http://host1.bondware.com/~Louisiana_Weekly/news.php?NewsSectionId=18 2010-07-29T12:46:23-05:00 http://host1.bondware.com/~Louisiana_Weekly/news.php?viewStory=547 2008-11-10T16:13:21-06:00 October was once declared Jazz Awareness Month in New Orleans. Considering this week's jazz offerings, particularly in the modern variety, maybe November deserves the title. October brought us the Congo Square Rhythms Festival, the Crescent City Blues Festival, the Gretna Heritage Festival, the Voodoo Music Festival and the Swamp Festival with nary a note of modern jazz and just a sprinkling of the traditional style.]]> http://host1.bondware.com/~Louisiana_Weekly/news.php?viewStory=508 2008-11-03T13:10:03-06:00 The Voodoo Music Experience continues to impress with the diversity of its musical offerings as well as the efforts made to improve its layout and venues]]> http://host1.bondware.com/~Louisiana_Weekly/news.php?viewStory=493 2008-10-27T13:00:13-05:00 The Crescent City lost another musical treasure when Evelyn Francis "Cookie" Gabriel, a legendary New Orleans nightclub jazz and rhythm and blues singer whose career spanned more than a half century, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 12. She was 73.]]> http://host1.bondware.com/~Louisiana_Weekly/news.php?viewStory=501 2008-10-27T13:00:13-05:00 http://host1.bondware.com/~Louisiana_Weekly/news.php?viewStory=458 2008-10-21T10:43:05-05:00 The Voodoo Music Experience began in 1999 as a one-day event held at Tad Gormley Stadium. Though Dr. John was onboard, the festival focused primarily on rock, alternative rock, hip hop and heavy metal drawing a mostly young audience. In 2005, it truly won the hearts and respect of many New Orleanians when producer Rehage Entertainment took the brave step of presenting a free, scaled-down version of the festival at a temporary location at Riverview Park just two months after the levees broke following Hurricane Katrina. The Voodoo Fest, as it is most commonly referred to, gained further local admiration in 2006 when it opened its arms to include more New Orleans talent with the addition of the WWOZ Stage and Preservation Hall Tent.]]>