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Gambit’s 2023 Year in Review: New Orleans’ music community saw its share of celebrations and challenges | Music | Gambit Weekly

If 2022 brought with it excitement for the full-throated return of live music and big festivals in New Orleans after long months of shutdowns and uncertainty, this year saw some of the rose-colored tint wear off and a better understanding of how local music will be dealing with the ripple effects of the pandemic for some time to come. This year the New Orleans music community saw its fair share […]

todayDecember 17, 2023 2

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New Orleans & Company Partners with WWOZ to Launch Musician Database

NEW ORLEANS — This month, New Orleans & Company and WWOZ are launching an online compendium of New Orleans musicians called, simply enough, the “Musician Database.” “It is an honor to offer this level of support to those who provide the soundtrack for our city, and it is our mission to grow this database to include artists and culture bearers from more genres,” said Walt Leger III, president and CEO […]

todayOctober 31, 2023 15

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One Book One New Orleans Words & Music Festival 2023 Announced

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The annual Words & Music Festival will take place Nov. 15-18. Hosted by One Book One New Orleans (OBONO), the festival brings together literature, music, and activism. "Words & Music is a space where every voice is valued and validated," says OBONO executive director Dr. Megan Holt. "In addition to featuring writers, musicians, and scholars at all stages of their careers, Words & Music consciously seeks out […]

todaySeptember 7, 2023 10

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Leroy Jones: New Orleans Brass Band Music Vol. 2 (with Wendell Brunious) (Independent)

Fans of traditional New Orleans-style brass bands are going to dig this album that pairs two of this city’s ace trumpeters in the genre, Leroy Jones and Wendell Brunious. The selections will be 99 percent familiar to lovers of classic material and for that matter, most folks in Crescent City. After all, who hasn’t heard “The Old Wooden Cross,” at least in passing? This marks the first time Jones and […]

todayJuly 25, 2023 3

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