Get your bluegrass on Tuesday at UL
Come Tuesday, you can add to your musical repertoire and picking skills and expand your mind all at the same time. A free bluegrass workshop is set for 5 p.m. at the Angelle Hall Band Room (168) on the...
View ArticleEulogy a reminder that life is fragile
After the funeral, life goes on for everyone else. During the service, a heartwarming eulogy evokes laughter and tears — mostly at the same time. My friend who died is carried out in an urn cloaked in...
View ArticleA newsy day in our world of music and arts
Here are some things you may want to know about: Changes with Louisiana Red Louisiana Red posted on Facebook Sunday that singer/rubboard player Victoria Richard is leaving the band. Other changes have...
View ArticleTipitina’s/Valcour Records all-genre song contest set
Got a song in your heart? If so, you can record it, enter it in a contest, score $150 in the process, and get the vaunted position of “Artist of the Month” placement on Valcour Records’ website here....
View ArticleMen getting beard transplants: Really?
Beards, they say, are in. Like, hipster in. I’ve heard and read reports lately that beards are a trend that hipsters covet. And hipsters who can’t grow a beard will purchase one. I’m not sure what it...
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Outdoor music is here even if spring is not
Royal tunes Tune in reminder: Royal Teeth is scheduled to perform their hit “Wild” on “American Idol,” Thursday, 7 p.m. on Fox. The Lafayette/New Orleans band are musical guests of Idol judge Harry...
View Article‘Strength’ getting stronger on music chart
The phone rang and it was the always affable Blayne Mayard on the other end. He wanted to show me some good news he’d received about his song “Give Us Strength.” And that was that ‘Strength’ hit No. 30...
View ArticleRareluth to premiere new vid at gig Saturday
Rareluth is set to premiere its first-ever music video during its gig Saturday at Artmoshphere. Rad Wagon is also on the bill. I caught up with Christine Pierce, the keyboardin’ singer of the band, via...
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A fine Festival indeed … and other opinions
Bassist for Santa Cecillia at Festival International de Louisiane 2014. In my unsolicited opinion, wasn’t the 28th annual Festival International de Louisiane a fine event? The acts were varied and...
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Music and method merge with Los Lobos and Hub City All Stars
They have more in common than the accordion. The “they” here are the bands Los Lobos and Roddie Romero & the Hub City All Stars; and the common denominator can be found in their approach to their...
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