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"Chanteuse: Celebrating Women in New Orleans Music" free concerts

Wed, 02/26/20

Authored by:  Carrie Booher

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is celebrating women's history month with a new concert series, "Chanteuse: Celebrating Women in New Orleans Music," starting Thursday, March 5 with a set from Germaine Bazzle. This series features some of the best and brightest fe... Read more

Video: Krewe of Red Beans, Lundi Gras 2020

Mon, 02/24/20

The Krewe of Red Beans parades through the Marigny-- happy Lundi Gras!!! Read more

Video: Eos 2020

Sun, 02/23/20

Dawn in the 9th Ward with Eos, two days before Mardi Gras. Read more

Video: Big Chief's last suit

Sun, 02/23/20

Flaming Arrows Big Chief Kevin Goodman makes his last suit and gives his family's legacy to the next generation at Mardi Gras 2019. Read more

Interview: Baby Doll Butterfly Jan of Treme Baby Dolls

Sat, 02/22/20

Listen in as Action Jackson sits down with Baby Doll Butterfly Jan of Treme Baby Dolls and LJ, special assistant to Oscar Diggs, captain of krewedelusion. They discuss what a Baby Doll is, the first Baby Dolls in the city in the 1910s or 1920s, Jan's work honoring mothers a... Read more

Rhythm Room Carnival Special 02/21/20

Video: Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet w/Cyril Neville at Vaughan's

Sat, 02/22/20

Getting funky at Vaughan's Lounge as Cyril Neville sits in with Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet! Read more

Video: 9th Ward Black Hatchets debut

Fri, 02/21/20

Looking back to Mardi Gras Day 2017 when Big Chief Dowee debuted his new Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the 9th Ward Black Hatchets.    Read more

Video: honoring Flaming Arrows Big Queen Joann

Thu, 02/20/20

In a pop-up event on King's Day ("Queen's Day," in this case), Black Indians of Mardi Gras gathered to salute 80-year-old Queen Joann Fisher Bernstein of the Flaming Arrows at a senior living center. The program included a special performance by Big Chief Kevin Goodman, and... Read more

Interview: Mohawk Hunters Big Chief Tyrone Casby

Wed, 02/19/20

This week on Takin' It To The Streets, Action Jackson sits down with Mohawk Hunters' Big Chief Tyrone Casby to talk about the creative process behind making a suit ("one bead at a time"), the importance of the whole gang, education and the importane of oral history, and muc... Read more