Russell Batiste

Southwest Louisiana temporarily relocates to Uptown New Orleans this weekend for the fourth Cajun/Zydeco Dance Fest at Tipitina's, with two full days of live music and dance contests. Read More

City Park. Enter at the Amusement Park. The annual light display is open, 6-11 with light displays, rides, entertainment, food, decorated Christmas trees, a laser light show. Read More

Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, B.B. King, My Morning Jacket, Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes, Band of Horses, The Black Crowes, Drake, Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, The Levon Helm Band, Allen Toussaint, Baaba Maal, The Dead Weather and many others. Read More

The New Orleans Jazz Fest today announced Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Jeff Beck, Anita Baker, My Morning Jacket, Lionel Richie, the Allman Brothers Band, the Gipsy Kings, Widespread Panic, Drake and Van Morrison are bound for the 41s- annual festival presented by Shell. Read More

The New Year's Eve baby drops prematurely for Papa Grows Funk this year. Read More

Joe Krown may not be a household name in New Orleans music, but that hasn't stopped the grapevine from buzzing about his upcoming appearance with two seasoned bayou players, Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Russell Batiste Jr. Krown, a monster on the Hammond B-3 organ, was Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's keyboardist for 13 years, but it's this trio that's been giving him a name. Read More

Any roundup of Crescent City talent guarantees an estimable earful, and tonight's brawl, with the sweet-hot jazz-funk wallop of sousaphone paragon Kirk Joseph, is more than enough to send you into orbit. Read More

Any roundup of Crescent City talent guarantees an estimable earful, and tonight's brawl, with the sweet-hot jazz-funk wallop of sousaphone paragon Kirk Joseph, is more than enough to send you into orbit. Read More

Three men, one band; its Joe Krown Trio- but thankfully they don't wear tight pants or have choreographed dance moves. Read More

Voodoo Music Experience City Park. Huge music festival with six stages, more than 150 bands, including headliners Kiss, Eminem, Widespread Panic and The Flaming Lips, food booths, interactive games and crafts, 10 a.m.-11. Read More