Before they could collaborate to modernize Mardi Gras Indian music, Romeo Bougere, of the 9th Ward Hunters, and Jermaine Bossier, of the 7th Ward Creole Hunters, had to first set aside their differences
Read MoreThe New Orleans festival, co-founded by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, will also feature Pierre Kwenders, Jillionaire, more.On March 21 and 22, 2020, the BUKU Music + Art Project returns to Mardi Gras World in New Orleans. Today (December 10), organizers unveiled its music lineup, a signature eclectic mix of genres and regions.
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The little thing that defined Graison Gill’s life was the smell of freshly ground flour. It was 2014, and the 27-year-old owner of the newly opened Bellegarde Bakery had already taken New Orleans by storm, wowing customers at the farmers market with whole-grain loaves unlike anything this town of po’boys and beignets had ever seen. But despite Gill’s success, he was never satisfied with his flour.
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Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, an organization built to strive for and preserve Louisiana’s greatest renewable natural resource, revealed Bag of Donuts as its 2019 inductee. The New Orleans-based musical group will be the first cover band ever honored within the Hall of Fame. A special induction ceremony and celebration will take place on Wednesday, March 13 at Rock ‘N’ Bowl New Orleans.
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Amahl Abdul-Khaliq (AF THE NAYSAYER) is a driving force in Louisiana’s often overlooked electronic music community.
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Bellegarde is now developing a new home near the intersection of Claiborne and Carrollton avenues in the Leonidas neighborhood. It will have its own retail bakery for the first time, while also expanding the bakery goods it produces.
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With three victories under their belts, the Saints are flying high. But no higher than New Orleans horn maestro Shamarr Allen, who is seen perched atop the goalpost in his new video "Hit the Sean Payton" that popped up on YouTube Tuesday (Oct. 2).
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