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ALL
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Link Directories:
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the good times roll! Download these MP3s free: Marcia Ball
Let
Me Play With Your Poodle, New
Orleans Nightcrawlers Pick
up the Pieces, Irma Thomas Old
Records, Rebirth Marching Band In
the Sweet By and By ,Dr. John
Food
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On March 25, Los Hombres
Calientes releases their fourth album, Vodou
Dance. This time out, the guys hit Trinidad, Jamaica,
Haiti, Cuba, and bring it all home to New Orleans. Though they’ve
visited some of these countries while preparing their previous
three recordings, they manage to find new sounds and deeper
mysteries to explore on this trip. Read
our review of Vodou Dance as well as what
we had to say about the previous Los Hombres release, New
Congo Square (hint: it was Jazzitude's #1
album of 2001!)
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MARDI GRAS BEADS
& more from Mardi Gras Outlet |
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 Throw
beads! These machine-made
beads are inexpensive and perfect for throwing! |
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 Specialty
Beads!
Lighted beads, team beads,
animals, flags, etc. |
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 Masks!
Satin eye masks, feather
masks, sequin masks. |
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 Decorations!
Candles, hanging decorations,
signs & banners, paper goods. |
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 Coins
and Dubloons! Plus
other throws |
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 HATS!
Plus t-shirts, ties, and
socks. |
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Essential
Recordings by Louisiana Artists If
you want to let the good times roll, you've gotta have the music
that walks the walk! Our list of hot recordings from Louisiana
artists, includes jazz, zydeco, blues, rock & roll, funk,
and just about anything else you can imagine. A great starting
point for those wanting to learn about the unique music fostered
in the state of Louisiana. |
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The
Doctor Is IN Dr. John has
spent a long, illustrious, sometimes difficult career trying
to recreate the musical New Orleans he grew up in as a session
guitarist and songwriter at Cosimo Matassa's studio in the 1950s.
Starting with his psychedelic swamp-voodoo recordings of the
late '60s through his funky Allen Toussaint-produced hits, his
reincarnation as a traditional New Orleans singer and piano
professor, to his recent jazz-inflected work, he's always been
a great songwriter and true to his roots. Read about his career,
his new album, Creole Moon,
and check out the Doctor's
Top Ten recordings. |
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Genius
of New Orleans Piano: Professor
Longhair was born Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd
in Bogalusa, LA in 1918 and raised in New Orleans. He was interested
in music, as so many in the Big Easy are, and he learned music
primarily from his mother, who played piano, and from the church.
Byrd spent the depression years taking
odd jobs that included shining shoes and selling newspapers.
He hung out on Rampart Street and listened to the pianists
he would later claim as influences: Stormy Weather and "Tuts"
Washington. |
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Make Your Own Mardi Gras
King Cake!! The King Cake is believed
to have been brought to New Orleans, Louisiana, from France
in the 1870's. It evolved from the Twelfth Night or Epiphany
pastry made by those early settlers. They added their own touches
with the Spanish custom of choosing Twelfth Night royalty.
Like they say, no Mardi Gras party is complete
without a King Cake, so get ready to make your own or find out
the best places to order one for your celebration! |
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