Tragedy in New Orleans: “Music Is What’s Going to Bring the City Back,” Says Preservation Hall Chief
Ben Jaffe, director of the hallowed jazz institution in the heart of the French Quarter, grapples with a massacre that ...
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Blake Pontchartrain: This Geman musician opened a music store, hotel in 1800s New Orleans
After an 1892 fire destroyed a concert hall and ballroom he opened on Baronne Street, Louis Grunewald built a hotel on the ...
New Orleans jazz funeral held for ISIS terror victims as mourners celebrate lives of victims
In the vein of a traditional New Orleans jazz funeral, a brass band played alongside grieving relatives. Sorrow turned into a ...
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Live music in New Orleans for the first week of 2025: Creole String Beans, Willow benefit
The first full week of 2025 is relatively quiet in New Orleans. There are no big concerts, Tipitina’s is closed for the ...
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Jimmy Buffett’s 5 Odes to His Beloved City of New Orleans
New Orleans was my Paris before I got to Paris," said Jimmy Buffett to the crowd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2012.
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“Heartbroken but Far from Broken”: Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe Speaks on New Orleans’ Music, Spirit and Recovery After Tragedy
Chris Granger In the early hours of Jan. 1, tragedy struck New Orleans’ historic French Quarter when a man targeted New Years ...
Music brings New Orleans' French Quarter back to life
City and state officials also pushed for a swift return to everyday life in defiance of terrorism fears. Law enforcement deployed additional assets to the French Quarter and Caesars Superdome, ...
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Jazz, Shakespeare and more: Hylton presents eclectic schedule of winter performances
The music of New Orleans, songs from Asia and a takeoff on William Shakespeare highlight the January and February schedule of ...