The Karnofsky shop, a historical landmark tied to the city's rich jazz history and specifically to Louis Armstrong, was reduced to rubble by Hurricane Ida.
The Rolling Stones added a New Orleans date to their tour to replace their cancelled New Orleans Jazz Fest appearance, and now it's been postponed as Tropical Storm Barry approaches the Gulf Coast.
Arcade Fire, who have lots of stuff going on, have made no bones about their love of past collaborator David Bowie. They will continue to pay tribute to the late icon by throwing a second line parade for him in New Orleans on Saturday (1/16)...
Major bummer, but no Voodoo (or Voodoo livestream) today.NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 1, 2015) - Due to dangerous weather conditions including forecasted persistent rain and flash flood warnings for Orleans Parish for Sunday, November 1, the final day of the 2015 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience has been cancelled...
The 2015 The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience aka Voodoo Fest is about to kick off in New Orleans. Running from October 30-November 1, the annual Halloween weekend fest features Florence + The Machine, Modest Mouse, Jane's Addiction, Jason Isbell, Giorgio Moroder, Chance the Rapper, Public Image LTD, Metric, Gerard Way, Joey Bada$$, Babes in Toyland, Peaches, Title Fight and Ozzy Osbourne with a new supergroup that involves Tom Morello, Geezer Butler and Slash, among many other acts...
Ex-BrooklynVegan metal writer Fred Pessaro went to New Orleans to creat a 7-part Noisey Youtube documentary on the "people and culture that helped spawn bands like Down, Eyehategod, Crowbar, Acid Bath and so many others...
Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has started teasing a new solo album and/or band entitled "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz". You can watch a 2 minute YouTube video he released the other day below and "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz are billed as playing Fader Fort and the Chevrolet Courtyard at Cedar Street at SXSW this week...
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Like they did at ACL and Osheaga and Lollapalooza, The Cure co-headlined Voodoo Fest this year. To be more specific, they helped helped close out the final day of the 2013 New Orleans 'Experience' on Sunday night...