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New Orleans’ own PJ Morton returns home to Jazz Fest with new music
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which nears the end of an eight-day run. Morton, a preacher’s kid whose parents...
Jimmy Buffett got a second-line at New Orleans Jazz Fest; Queen Latifah put 'Ladies First'
Jimmy Buffett came home to the New Orleans Jazz Fest on Saturday. New Orleans nourished Buffett’s nascent career in the late 1960s. By the late 1980s, he was a favorite of the festival, a frequent performer who would hang out and pop up onstage or line for gumbo even in years when he wasn’t officially booked.
One more lap around the track at Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Time to shake it off for a victory lap at The Fairgrounds. This year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival offers one more day of music, food and fun. The Rolling Stones started things up with a sold out show. If you’re trying to pull off the four day Cannon Ball Run of festing, then you’re probably limping too the finish line.
Warm, humid with low rain chances for New Orleans through Sunday
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — After a soggy start Friday, conditions are continuing to improve across the region as rain slowly dissipates. Tonight, the evening kicks off with mostly cloudy skies, and there’s a slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms early on. By midnight, things should clear up, giving way to partly cloudy conditions. Expect temperatures to cool down to the lower 70s.
New Orleans police investigate after person shot by rideshare driver
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department released new information on a shooting that happened Thursday night. According to preliminary reports by the NOPD, a person exiting a rideshare vehicle was shot in the leg in the 9800 Block of Lake Forest Boulevard. Police say the victim was...
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