unofficial end-of-summer signal (aka Lollapalooza) has passed, the days of enjoying your favorite band perform in the great outdoors are numbered. Pretty soon bands will begin taking their acts inside to the warm confines of clubs and arenas , leaving you nature fanatics plum out of luck. On the plus side, our Friday Mixtape is immune to weather and season changes, so if you dig listening to new Kanye West and No Age tracks in blistering code temperatures, well, we're here for you. Either way, enjoy the latest edition of our weekly mixtape, which, [...]