New Orleans – The face of New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Festival – formerly known as The Voodoo Experience – has changed many times over the past several years. The festival’s venue City Park – a state-run park that sits on the northern end of the Crescent City – hasn’t been altered too much, but the
Right before the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off, the city’s own Theresa Andersson has just released her already largely acclaimed album, Street Parade. On this LP, Andersson finds a way to combine her Nordic heritage with the rich cultural background of the city she now calls home. Much of the instrumentation on
When Keon B. moved to New Orleans at the age of 17, he knew he was taking a big risk. “After I graduated high school, I just up and left for New Orleans, where I wanted to work on music,” the 21-year-old, tattooed MC said, as we sat in a plush conference room in Hollywood.
New Orleans has been the hub of some of the greatest music in American history. From it’s days as the hub of jazz in the twentieth century to bounce hip-hop to it’s continuing post-Katrina revival as shown in the HBO show, Treme, different sounds have come to represent the soundtrack of this great city. Empress
For singer/songwriters, tales of love and revenge are the bread and butter for great songs. However, as cliché as these songs may be, sometimes heartbreak explores and refines a songwriter’s identity. This is the story behind Peter Squires’ Woe Is Me. From the age of 9, Squires picked up his first instrument and has been