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Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Carnegie Hall

by Brian Weidy (Photo: New York Times)On this unseasonably warm January Saturday, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band came into New York to celebrate their 50th anniversary in grand style. The […]

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Export NOLA at Hill Country

by Brian Weidy (photo by Dino Perrucci) Every year as the APAP conference rolls through New York, dozens of showcases come with it. This year was no exception, as I found

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George Porter Jr. at the Hiro Ballroom

by Brian Weidy Photo by Allison Murphy from 2010 In 1965, George Porter Jr. came together with Art Neville, Cyril Neville, Leo Nocentelli, and Zigaboo Modeliste, to form The Meters: one of

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