New Orleans Music News
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Live Jazz Music Returns to the French Quarter as Preservation Hall Reopens
Jazz music will once again fill the streets of the French Quarter following Preservation Hall's reopening on June 10, which was its 60th anniversary. The 60-year-old venue...
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Libations and Lovebirds: Hotel Fontenot’s Peacock Room Launches Live Music Series
The Peacock Room is a perfectly eccentric cocktail bar that opened May 11 of 2021, along with the re-opening of the Kimpton Hotel Fontenot on 501 Tchoupitoulas St. in the Central...
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Billie Eilish Will Kick Off “Happier Than Ever” World Tour in New Orleans
Ahead of the release of her sophomore album Happier Than Ever, seven-time Grammy award winning musician and songwriter Billie Eilish has announced the "Happier Than Ever" World...
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New Orleans Tourism and Culture Fund to Provide Grants to Live Music Venues
Live music has been returning slowly to New Orleans over the past few months and the New Orleans Tourism and Culture Fund is aiming to help more live music venues open safely....
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Live Music Returns to Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
The Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, a usual Jazz Fest hangout spot, is hosting Jazz @ the Blue Dog, a live jazz series in the Rodrigue Gallery on 730 Royal St. on Friday and...
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The Stage Is Ready: New Orleans Opera Announces New Season
The New Orleans Opera, which strives to continue the city's long history as a prime location for opera in America, just recently announced its new 2021-22 season. The...
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Staying Upbeat [Academy] During COVID
New Orleans's Upbeat Academy Foundation continues to empower young musicians during the coronavirus pandemic It is said that history is written by the victors. However, it is...
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New Live Events Promoter Group Forms in Mandeville
Russell Doussan, former president of Live Nation New Orleans, just announced the launch of Doussan Music Group, also known as DMG, which is a live events promoter group. The...
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Jazz and Heritage Relief Fund to Support Music Industry Workers
The pandemic has temporarily terminated in-person gatherings and has made people move to virtual and online settings. While some people have found the transition relatively easy...
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Touro Synagogue to Release 30th Anniversary Shabbat Jazz Album
Since 1991, Touro Synagogue of New Orleans has celebrated the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in its own unique way with what it calls Jazz Fest Shabbat, which is an...
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Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund to Help Louisiana’s Music Community
Applications are now open for musicians to apply for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation's 2021 Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund. The last day to apply is March...
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New York Based Festival to Re-Stream Irma Thomas Performance
The Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City's largest, free outdoor performing arts festival, will be celebrating Women's History Month by streaming past...
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Let the Music Roll with a Virtual Louisiana Grammy Concert
Louisiana is hosting its own virtual Grammy celebration in partnership with the Grammy Museum. While the event carries the Grammy name, it's not an award show. It won't be the...
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“Rise and Shine” Relief Video Will Fill You with Soul
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is on a mission. The goal? Help local, out-of-work musicians whose gigs, performances, and jobs have been put on hold due to...
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Habitat for Humanity Benefit Helps Local Musicians and Culture-Bearers
Local New Orleans musicians and cultural-bearers find themselves in a familiar struggle trying to navigate through this...
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Long Hard Journey Home: The Radiators Reunion is Coming to Tipitina’s TV
From the start, The Radiators had an affinity with the fishes. It's no wonder they dubbed their eclectic sound "Fish Head Music."...
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Jazz & Heritage Foundation Awards $1.2 million in Community Partnership Grants
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the nonprofit behind the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, awarded $1.2 million in Community Partnership Grants for the year...
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Montreal’s OSHEAGA Music Festival 2021: “The Light at the End of the Tunnel”
OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival, a renowned music festival in Montreal, Quebec, is planning to hold a 2021 festival, while accommodating COVID social-distancing guidelines....
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Decking Preservation Hall With HALLiday Grams
Preservation Hall, a jazz venue in the French Quarter that aims to keep jazz culture and music alive and well in New Orleans, is introducing a special Christmas gift, entitled...
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MaCNNO Reopens Applications for Financial Aid for Musicians and Artists
Following up on their previous round of aid, The Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCNNO) is taking online applications for financial aid for those in New Orleans who...
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Rockin’ Around the Computer Screen: “Christmas Without Tears” Virtual Concert Fundaiser
Harry Shearer and Judith Owen, the creators of the annual Christmas Without Tears Variety Charity program, have announced that the...
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Future Cowboys’ Life on Mars Album is Out of This World
The Future Cowboys' Life on Mars! album takes listeners on a journey through outer space unlike any other. All listeners will feel as though they are along for the ride and the...
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Louisiana Musicians Announced as Grammy Nominees
A number of Louisiana musicians have been announced as nominees for the 63rd Annual Grammys, which will be hosted by The Daily Show's own Trevor Noah and which will take place...
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Go Vinyl With Tipitina’s Record Club
Tipitina's, New Orleans's notable and beloved music venue owned by the band Galactic, is starting a new subscription service entitled the Tipitina's Record Club. This initiative...
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House of Blues New Orleans to Host Sabrina Stone on December 1
The formerly New York-based singer (and current Where Y'at writer) Sabrina Stone is making her debut in New Orleans as the main stage attraction at the House of Blues December...
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SaxKixAve Brings it to the Backyard
It's 5:45 on a perfect Saturday, Fall weather has just arrived, and I'm sitting outside listening to SaxKixAve, a new project from rapper Alfred Banks and Albert Allenback of Tank...
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The New Orleans Jazz Museum Announces 2020 Gala to Support Local Musicians
On Saturday, December 5, at 7 p.m., expect the third annual iteration of the Improvisations Gala at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Running until 11...
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Learn How to Be a Virtual Musician at the Sync Up Conference 2020
Even if you do not have much interest in the New Orleans live music scene (unlikely), you have almost definitely still seen or heard of the...