NEWORLEANS.COM MUSIC BLOGS Essence schedule released! Meghan Jones Here is the Essence Fest schedule for this weekend, complete with times:Friday, July 3Essence Main Stage6-7 DJ Soul Sister7-7:45 Salt N Pepa7:45-8 DJ… (More) Essence song, seminars to empower black… Associated Press NEW ORLEANS | The celebration of black music and culture at the Essence Music Festival will provide comfort to artists and fans alike after a tough… (More) Things To Do, weekend of June 26-28 Dwayne Fatherree Sure, the circus is in town and there’s lots of open air market and shopping possibilities, but there is always more than meets the eye going on in… (More) Michael Jackson - The thrill will never… Kim Ranjbar “It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark. 
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You try… (More) Lineup for VooDoo Music Experience 2009… NewOrleans.Com Staff It’s safe to say the Kiss makeup and Eminem hoodies will be all the rage this Halloween as costumed fans dance and jam to their favorite bands at… (More) MUSIC DINING FESTIVALS SPORTS » 7/4 Debauch at Checkpoint Charlies » 7/4 Michael Ward featuring Althea… » 7/4 Domenic at Balcony Music Club » 7/4 Electronic Music… » 7/4 Market Rings in the Fourth w/… » 7/4 Troy Sawyer at Tha Shops at… » 7/4 The Fens + Domenic + The Mike… » 7/4 Geraniums at Louisiana Music… » 7/4 Rudy Mills, Arturo &… » 7/4 Olivia Greene Trio at Snug… SEARCH FOR EVENTS: SEARCH BY DATE: View Complete Calendar » 7/4 Crescent City Farmers Market… » 7/4 Westwego Farmers &… » 7/4 Cake Contest at Riverwalk… » 7/4 The Upper 9th Ward Farmers… » 7/4 Flight of Fancy at The Rib… » 7/6 Bar UnCommon Nightly Specials… » 7/6 Music Mondays at Mat &… » 7/7 Crescent City Farmers Market… » 7/8 Tales of the Cocktail Stirs… » 7/8 The German Coast Farmer's… SEARCH FOR EVENTS: SEARCH BY DATE: View Complete Calendar » 7/4 The 15th Annual Essence Music… » 7/4 BACK in the Day Block Party @… » 7/8 Tales of the Cocktail Stirs… » 7/10 2009 Grand Marnier® and… » 7/11 Sankofa Marketplace at… » 7/17 New Orleans Summer Gem,… » 7/18 LRA and Southern Food &… » 7/30 Satchmo Summerfest at French… » 9/25 New Orleans Seafood Festival… » 10/30 Voodoo Experience at New… SEARCH FOR EVENTS: SEARCH BY DATE: View Complete Calendar » 7/4 New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Iowa… » 7/5 New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Iowa… » 7/6 New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Iowa… » 7/7 New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Iowa… » 7/7 All Levels TriYoga with Lalita… » 7/8 Basics/Level 1 Yoga with… » 7/8 New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Omaha… » 7/9 Meditation Flow with Janaki at… » 7/9 New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Omaha… » 7/10 New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Omaha… SEARCH FOR EVENTS: SEARCH BY DATE: View Complete Calendar MORE BLOGS: Music Notes | Everything on The One | For The Love Of Funk | Capturing NOLA Michael Jackson FEATURED GALLERY Fleetwood Mac unleashed… Saturday Jun 20, 2009 28 images Honey Island Swamp Band… Monday Jun 15, 2009 20 images Peaches at the House of… Sunday Jun 14, 2009 34 images Drums of Death at House… Sunday Jun 14, 2009 14 images The Veronicas at the Ho… Saturday Jun 13, 2009 24 images The Pretty Reckless at … Saturday Jun 13, 2009 19 images View All Galleries in: ALL| New Orleans Scene | Sports | Dining | Events | Arts | Festivals | Music New Orleans Music Written by Kim Ranjbar in New Orleans Music on Wednesday, 26 March 2008 06:36PM Featured Artist: Ivan Neville The Neville Family is considered by many to be one of the most gifted musical and creative families in America. Ivan Neville began absorbing the musical attitudes of his family at birth. Ivan learned to play keyboards, guitar, bass and drums and in his teens started playing with his father, Aaron, and his uncles, Art, Charles and Cyril in the Neville Brothers... (Read More) Featured Live Music Club - Chickie Wah Wah - 2828 Canal St Located at 2828 Canal Street in the heart of Mid City, Chickie Wah-Wah is located in the building that before Katrina used to house a dive bar called the Canal St. Bus Stop. Back then, it was a funky down home joint that featured local brass bands usually once or twice a week.... (Read More) Featured Show Review:Aoki and Skillz drive the crowd... Steve Aoki isn’t your average DJ. Even if you take away the famous father (his dad, Rocky Aoki, was a Japanese Olympic wrestler who went on to found the Benihana restaurant chain) and his record label (Dim Mak Records), he has a deep knowledge of music and culture that lets him assemble sets and textures of music others may not have thought of... (Read More) Featured CD Review: Kermit Ruffins - Livin' a Treme Life Kermit Ruffins new CD, Livin' a Treme Life is no doubt his best yet. And he's made some pretty good records. But this one has a groove and a feel that is hitting on all cylinders from the first cut all the way through to the end. Kermit's development as a world class artist is evident from the first cut, "Didn't he Ramble", which by the way, better be played at my own jazz funeral. But back to the record, David Torkanowsky is brilliant... 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