| Jo vs. the Zombies: Dancing Girls for Healthcare 07/28/2009 |
| This has a festive ending, so please bear with the lead. Health care reform is long overdue as American life expectancy and infant mortality rates become an international disgrace. Katrina vanden Heuvel notes on Huffington Post that 72 percent of... Read More |
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| Rock n Bowl Retro Benefit Tonight 07/18/2009 |
| Rock n Bowl is hosting a Retro Bowling Benefit for the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund tonight (7/18) with Clockwork Elvis and The Unnaturals. Doors open at 9 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the new location, 3000 S.... Read More |
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| China: A Red Rockers Tune for the Mayor 06/10/2009 |
| Now that Mayor Ray Nagin is on his way to Australia, here's something to remember his last quarantined stopover with: The Red Rockers classic China video. Former New Orleanean John Thomas Griffith, back from a Cowboy Mouth stint entertaining... Read More |
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| Jazzfest's Heart Beats in its Musical Dynasties 05/05/2009 |
| Big Chief Bo Dollis of the Wild Magnolias The musical heartbeat of New Orleans families shone through in this year's Jazz and Heritage Festival, deeply evident when Big Chief Bo Dollis sang "I Love You" and "Goodbye" for two stanzas... Read More |
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| Wilco Cowbell Mystery Solved: Guitar Tech Steals the Show 04/28/2009 |
| Based on the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Nicolas Cage is selling his New Orleans houses too soon. All roads lead back to NOLA, evidenced when Wilco's Jeff Tweedy said from the stage, "It... Read More |
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| Dr John: A Week in the Life 04/16/2009 |
| If you spend any time with him at all you learn that Dr. John has a heart that's still broken over his lifelong musician friends scattered to the four winds after Hurricane Katrina. That said, he is resilient, hilarious, generous... Read More |
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| The Tonight Show Features Grandpa Elliott 04/15/2009 |
| One minute into the Playing for Change [HERE] music video, Royal Street performer Grandpa Elliot Small steals the show singing Stand By Me. The project is courtesy of the great team at PlayingforChange.com to benefit Aids charities in Africa, and... Read More |
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| Spooky Guitar Clip for Friday the 13th 03/13/2009 |
| Suffering from Fear of Friday the 13th (Triskaidekaphobia)? This video won't help. It's Phil DeGruy guitar solo from 13 years ago on a Friday the 13th television appearance in New York. Phil plays the CC's Community Coffee / NOMRF... Read More |
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| CC's Community Coffee House concert series starts Sunday 03/08/2009 |
| Starting this weekend, soon to be little later thanks to Daylight Savings Time, a free CC's Community Coffee House NOMRF Concert Series kicks off. You can sit, sip and soak in the sounds from New Orleans' own John Rankin,... Read More |
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| Memories of Snooks and Booker 02/21/2009 |
| James Booker Bicycle Float Tribute We lost New Orleans musician Snooks Eaglin this week, and my husband remembers their gigs back in the day. He describes Snooks telling him, "Hey Jeff, play this" as he threw out riffs. Also playing... Read More |
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| Dr. John's Newest Grammy (Video Link) 02/09/2009 |
| Dr. John With Lil Wayne's 9 nominations New Orleans artists ruled the Grammy Awards last night and Dr. John, gigging with the Nevilles, told me after his win for The City That Care Forgot: "We hope and pray this might... Read More |
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| A Good Year for Heavy Donations 12/15/2008 |
| It's been a good year for really, really heavy instruments and furniture. Even as the economy slows down, the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund seems to be a magnet for donations that weigh a great deal.... Read More |
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| Messageboard for Musicians on the Road 09/01/2008 |
| The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund has posted a new messageboard for those who have room for musicians out on the road or in shelters. So far we have offers from Austin, Santa Fe, New York, Florida and Kokomo so... Read More |
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| Smokey on the Water: Rock Star Camp Rolls Into Town 08/21/2008 |
| Mark Hudson and Shamarr Allen jam at Rock Fantasy Camp When Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp rolled into New Orleans, the counselors asked the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund to fill some scholarship positions and show them the effects of... Read More |
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| Gimme Shelter: It's Raining Chairs and Drapes 08/16/2008 |
| Olympic sized savings all day long, all still $8 and $29 through 8/29 to help New Orleans residents come home to four star rooms. We're back behind Rock and Bowl At 731 S. Solomon St. from now until 6 p.m.... Read More |
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| Chair Up for $8 and $29 08/09/2008 |
| Furnishing Our Neighbors and the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund are sponsoring the ReDefine 8/29 Program, which means that thousands of pieces of four star furniture will be available starting tomorrow and for every Saturday through 8/29 for $8... Read More |
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| Fourteen Fenders on their way to NOLA 06/21/2008 |
| Next week, fourteen Fender Squier electric guitars, amp and stands will be given to young musicians thanks to Mel, an Illinois music lover who bought them with her Bat Mitzvah money. Another family will drive the instruments down, along with... Read More |
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| Last Post from Jazzfest: Dr. John's Tricknology by Osmosis 05/06/2008 |
| Friday afternoon New Orleans drummer Herlin Riley stopped by WWOZ studio for Bob French's show with Dr. John, otherwise known as Mac Rebennack. The interview was already rolling when I started typing, and it was clear that this one would... Read More |
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| And Grace Will Lead Me Home: Aaron Neville Returns to Jazzfest 05/03/2008 |
| Aaron Neville just gave the show of the year at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, closing out the Gospel Tent with Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927." It was his second encore, and at the words "What has happened here is... Read More |
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| Welcome to Virtual New Orleans 04/28/2008 |
| Bryan Lee and the Blues Power Band at the Rivershack It's a cool Saturday, wild parrots are screeching in the back yard and we're waiting to see if it rains before heading to the racetrack. Bob French, proud owner of... Read More |
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