Search
| Partly Cloudy, 91 F (33 C)
| RSS | |

SECTIONS:

 

Arts · Politics · Crime
· Sports · Food ·
· Opinion · NOLA ·
Lagniappe

 
THE

Defender Picks

 

Mardi

June 18th

101 Drummers

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

Feel the Mardi Gras Indian beat with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

 

Christian Bradford and Jamison Ross

Gasa Gasa (9:00PM)

More live music on Freret, with Ross on the drums

 

Cody Blaine, Jayson Wayne Knox

Siberia (9:00PM)

Singer/Songwriter showcase also features Sneaky Pete, Nervous Dwayne, and Gardenia Moon, followed by open mic 

 

Rebirth Brass Band
Maple Leaf Bar (10:00 PM)
2 sets by the Grammy-winning brass band

 

Crescent City Farmers Market
Broadway St Market (9:00AM-1:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Uptown edition of the city's prime local market

 

Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Spotted Cat (10:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Booming swing and a voice that will make you melt. A lindy hoppers' delight.

 

Albinas Prizgintas

Trinity Episcopal Church (6:00PM)

Free organ every Tuesday night from one of the city’s premiere classical musicians

 

Charlie Miller

Little Gem Saloon (5:00PM)

Happy hour with a New Orleans trumpeter, no cover charge

Mercredi

June 19th

Walter Wolfman Washington

d.b.a. (10:00 PM)

Fiery blues on Frenchmen - every week

 

Wednesdays at the Point

Algiers Ferry Landing (6:00PM)

Today, Vivaz Latin Band and Paky Saavadra 

 

Curren$y's Jet Lounge

Blue Nile (10:00 PM)

The NOLA rapper's weekly party

 

 

Major Bacon

Banks Street Bar (10:00 PM)

Blues rock and BLTs!

 

SIN Night

Country Club (All Day)

Weekly Wed Gig- $3 martinis and free admission for the service industry folks.

 

 

Tom McDermott and Meschiya Lake

Chickie Wah Wah (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Piano man meets a golden voice.

 

 

Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses

Mimi's (10:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Gypsy jazz upstairs in the Marigny

 

Busker's Ballroom

Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- from the street to the stage. Midnight Snax throwdown follows at 10pm.

 

Tin Men

dba (7:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- The world's premiere washboard-sousaphone-guitar trio.

 

Treme Brass Band

Candlelight Lounge (9:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Pass on by and see the 6th Ward’s home band.

 

Marc Stone

Little Gem Saloon (5:00PM)

Traditional Blues, Gospel, and R&B in the CBD

 

Uptown Jazz Orchestra

Snug Harbor (8:00PM)

Delfeayo Marsalis’ award-winning orchestra

Jeudi

June 20th

Barry Stephenson's Pocket

Maison (10:00PM)

Come see the in-demand bassist perform with his own band tonight

 

Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers
Vaughn's (7:00 PM)
Red beans, rice, Kermit, and you'll get to bed early

 

Soul Rebels

Les Bon Temps Roule (10:00 PM)

Brass Uptown!

 

Hot 8 Brass Band

Candlelight Lounge (8:00PM)

Shake your brass in the Treme with a blend of hip hop, R&B, and pop

 

The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich & Guests

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

One of New Orleans’ best percussionist invites his friends to the stage

 

Brass-A-Holics

PubliQ House (9:30PM)

Brass with electric guitar and keyboard

 


Willie Nelson Always on Raising Cane's Owner's Mind


After coming down from a scary Colorado high. Willie Nelson returns to the City of New Orleans tonight, and he has chicken fingers to thank for it.The outlaw country legend is on the second leg of a two-night stand brought to us by Louisiana's own Raising Cane's. Todd Graves, who founded the poultry powerhouse in Baton Rouge in 1996, is a huge Willie Nelson fan, and always wanted to sponsor a show. So, he agreed to be a sponsor, gave away a boatload of freebies in an effort to pack the house, and tonight he'll introduce the 79-year-old icon at the House of Blues gig.

 

Graves and his company also sponsored Nelson's show at the Dallas House of Blues last night.

 

“Willie Nelson is an American icon, a true country legend, a rebel that has charted his own course and created music that will live on for generations to come,” said Graves, according to a news release.  “He represents what Raising Cane’s aspires to be in the quick service restaurant industry. That’s why we’re so proud to bring him to two of our most important markets for these special performances.”

 

For those who didn't get tickets to tonight's show, don't leave your blue eyes cryin' in the rain. Nelson will be back on October 21 as part of the Railroad Revival tour, in which a vintage railroad car stops at Woldenberg Park with Nelson, Band of Horses and more outlaws aboard.




view counter
view counter
Aidan Gill for Men
view counter
The New Movement Theater
view counter
Mardi Gras Zone
view counter
Juan's Flying Burrito
view counter


Contributors:

Dead Huey Long, Emma Boyce, Ian Hoch, Sarah Esenwein, Will Dilella, Chris Rinaldi, Lianna Patch, Phil Yiannopoulos, Cate Czarnecki, Jonas Griffin, Jennifer Abbot, Mary Kilpatrick, Elaina Patton, Mike Horst, Devin Bambrick, Katherine McGuire, Norris Ortolano, Joe Shriner

Staff Writers

Kerem Ozkan

Listings

Elisabeth Morgan

Puzzler

Paolo Roy

Art Director:

Michael Weber, B.A.

Assistant Managing Editor

Mary-Devon Dupuy

Managing Editor

Stephen Babcock

Editor:

B. E. Mintz

Published Daily by

Minced Media, Inc.