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New Orleans artists to watchnew

There's no shortage of interesting personalities and sounds in New Orleans. We've had our eyes and ears on a few emerging artists — from cutthroat MCs and bluegrass young guns to heavy metal beasts. [image-1] Who: 3D Na'TeeWhat: quick-witted, take-no-prisoners MC with storytelling chops...

Gambit | Alex Woodward and Frank Etheridge | 09-10-2013 | Music

Tags: New Orleans Music

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews releases Say That to Say Thisnew

Many New Orleanians have followed the rising musical star of Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' since he was brought onstage at the 1990 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival by blues legend Bo Diddley — a magic moment captured by late photographer Michael P. Smith as the four-and-a-half year old Andrews lofted a trombone taller than he was. Local music lovers feel a proud parent's type of joy regarding the precious success he's achieved since then...

Gambit | Frank Etheridge | 09-10-2013 | Profiles & Interviews

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Truth Universal discusses his new album and politics in hip-hopnew

After Truth Universal watched a b-boy competition at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, he grabbed cardboard from supermarket Dumpsters and rummaged through music store bins for 12-inch records. His family couldn't afford a set of turntables, so he learned to rap...

Gambit | Alex Woodward | 09-10-2013 | Music

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New Orleans Music Lawsnew

A new coalition of musicians, club owners and lawyers are working with the city to keep live music going in New Orleans.

Gambit | Alex Woodward | 11-28-2012 | Music

Tags: Kermit Ruffins, live music New Orleans

Skrillexnew

Run into a dance crowd, yell "Skrillex" and shield yourself from projectile vomiting, shrieking teens and arms-flailing party bro howls. Follow it with the question, "What is dubstep?" and throw on a flak jacket for the barrage of opinions...

Gambit | Staff | 10-22-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Toots and the Maytalsnew

Toots and the Maytals, we call them, but to the island of Jamaica, they were and always will be simply the Maytals: the rah-Jah Temptations of ska, reggay champions before there was reggae music, the most soulful and sensational vocal group to come out of the Caribbean in the 1960s. Led by the restive rasp of Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the original trio (Hibbert, Henry "Raleigh" Gordon and Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias) fell short of the stateside chart heights and pop-cultural impact of Bob Marley and the Wailers, though a handful of its Jamaican-record 31 No. 1 hits — chiefly "Sweet and Dandy," "54-46 (That's My Number)" and "Pressure Drop," all products of a fertile, rapid-fire recording period from 1968-70 — became ubiquitous cover selections and worldwide rocksteady standards...

Gambit | Staff | 10-22-2012 | Concerts

Silversun Pickupsnew

A heavy downpour nearly canceled the Silversun Pickups' 2009 Voodoo performance. "We were in the bus, and we weren't sure if we were going to play because it was raining so hard," vocalist-guitarist Brian Aubert says...

Gambit | Staff | 10-22-2012 | Profiles & Interviews