The Crescent

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

New Orleans soul courses through the veins of Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, a live wire performer who's on the cusp on stardom. Read More

New Orleans soul courses through the veins of Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, a live wire performer who's on the cusp on stardom. Read More

Many of Dan Caro's immediate family members are musicians. Read More

As a medium, the rock album is so under siege that even Radiohead made noise in 2009 about giving it up for downloadable singles and EPs. The album can't help but increasingly feel like an afterthought in a year where the big thing in rock seemed to be landing on the soundtrack of "New Moon." But even though 2009 may not have produced a wealth of classic discs, there was still great stuff to be heard. Read More

The annual Monett Christmas parade will be at 10 a.m. Read More

Your biggest decisions are where to have a meal, which show to see or whether you want to dance to a deejay spinning disco tunes or a band playing '60s hits. Read More

Linthead Stomp is the story of the creation and infancy of country music in the rural South, specifically in the Piedmont area of mainly North Carolina. Read More

Years ago, I got turned on to the psychedelic New Orleans "voodoo" vibe of Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennack, Jr.). His 1968 debut Gris-Gris is a fantastically weird amalgam of R&B, dark psych rock, and NOLA culture. Read More