My favorite New Orleans brass band, Rebirth Brass Band, is on tour. They're playing Harpers Ferry in Allston tonight, Baltimore tomorrow, Portsmouth NH on Sunday, and the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee next weekend.

I'm going tonight:

Rebirth Brass Band ( Read more... )

I'm sure a lot of us have wondered about the fates of some of our favorite musicians recently, and of the whole New Orleans music & cultural scene. I'm writing this while listening to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band on my favorite New Orleans radio station, WWOZ 90.7 FM. They shut down last Saturday, August 27th, as Katrina approached, but this ( Read more... )