Flashback: Heavy MTL
The 2011 version of Heavy MTL was one of the most monumental metal fests of all time, with every second still burned into our brains. We’ve lost some of the metal greats from that festival, including Lucker and Lemmy, but their memories live on in our solid metal hearts, eh? Here are some of our […]
Jazz Fest 2016
And, we’re back! And off to a good start, because the driver for our first Uber trip to the Fair Grounds was the son of Robert Parker, of Barefootin’ fame. We got the lowdown on the song’s origin and while we’re saddened to hear that he’s mostly retired, we also learned that he’s tearing the […]
Elton John at Jazz Fest 2015
Many festival purists are skeptical of the big acts at Jazz Fest, but Elton John proved to be a an exemplary exception, in the eyes (and ears) of everyone we spoke with. We grew up listening to Benny and the Jets and marveling at the crazy piano player in the gigantic glasses and outlandish costumes […]
Leo “Bud” Welch at d.b.a.
We recently caught Leo “Bud” Welch’s show at d.b.a., our favorite no-smoking watering hole on Frenchmen St. Last sighting: our favorite act of the 2014 Blues and BBQ Festival. Tired of over-orchestrated, over-produced blues? Leo plays with a drummer, a chair, and a guitar, and could get away with just the guitar, since at 83, […]
Voodoo Fest 2014
This year brought a few changes at the festival, including a big improvement in the sound bleed issues that plagued last year’s festival and a relocation of the art market, which seemed to work out better. The lineup seemed leaner, with only four stages (same as last year), but the festival was absolutely packed by […]
Jazz Fest 2014!
Jazz Fest 2014 is done, and the time for recollecting has arrived. Seven days, three tired cameras, more than three blisters, and a a lot of photos. As usual, click through any photo to browse the entire gallery of images from Jazz Fest. Second Weekend: Cowboy Mouth has played a bunch of Jazz Fests, and […]
Jazz Fest Moments: Recent Favorites
To kick off our coverage of the 2014 Jazz and Heritage Festival, we offer some visual highlights of our favorite moments at recent Jazz Fests. See you on the grounds this weekend and next! The Wayne Shorter Quartet, featuring Damilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade, perform at the 2013 Jazz and Heritage Festival […]
The 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Another Jazz Fest, come and gone, and we caught every act that we possibly could, across all seven days. Some of our highlights, along with extensive photographic coverage, below: Day # 1: Standout performance and our favorite act of the day was Gary Clark, Jr. We’ve seen him before (a lot, actually) and performing roughly […]
Best of 2012
Some of our favorites from shows we covered in 2012:
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2011 (Second Weekend).
All good things must come to an end. Actually, in New Orleans that’s not strictly true, since the end of Jazz Fest simply returns us to the normal firehouse-sized helping of daily music and festivals, but for non-locals, maybe it is a temporary ending. In any event, we recount our best experiences during the last […]
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue @ Lafayette Square
YLC Presents: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue! Trombone Shorty has come a long way, as if that needs saying. We remember him as a tiny kid, blowing trombone like he was seven feet tall, but now he’s not only grown up, but has played with Lenny Kravitz, U2, Green Day, and others. His current band is […]
Fess Fest 2010!
It’s hard to write anything new about Professor Longhair (aka Henry Roeland Byrd aka “Fess”). He’s a New Orleans icon (see?), his piano playing style is unique and yet has tinged the work of virtually every piano player who plays “New Orleans music” (whatever that is). There are performers who can clearly capture his vibe (Jon Cleary […]