Posts Tagged ‘Jazz Fest’
Wild Magnolias Featuring Big Chief Bo Dollis and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux @ Tipitina’s 3/10/12
New Orleans is easily distracted. While eating at world-class restaurants, we talk about our next meal. During cherished celebrations like Jazz Fest and Mardi Gras, we continuously compare it to past years’ events to display our keen levels of appreciation. Yet on Saturday night at Tipitina’s, there was nothing but joy, gratitude... more
VIDEO ROUNDUP: Jazz Fest Fab Five Rookie Squad
After the lineup was unveiled, the first theme that struck us was the unprecedented caliber of the female artists in this year’s lineup. But also, a noteworthy attribute of the lineup that struck us was the admirable job festival organizers did tapping into not only (a) some great young artists... more
TOUR DATES: The Beach Boys Announce 50th Anniversary Tour
The Beach Boys have announced the dates for their 50th Anniversary Tour which will bring the reunited band all around the country around their previously announced headlining slots at Jazz Fest and Bonnaroo 2012. The band went live with a full announcement today on thebeachboys.com. The Beach Boys... more
Tipitina’s Announces 2012 Fess Jazztival, Instruments A Comin’ Details
Tipitina’s announced their 11-night Fess Jazztival lineup this morning, and the annual late night-during-Jazz Fest run starts on Thursday, April 26th this year and runs ’til Sunday, May 6th. Dirty Dozen Brass Band will kick it off on the 26th and Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk will close it down once again... more
PHOTOS: Luther Dickinson and Friends @ Maple Leaf Bar 2/10/12
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... more
House of Blues NOLA Jazz Fest 2012 Late Nights Announced
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.
Jazz Fest 2012 Late Night Schedule / Ticket Links
Check back periodically, this post will be updated as more shows are announced. Go crazy.
LMB SF: Preservation Hall West Coming Soon!
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... more
LMB NYC: 2012 NOLAFUNK Mardi Gras Ball(s) @ Hiro Ballroom
Big Easy music fans in the Big Apple have a chance to le bon temps roule during this year’s Mardi Gras season thanks to this multi-night showcase by NYC’s purveyors of live NOLA funk. The 6th Annual NOLAFUNK.com Mardi Gras Ball(s) event will take place at New York’s Hiro Ballroom... more
Hangout 2012 Lineup Release Waiting Game
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 away down the coast came out with their sterling 2011 lineup a couple weeks later on February 1st. Judging by the facts... more
Jazz Fest 2012: METERS Announce Show @ The Howlin’ Wolf May 5th
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... more
VIDEO FEST: Jazz Fest 2012 Daily Lineups Released
Check out LMB NOLA for a video playlist from the daily schedule of this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest (click the play button next to a link to start it off!).
Jazz Fest 2012 Adds Bruce Springsteen, Releases Daily Lineups
Bruce Springsteen @ Jazz Fest 2006 || Photo by Michael Weintrob / JamBase 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... more
TOUR DATES: Eddie Vedder adds spring dates, Jazz Fest 2012
Eddie Vedder just announced a set of spring tour dates with an appearance at Jazz Fest 2012 part of the highlights! He slayed it on the last Portlandia, too... Eddie Vedder Spring 2012 Tour Dates April 11: Las Vegas (The Pearl) April 13: Phoenix, Ariz. (Comerica Theater) April 16: Albuquerque, N.M.... more
VIDEO ROUNDUP: The Ladies of Jazz Fest
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... more
YEAR IN REVIEW: Artists Share 2011 Live Music Highlights
For whatever reason, in music, as is the case in just about any other line of work, some days don’t glue themselves to the long term memory bank like the others. However, on any given night, certain indescribable circumstances can converge, lightning-and-a-bottle can be captured, magic can happen, and an... more
Year In Review: LMB NOLA Staff and Friends Live Music Highlights
This little corner of the Internet would not be possible without the hard work and support of the people 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.
Foo Fighters, MMJ, Tom Petty and Herbie Hancock To Headline Jazz Fest 2012
Alas, the wait is over and the 2012 Jazz Fest lineup is here. Thrilled to see the return of My Morning Jacket (played Jazz Fest and Voodoo in 2010) and Al Green (Jazz Fest ’08), as well as the incomparable Herbie Hancock, Foo Fighters, Givers, a special performance by Levon... more
PHOTOS: Dragon Smoke @ Tipitina’s Uptown 12/2/11
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 the good word has spread about their rare blowouts,... more
Jazz Fest Flashback: The String Cheese Incident @ Saenger Theatre 5/5/2000
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... more
JAZZ FEST 2012: Rumors, Guesses, Wishes & More
The Voodoo Experience is now in the rearview and the relentless fall concert schedule is starting to slow down (although one could easily keep themselves busy on the live circuit until NYE) and therefore it’s time to start speculating about the 2012 Jazz Fest lineup. Hard to say who will... more
Radiohead Announces 2012 Tour Dates, No NOLA Date As Of Yet
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 2008 when the band capped a big stateside tour in Santa Barbara in support of In Rainbows. There are three Texas dates and no stop in New Orleans (or... more
VIDEOS: The New Mastersounds @ Tipitina’s 11/4/11
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... more
PHOTOS / HIGHLIGHTS: Day Three @ Voodoo Experience 2011
My experience since being in New Orleans is that Sundays are an exceptionally treasured day in the city, and this perhaps never rings truer than during the all-too-common special weekends and particularly, during local music festivals. Sunday during this year’s Mardi Gras was a picture of perfection and one of... more
PREVIEW: Ben Sollee with PHJB @ Preservation Hall 10/27/11
This Thursday in the Vieux Carre, an extra special show will be going down at 10:30 p.m. when singer-songwriter and cellist extraordinaire Ben Sollee will be appearing alongside the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for an hour-and-a-half set in the hallowed Preservation Hall.
@LMBNOLA: 10 Must-See Artists at 2011 Austin City Limits Festival
Alas, Austin City Limits weekend is upon us. As is generally the case with these monster fests, the amount of talent we’ll be seeing in Zilker Park is hard to fathom and my currently aggressive plan of attack will undoubtedly vary greatly from what actually occurs over the next four... more
