Results for "Professor Longhair"

Pianist / Vocalist Marcia Ball Celebrates New Release in Philadelphia

March 18, 2011

"Based in Austin and steeped in New Orleans, Marcia Ball plumbs the richness of both musical meccas. From rootsy swamp pop and blues-drenched boogie woogie to languid ballads, Ball is equally comfortable with brash roadhouse romps and caressing love songs." —USA Today Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball will celebrate the release of her new Alligator Records ...

Satchmo Summerfest 2010: A blowout far better than BP's

by Sandy Ingham
August 24, 2010

Satchmo SummerfestLouisiana State Museum's Old U.S. Mint.New Orleans, LAAugust 5-8, 2010 “Happy birthday, Pops!"Kermit Ruffins shouted to a couple of thousand revelers as the 10th annual Satchmo Summerfest neared its joyous conclusion. Then he tilted his trumpet toward the blue sky and played a chorus of the birthday ...

Little Feat: Skin It Back: Live in Germany

by Doug Collette
January 3, 2010

Little Feat Skin It Back: Live in Germany Eagle Vison 2009 When the original four-man lineup of Little Feat splintered, founding members guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Lowell George, keyboardist/vocalist Bill Payne and drummer/vocalist Richie Hayward enlisted percussionistSam Clayton, bassist Kenny Gradney (from Delaney and Bonnie's band) and guitarist Paul Barrere, at the same ...

Bruce Hornsby: The Master of Levitation

by Mark F. Turner
October 27, 2009

For more than 20 years, singer/songwriter, pianist/composer, and band-leader Bruce Hornsby, has proven to be a survivor in an ever changing music environment. From winning multiple awards including a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1987 for the multi-platinum album The Way It Is (RCA, 1986) with his band The Range, to dual releases in 2007 ...

Matthias Bublath: Getting Organized

by Alan Bryson
October 6, 2009

At the turn of the decade, German-born pianist Matthias Bublath got organized at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. After a free-wheeling stint in Linz, Austria, his musical education began in earnest, but it was also at Berklee that he took up the Hammond B3 organ. Since then the young pianist has become an ...

Dr. John and The Neville Brothers at the Keswick Theatre

by Wade Luquet
September 18, 2009

Dr. John and The Neville BrothersKeswick TheatreGlenside, PAAugust 25, 2009 Mardi Gras came to the Philadelphia suburbs when Dr. John and The Neville Brothers took over the stage at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The Keswick is an acoustically perfect, fully restored, 1350 seat music venue built in 1928. It ...

9th Annual Satchmo Summerfest Heats Up New Orleans

by Sandy Ingham
August 26, 2009

Ninth Annual Satchmo SummerFestNew Orleans, LouisianaJuly 30-August 2, 2009 Sauntering down Frenchmen Street in New Orleans late on the night of July 31, I thought: I am indisputably in the right place, at the right time, mingling with more happy people per square foot than could be found anywhere else in the world.

Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi

by Joel Roberts
May 15, 2009

Pianist, writer, producer and arranger Allen Toussaint can justifiably be called a living legend. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he helped define the New Orleans R&B sound of the '60s and '70s through his work with Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, The Meters and Dr. John, then went on to collaborate with ...

Tipitina

Featuring the music of Professor Longhair
Duration: 3:45
June 8, 2007

Crawfish Fiesta

By Professor Longhair

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 1980