A&E: Blog of New Orleans, Gambit

Big Tymers will release a new album... without Mannie Fresh

Alex Woodward — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:45:00 -0500

Lil Wayne announced a new Big Tymers project earlier this month — founding member and longtime Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh, however, won't be a part of it. Co-founder Birdman told MTV, "Not at all."

Big Tymers — the multi-platinum supergroup duo responsible for "Get Your Roll On," "#1 Stunna" and "Still Fly" — dissolved in 2005, following the 2003 album Big Money Heavyweight.…

Preview: interview with Audra McDonald

Lauren LaBorde — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:28:00 -0500

This week's Gambit features my interview with Audra McDonald, the five-time Tony winner and star of the ABC series Private Practice, who performs at NOCCA in two shows on May 18. In the interview we talked about her star turn in the recent revival of Porgy and Bess, doing a television show versus Broadway, and her upcoming album.…

Listen: Gambit's free music Friday

Alex Woodward — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:07:00 -0500

New Orleans party bender funk outfit Flow Tribe releases its five-song EP Painkiller at The Maple Leaf on May 18, but you can stream it here. Watch the video for the single "Hungry for You" here.…

Gambit TV: 3-Day Weekend A&E picks

Gambit TV — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:36:00 -0500

Your Thursday weekend planner, Noah Bonaparte Pais, stopped by the WWL Eyewitness Morning News today to break down your entertainment options. Among them: Father John Misty (former drummer of Fleet Foxes), Titus Andronicus (the band, not the Shakespeare play), Blancanieves at Chalmette Movies, Much Ado About Nothing (yes, the Shakespeare play) at the NOMA Sculpture Garden, Forestival and more.…

Y@ Speak: Jazz Fest weekend 2, plus Y@ Speak Awards

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:58:00 -0500

I've been here for 15 minutes and I've already eaten an entire box of Raising Caines. NOLA!
— ADAMDEVINE (@ADAMDEVINE) May 4, 2013

Lots of things happened this week: an uncharacteristically cool — but super muddy — Jazz Fest, free vibrators and gynecologist convention protests, and Drew Brees may have personally delivered you a sandwich.…

Gambit TV: 3-Day Weekend A&E picks

Gambit TV — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:14:00 -0500

Noah Bonaparte Pais made his regular Thursday stop on the WWL Eyewitness Morning News and brought Eric Paulsen a music-heavy selection of Gambit weekend picks for the second weekend of Jazz Fest. (Bonus: they talk Mud — the Matthew McConaughey movie, not the kind currently pooling on the track at the Fair Grounds.)

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Y@ Speak: Jazz Fest weekend 1 — the Billy Joel report

Lauren LaBorde — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:05:00 -0500

Jazz Fest is a mud bowl, but filled with people passing a good time, getting some good eats. Li twitter.com/PMurphyWWL/sta…
— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) April 28, 2013

It was a rainy weekend but that didn't stop people from going to Jazz Fest, fleeing town for the comforts of Lafayette's Festival International de Louisiane or following Billy Joel around (this roundup is mostly about Billy Joel).…

Your Instagram photos of Jazz Fest

Count Basin (SM) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:24:00 -0500

Do you like square, arty, cropped photos of crawfish bread, strawberry lemonade, people in sunglasses, people in shrimp boots, arts and crafts, second lines, port-a-potty lines, balding dudes in ponytails and bright shirts, colorful music stages, fancy straw hats and tie-dye? Of course you do, and so does Count Basin.…

Not Enough Fest kicks off tonight at The Big Top

Alex Woodward — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:30:00 -0500

Making its debut tonight, along with seven brand new bands, is Not Enough Fest, a production of No More Fiction. Since 2009, the group has supported and produced LGBTQ and feminist punk rock and DIY bands with shows typically benefiting local nonprofits.…

Jazz Fest is here! Your guide, from Count Basin

Count Basin (SM) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0500

The 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is finally here (finally!), and we've got all you need to know to have fun at the New Orleans Fair Grounds (and after).

Check out our previews for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.…

WWL-TV: Gambit's 3-Day Weekend entertainment picks

Gambit TV — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:06:00 -0500

How much stuff is there to do during the first weekend of Jazz Fest? Lots.…

Jazz Fest is almost here! Plan your schedule

Count Basin (SM) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0500

It's almost here. Plan your Jazz Fest schedule with our preview of Friday's shows, our map of the Fair Grounds and our Friday cubes.…

Second line and march planned to protest "crackdown" on music venues

Alex Woodward — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:36:00 -0500

A flyer labeled "Bywater Rising" asks "Are you tired of the following?" followed by a list of complaints musicians, venue owners and others have made in the wake of the City of New Orleans' enforcement of noise complaints and alcohol and entertainment permits.

The flyer lists "business closures and harassment from city government"; "taking of public spaces from the people who need it most"; "artists, musicians and buskers being forced off the street and into starvation"; and "the je ne sais quoi of New Orleans being packaged and incorporated," adjacent to a fleur de lis with Mickey Mouse ears crossed out in red.…

Curtain rises at Dickie Brennan’s restaurant Tableau

Ian McNulty — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:30:00 -0500

The menu at restaurateur Dickie Brennan’s new Tableau reads like a modern renovation of the cuisine served at nearby French Creole institutions. Green onion aioli and fried capers join the crab meat ravigote, for instance.…

Winners of the 2013 Big Easy Music Awards announced

Kevin Allman — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:00:00 -0500

The 2013 Big Easy Music Awards winners were announced tonight at a gala at Harrah's New Orleans hosted by Wild Wayne.

The Big Easy Music Awards is New Orleans' premier event honoring the musical talent of a city world-renowned for its performing arts.…

Prayer Flag Day kicks off monthlong Dalai Lama events in New Orleans

Alex Woodward — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:55:00 -0500

In preparation for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's first-ever visit to New Orleans in May, the team organizing his visit invites New Orleans residents and businesses to raise Tibetan prayer flags beginning April 20 through May, when the Dalai Lama hosts two public talks (both already sold out) May 17 and May 18.

Presented by Tulane University's School of Social Work, more than 60 events will celebrate the visit.…

Interview: Doldrums

Alex Woodward — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:45:00 -0500

Norton Juster's 1961 fantastical, mildly psychedelic children's adventure novel The Phantom Tollbooth follows a listless Milo into a magic-like and pun-filled fantasy land. Milo must avoid The Doldrums, where the bored and listless are trapped into never having fun ever again.…

Gambit TV: 3-Day Weekend A&E picks

Gambit TV — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:21:00 -0500

What's going on this weekend? Noah Bonaparte Pais knows, and he shared his knowledge with Eric Paulsen on the WWL Eyewitness Morning News today.…

Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails headline 2013 Voodoo Experience

Alex Woodward — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:25:00 -0500

The 2013 Voodoo Experience announced a handful of its headliners for the November music festival. Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Calvin Harris, Bassnectar, Paramore, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Afrojack, Boys Noize, The Gaslight Anthem, Big Gigantic, How to Destroy Angels, Cults, Alkaline Trio, Desaparecidos and Robert DeLong are among the first-announced headliners for the 15th annual event.…

Mimi's in the Marigny suspends live music

Alex Woodward — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:10:00 -0500

A few hours before DJ Soul Sister kicked off her popular weekly "Hustle" dance party upstairs, Mimi's in the Marigny announced on Saturday that the bar's music schedule is suspended indefinitely.

We regret to inform you that Mimi's has to suspend music for the time being.…
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Preview: Community Records' Block Party 2013

Alex Woodward — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0500

For its 2013 street festival Block Party, local independent record label Community Records assembled more than 20 bands to perform on its two stages in- and outside 3 Ring Circus' The Big Top Gallery on Clio Street. The all-ages fest, founded in 2008, features artists from the Community Records roster of punk rock and ska bands, as well as touring acts, including Asian Man Records founder Mike Park and MU330's Dan Potthast.…

Out now: Dave Jordan's Bring Back Red Raspberry

Alex Woodward — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:45:35 -0500

Following his acclaimed 2010 album These Old Boots, veteran singer-songwriter and musical everyman Dave Jordan returns with Bring Back Red Raspberry on Threadhead records.

The bassist and bandleader of the funk band Juice began his solo stint a few years ago, landing a critical success with the Anders Osborne-produced These Old Boots.…

Gambit TV: 3-Day Weekend A&E picks

Gambit TV — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:33:00 -0500

Well. doesn't Noah Bonaparte Pais look snappy in this morning's appearance on the WWL Eyewitness Morning News.…

New Orleans Bingo! Show profiled in The Washington Post

Kevin Allman — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:07:53 -0500

The New Orleans Bingo! Show will be performing at the Kennedy Center Saturday night, and today's Washington Post has a nice preview of the event, which includes the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, GIVERS and Big Freedia:

Preservation Hall Jazz Band has a long history performing at the Kennedy Center, so in some ways it makes sense that “Bingo!…
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Four things about The Postal Service

Kevin Allman — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:59:00 -0500

1. The Postal Service (the U.S. Postal Service, not the band) has now backed off on its proposal/threat to cut Saturday mail delivery.…