While it may be a pointless notion to try and debate I definitely heard that
question asked during her performance last night with Gordon Grdina and
Kenton Loewen upstairs at the Blue Nile. The impromptu trio performed a show
that proved to be everything I could hope for f...
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Mattanja Joy Bradley, the lead singer, and "Jimmy the Lounge", the lead
guitarist, of Bradley's Circus will join us at the crossroad on Wed to show
how they are doing the blues in Holland. Their website is bradleyscircus.com.
Listen for them in the 3 o'clock hour on Wednesd...
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Headed downtown for the last day of the South by Southwest Music Conference &
Festival.
The last official day is Sunday with a few night time shows but for most
people Saturday is the last day of the festival.
With a cold front that moved in overnight the temperature has d...
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We'll be spending much of the show playing music from New Orleans and
Louisiana artists in 1951. Also Matt Perrine is going to stop by around 11:30
to share two songs from his upcoming Threadhead Records release, Bayou Road
Suite,, due out on April 8th. Saxophonist Jimmy Ca...
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Yet another day full of music and walking.
As SXSW has grown it has spread out virtually all over town, making for some
long walks (unless you catch the bike cabs) from venue to venue. The day
played out much like yesterday, bouncing around to some of the day parties,
the ...
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Alex Chilton died in New Orleans a few days ago. He was from Memphis, which
spreads all the way down to New Orleans for musicians. And we all know that
New Orleans is a jealous mistress. So New Orleans it was for LX.
He would have been playing at South by Southwest in Austi...
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Drove up Wednesday Night after a short stop at the Old Tyme in Lafayette for
a poboy. I met up with Scott Borne in Austin around midnight and we headed to
our crashing place.
Made it downtown by noon and stopped at the "Only In Louisiana" Party
sponsored by the state of Lou...
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I'm flying somewhere over Memphis right now, taking advantage of a wireless
connection on a flight to Virginia. As plenty of you already know, Alex
Chilton, a musician whose "quiet as thunder" impact on the rock and indie
music scene is beyond measure, passed away yesterda...
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One thing to realize when you go to sxsw....you are going to miss something.
the shear number of bands in town and playing numerous gigs is staggering.
Each day is full of sponsored day parties (free w/ rsvp) virtually all over
town, featuring bands all day (everybody gets ...
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Do you know what I love most about New Orleans?
It's the simple fact that when everybody else is often happy to have just
one, great, big party to celebrate St Patrick's Day, New Orleans isn't happy
until she has stretched the partying over a couple of weekends...and then...
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