The Subdudes

South Louisiana delivered yet another bounty of CDs in 2009. Read More

The Subdudes were making roots rock long before music hipsters began casually tossing that label around. Read More

A couple of University of Michigan footballers (lineman David Moosman and quarterback David Cone) will be among the cast when the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents Shakespeare's classic tragedy "Macbeth" to close its winter season. 7:30 p.m. Power Center, 121 Fletcher, Ann Arbor. 734-764-2538. www.music.umich.edu . $9-$24. Read More

Much more than the "Mexican Elvis," high-energy performer El Vez has gained a legion of fans with his upbeat parody songs, crazy costumes and enchanting sidekicks, the Elvettes. Read More

The Subdudes have played together off and on for over 20 years, and have found that if a band keeps working and touring, making new fans every time they roll through town, they can be lucky enough to develop a long-lasting following. Read More

From their origins at Tipitina's through their removal to Colorado, eventual breakup, and reunion, the subdudes have remained a fundamentally New Orleans band, perhaps quirky even by those standards (chiefly for eschewing a full drum kit), but certainly with Fess and Fats coursing through the music's swampy veins. Read More

Winter has arrived, and looks to be settling in this week. Read More