Archive for October, 2006


Wu-Tang Likely to Backout of Voodoo Fest

Voodoo management announced today that Wu-Tang might not be performing after all. A statement issued earlier today reads:
Wu Tang Clan may not be able to honor their commitment to perform at this weekend’s 8th annual VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE, event producers have just learned. The organizers wanted to make the public aware of this […]

The Decemberists at HoB

This is a big week for music in New Orleans. Before Voodoo Fest gets underway this weekend, The Decemberists will grace us with their presence at House of Blues this evening. You may remember that the band was actually supposed to play Voodoo Fest last year but backed out of the show following Hurricane Katrina. […]

Nina Nastasia Interview

One Eyed Jacks recently played host to N.Y.C. based singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. She, and her backing band, played an intimate, haunting, and fragile set to a handful of attendees, who may or may not have known of Nastasia before, but surely left as fans. After being converted by her astonishing voice and magically structured songs, […]

Nick Diamonds Interview Part 2

And now for the conclusion of our interview with Nick Diamonds:
ND: So it’s very weird. He had problems with his manager, who was involved with the Hells Angels and used to work for the C.I.A. He was stealing money from him. [Hendrix] was trying to fire him. So you know all these little things make […]

Sufjan Stevens @ HOB, New Orleans 9/19/2006

The first few times I listened to Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans and Illinois (for some reason I had neglected to get Greetings from Michigan!), I heard a delicate guy and his banjo, but I had a perpetually quizzical look whenever someone would talk about him as the zeitgeist. But then came Hurricane Katrina and […]

Nick Diamonds Interview Part 1

The Islands are coming! The Islands are coming to the House of Blues in New Orleans on November 19. Low and behold their tour has already started and their Decatur Street show is still nearly two months away. And that is a very long time to live with our Paul Revere-esque excitement. So as a […]