Romare Bearden New Orleans: Ragging Home, 1974
One of the perks of living in New Orleans is that there is a never ending plethora of music. I can literally open up my dorm window and hear music. Being from Jacksonville, the local music scene consisted of Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Yellowcard, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and a few others. Though living at beach, we did get some good reggae bands to come and I remember one time when George Clinton & P-Funk came to Freebird (local venue at the beach owned by someone in the Van Zandt family). I no longer have to wait around for a decent band to come to my city, I have music literally down the hall.
This page is dedicated to my favorite musicians here in the Big Easy. Most are from Loyola and one is even my RA of my floor (Kerry Hayes woo!) A common trend in the New Orleans music scene, recordings do not do them justice. Live shows are a must.
P.S. WHO DAT!
New Grass Country Club - Loyola University New Orleans
New Grass Country Club Myspace
Favorite Loyola band - hands down. It's just good southern music that you can't help but dance along to.
"One summer day, down in Louisiana, five heroes of folk music came together in the French Quarter. All students at Loyola New Orleans, this fellowship of the string come from the far reaches of this great nation. Playing some of the city's most popular venues, this group of funloving rascals love to do one thing: play music, real nice an' American-like. Well groomed, well mannered, and downright gentlemen, the band shows a ever-blooming maturity that few can top." (New Grass Country Club)
Booty Trove - Loyola University New Orleans
http://www.myspace.com/bootytrove
Here is some brass for yo ass! Once again, good dancin tunes. I particularly like their cover of Cake's "The Distance". Highly recommend going to their shows!
"A gathering of people with attractive gluteus maximi, or a foxy nine-piece brass band from New Orleans proper. Beginning as a segment of a jazz recital, Booty Trove has quickly broken into the New Orleans music scene. Their musical selections are unique among brass bands; borrowing from Zeppelin, James Brown, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and funky Japanese anime cartoons. In their short lifetime, they have already graced the stage with brass band innovators the Soul Rebels. Featuring musicians as musically trained as they are plain nasty, Booty Trove will blast your booty as well as your mind." (Booty Trove)
High In One Eye - Loyola University New Orleans
High In One Eye Blog
Neon Orange Album
"Check this out. We're High In Eye. Some call us Experimental. Some call us math rock. Some people call us on the phone. But most importantly, we are a 2 piece, guitar and drum based, rhythmically driven with eclectic melodies and coarse changes."
I love seeing these guys play live! Last time I saw them, Evan (the drummer) poured water on his drum kit spraying water over everyone while Andrew (guitarist) played his keyboard with his head (oh, and about 30+ balloons were floating around the band). Crazy!
Sun Hotel - Loyola University New Orleans
Sun Hotel Myspace
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"Dirty, Swampy rock and roll. We like to drink and play music. Help us do it!"
Lead singer, Tyler, is a friend of mine (fellow Florida native - represent!) and out of all the loyola bands, these guys are pretty damn creative with their marketing. While promoting one of their shows with posters, attached to the signs were free Sun Hotel cozies for everyone's drinking pleasure - genius. I definitely recommend downloading their album ("Plantation Land" is my favorite)
Kerry Hayes - Loyola University New Orleans
Somebody Else Album - Kerry Hayes
This here is my wonderful Residential Assistant of my floor here at Loyola - Kerry Hayes. Also a resident of Florida, you cannot deny Kerry's mesmerizing voice. Piano, guitar, cello, and a pink ukulele are just the start of Kerry's musical capabilities. The best explanation I've heard of Kerry's style is a hybrid of her immediate influences: Rachel Yamagata, Ella Fitzgerald, Fiona Apple and Norah Jones. Get her album - seriously!
TO BE CONTINUED....
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