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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Weekend

There are too many music options this weekend for you to have an excuse to hang at The Boot all weekend. Here are my favorites:  Friday Okkervil River, $16 in advance/$18 at door, Tipitina's, 10pm The Austin, TX based indie band continues their tour with a stop at Tipitina's Friday. They are a...

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Week

Get out of the dive bar and in to some live music.  Here are this week's best options. Monday Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue "For True" album release party feat. Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and special guests, $21, Tipitina's, 7pm This is no doubt the don't-miss-show of the week, or maybe...

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Week

Get out of the dive bar, and in to some live music.   Tuesday Black Star, $43, House of Blues, 8pm This is a must-see for hip-hop fans as Black Star reunites. Even though they did not receive much national recognition or critical praise as a duo, no one doubts the talent possessed by Mos Def (...

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Weekend

Get out of the dive bar and in to some live music.  Here are the weekend's best options. Friday New Orleans Bounce Band feat. Partners-N-Crime & 5th Ward Weebie, FREE, Tipitina's, 10pm This is going to be good. Partners-N-Crime and 5th Ward Weebie spit that old, original New Orleans bounce...

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Week

MondayPapa Grows Funk, $10, The Maple Leaf, 10:30pm Straight New Orleans funk. The band that started at The Maple Leaf as John Gros jamming with friends has become an internationally touring band.  Guitarist June Yamagishi of Japan has also gained a bit of a following since his 2011 appearance...

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Weekend

Get out of the dive bar and in to some live music. Here are this weekend's best options Friday The New Orleans Suspects, FREE, Tipitina's, 10pm Thanks to the end of the Radiators, Reggie Scanian's side project has taken off. The New Orleans Suspects are comprised of a local all-star lineup. Scanian...

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Week

Get out of the dive bar and in to some live music. Here are the best options for the week of August 22-25. Monday Appleseed Cast, $15, One Eyed Jacks, 10pm The late 90's and early 00's band is back to touring. As the years have passed, the band's music has grown more "chill" and much less intense....

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Weekend

Get out of the dive bar and in to some live music.  Here are the weekend's best options. Friday-two options for internationally known, Grammy nominated Cajun music The Lost Bayou Ramblers, FREE, Tipitina's, 10pm Pine Leaf Boys, $5, D.B.A., 10pm Both these bands have been instrumental in the...

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If You Don't Get Daqs from Rick's, You Think Too Highly of Yourself

If you don’t get daqs from Rick’s, you think too highly of yourself.  Everyone gives people who love the Boot all this grief.  Wah wah wah, get out of the Tulane bubble.  Okay, granted, I’m not advocating spending every Tuesday at 50-cent night, but the Boot is a Tulane staple, it’s...

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The Funky Beat: Best NOLA Music Events for the Week

Get out of the dive bar and in to some live music. Here are the week's best options. Monday Glen David Andrews, $5, D.B.A., 9pm A mainstay on Frenchmen Street, Glen David Andrews takes over D.B.A. on Monday night. Andrews is the older cousin to the now internationally known Troy "Trombone Shorty"...

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