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      <title><![CDATA[Call Me | Lil Wayne still hasn't called Alison Fensterstock]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Writing a column every week about New Orleans music means you get to
have a lot of interesting and potentially bizarre experiences dealing
with the exotic fauna known as New Orleans musicians. Perhaps one of
the standout experiences I've had was right before Voodoo 2008, when I
spent weeks...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sweater Girl | Leslie Hall is known for electro-dance pop beats and her large collection of gem sweaters]]></title>
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Stereo Total plus Leslie and the LY&#39;s

9 p.m. Sun., April 12

House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com

Tickets $8.50




Former homecoming queen Leslie Hall, a native of wholesome Ames,
Iowa, makes her own beats and rhymes about the joy of being bedecked in
bling and f...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
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Pianist and composer Tom McDermott is known for taking a crafty
approach to the genres he tackles, from traditional jazz to Brazilian
choro. He rarely plays it straight, tempering mastery of a form with
personal winks and nods. The effect brings to mind the adage that to
truly understand...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
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For 23-year-old local songwriter John Michael Rouchell, the project
that kick-started his career was undertaken on a dare.

&ensp;&ensp;"A friend of mine told me I was the laziest songwriter
on the planet," Rouchell says, laughing. "He said that I couldn't write
a song a week for the whol... By Alison Fensterstock.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carl Stone | Carl Stone is a pioneer in the fields of sampling and electronic music.]]></title>
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8 p.m. Fri., March 20

CAC, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno.org

Tickets $20 general admission, $18 students, $15 CAC members

The internationally renowned musician Carl Stone has been called the
king of sampling, but he's not a hip-hop artist or club DJ. Rather,
Stone is an artist in the tradit...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
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8:15 pm Sun., March 15

Preservation Hall, 726 St. Peter St., 522-2841; www.preservationhall.com

Tickets $15

In recent years, Dave Bartholomew turned down the opportunity to
play in front of tens of thousands of people at Jazz Fest. Last year,
he declined to perform in front of 2,000 fan...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Britney Spears / Jessica Simpson | Britney Spears reigns as Public Blonde No. 1]]></title>
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Britney Spears with the Pussycat Dolls

8 p.m. Tue., March 3

New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St., 587-3663

Tickets $37.50-$700



Jessica Simpson with Rascal Flatts

8 p.m. Fri., March 6

New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St., 587-3663

Tickets $49.75-$67

In American pop culture, blondeness... By Alison Fensterstock.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra | Chief David Montana debuts a new suit on Fat Tuesday]]></title>
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3 p.m. Tue., Feb. 24

Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., 947-9344


Mardi Gras Indians are one of New Orleans' unique paradoxes. Photos
of them are ubiquitous, especially in tourist publications, making
their colorful, elaborately beaded suits a signature image representing
the city. The... By Alison Fensterstock.]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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In 1994, the trio Partners-N-Crime had a regional hit with "Let The
Good Times Roll," a fond reminiscence that was fairly precocious in its
sentiment &mdash; the rappers were barely out of their teens.
Fast-forward 15 years and PNC &mdash; now just Mista Meana and Kango
Slim (the third mem...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Katey Red, Big Freedia and Sissy Nobby ]]></title>
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In 1999, Katey Red &mdash; the transsexual rapper from the Melpomene
Projects &mdash; definitively stepped &mdash; with a size-12,
well-pedicured foot &mdash; onto the scene with her first release on
Take Fo Records, Melpomene Block Party. A decade later, Katey's
presence has not only endu...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Eric Lindell ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Eric Lindell

9:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 6

Mid-City Lanes Rock 'N' Bowl, 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., 482-3133;
www.rockandbowl.com

Tickets $10.

10 p.m. Sat., February 7

Krewe du Vieux Ball

Colton School, 2300 St. Claude Ave.; www.kreweduvieux.org

Tickets $25 (Must be Purchased in advance. See Web site... By Alison Fensterstock.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <description><![CDATA[The photos inside the Pine Leaf Boys' latest CD, Homage au
Passe, appear deliberately fuzzy and Photoshopped into sepia tone,
suggesting the band was captured by the flash long ago. Only a closer
look at the haircuts and clothing makes it obvious the young group
&mdash; who plays traditional Cajun m...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet | Two-Step Forward]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new Cajun/Zydeco Grammy category has some resonance for Michael
Doucet, frontman of the 30-year-old band BeauSoleil, which a decade ago
became the first Cajun outfit &mdash; and the only one until the
inception of the new category &mdash; to win a Grammy. The group took
home a statuette for Best... By Alison Fensterstock.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Dolemite and The Human Tornado ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you thought John Shaft was a bad mother-shut-yo'-mouth, allow me
to introduce Dolemite &mdash; the fast-talking, ass-kicking,
crime-fighting blaxploitation antihero also known as stand-up comedian
Rudy Ray Moore, who died in October 2008, at age 81.

&ensp;&ensp;Other icons of the belove...]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Reopening of The Mahalia Jackson Theater ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina dealt New Orleans' arts community a threefold blow
when the grandes dames of downtown theater venues &mdash; the Saenger,
the Orpheum and the Mahalia Jackson Theater &mdash; were shuttered,
seemingly indefinitely. This week, one of the triad makes a triumphant
return.

&en... By Alison Fensterstock.]]></description>
      <category>Music/Rhythm Section: by Alison Fensterstock</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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