The term "Superjam" can get thrown around a bit around here, but the minute I glanced at the listing of local players gathering around Luther Dickinson's 3-Night residency at the Maple Leaf Bar, it was apparent that some Jazz Fest After Dark-quality improvisational jam sessions were going to transpire in the familiar and friendly confines [...]
House of Blues just unveiled their annual late night Jazz Fest schedule and once again it is slam-packed with familiar festival favorites, a few newcomers, and a couple of spectacular second weekend Superjams up in the friendlier, darker and tinier confines of the Parish Room. Last year's George Porter Jr./Marco Benevento/Brian Stoltz/Adam Deitch 2 a.m. [...]
Check back periodically, this post will be updated as more shows are announced. Go crazy. THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH Stanton Moore Trio w/ Anders Osborne @ Blue Nile - 9:30 p.m. ($15 - TICKETS) New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Gala w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue + Big Sam's Funky Nation @ Hilton Riverside Hotel [...]
It's been just a little over eight months since I took my first trip ever to New Orleans for Jazz Fest 2011, and I'm definitely planning on making a return trek this year to see this year's festival as well. The lineup is too good (always), and the possibility of some late-night shows that you [...]
WHO: Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers, Bonerama w/ Marco Benevento, Outer Borough Brass Band, DJ Cochon Du Lait and Special Guests WHAT: 6th Annual NOLAFUNK.com Mardi Gras Ball(s) WHEN: Saturday, February 18 & Sunday, February 19th, 2012 WHERE: Hiro Ballroom, 88 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011 Big Easy music fans in the Big [...]
UPDATE: The Hangout Music Fest web site was down for awhile, is now back up and running, no announcement as of yet. 2/2/12 @ 12:05 A.M. CST Last year, Jazz Fest released its lineup in mid-January, about a month later than the year prior and the local competitor taking place two weeks and 200 miles [...]
After playing four festival-related one-off shows last year (two at SF's Outside Lands, Bonnaroo and Voodoo Experience), the four original members of The Meters have announced their first New Orleans club gig in 30 years for a second Saturday late night show during Jazz Fest on May 5th at The Howlin' Wolf. Although it still [...]

for some damn reason during my 3 year stint in nola i didnt go to jazz fest. its not for lack of trying, but it just never worked out in my favor. well, this year its gonna happen as bruce and the rest of the gang are playing said fest on 4.29 - which i believe closes out the first weekend. i cant wait, but also i know its gonna be a fuckin madhouse. still im sure its gonna be awesome. 1. jazz musician 2. [...]
Along with this morning's news news that Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band would be joining the lineup, Jazz Fest organizers have released the daily lineups for this year's event. The first Sunday (Boss, Al Green and Janelle Monae) and second Saturday (MMJ, Herbie, Steve Earle, Levon and Mavis, Bounce Shake Down) immediately stick [...]
More colossal news coming in today for Jazz Fest 2012 as organizers announced the addition of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to close out the first weekend of the Festival on Sunday, April 29. This news comes the day after it was announced that Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder will play a solo show [...]
The overriding WOW(!) factor that jumped out most when the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival lineup was released was the caliber of both the newer and established female artists in the lineup. This year the Jazz Fest organizers hit the nail on the head with their attention to the amazing array of new [...]

a Sasquatch 2011 patron ( more by Josh Darr ) The new year is approaching, and while you're making last minute plans and thinking up your resolutions, you can also start thinking about what festivals to attend in 2012. Here are some updates on next year's US festivals (not in any particular order). SXSW , which is taking place from March 9-18 in Austin, with the music portion form March 13-18 , has already announced a bunch of [...]
Check out the accompanying LMB NOLA & Friends Year In Review post here It's always interesting to hear what artists have to say when recalling past concert experiences and in particular, which ones stick out in their mind as "memorable". After an evening up on-stage, musicians take home an entirely different recollection of their live [...]
This little corner of the Internet would not be possible without the help, hard work and support of the folks below. We've got an eclectic confederation of folks keeping the wheels turning at LMB NOLA and we hope you enjoy reading our memories from the year in music. Continue on below as we recount our [...]
As if fighting in the "War On Christmas" isn't stressful enough this time of year, The New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Foundation just released the lineup for the 2012 Jazz Fest, setting off an almost inevitable debate about The Current And Future State Of Music™: Local Edition that has become as much of a yearly tradition as the purchase of ridiculous BayouWear leisure shirts adorned with piano keys shaped like fleurs-de-lis (or vice versa). Regardless of whether last night's announcement was a beacon of hope or a harbinger of disaster, we've got ourselves another solid festival on our hands. [...]
Thanks to Ali Kerr of Southern Exposure Photography for sharing her photos with us Like many local super groups, Dragon Smoke, a New Orleans group made up of Robert Mercurio, Stanton Moore, Ivan Neville and Eric Lindell, formed in 2003 for a one-off Jazz Fest Super Jam gig and has played sporadically ever since. As [...]
In honor of The String Cheese Incident's first full tour firing up next weekend in Asheville, we are featuring a classic show from the still-yet-to-be-reopened Saenger Theatre in 2000. This SCI/Bela Fleck twin bill was a Superfly Presents production pre-dating the locally born entertainment company's big jumping off point in 2002 when they helped create [...]
Thanks once again to Randy Bayers from the Funk It page for sharing his videography skills with us. Randy's off to Bear Creek this weekend so look for more from Live Oak when he returns. The videos are a little fat due to their HD quality, please excuse the bleedover. IS IT BEAR CREEK YET? [...]
I woke up to some interesting news in my inbox with a C3 e-mail alerting me of an Austin, TX on-sale date: Radiohead announced an initial set of US tour dates for 2012. Hopefully, they'll be filling this odd dates only tour out into a more expansive U.S. trek soon, something that hasn't happened since [...]
The New Mastersounds continue to grow their following here in New Orleans and last night's show at Tipitina's with Fox Street All-Stars marked the first non-Halloween/non-Jazz Fest trip to the Crescent City for the quartet, a chance to play for the 'real people of New Orleans,' as the band said during one of their many [...]