N'awlins Jazz Fest

I had the pleasure of taking my first trip to New Orleans the other week and it is every bit of the amazing city it's been known to be.  Enriched with history, music, southern food and quaint streets, it's where jazz was invented and is home to the NO Jazz Fest.  It was heart-wrenching driving through the entire city and seeing first hand the amount of damage Katrina caused and the fact that there is so much re-building to be done.  Brad Pitt has been building homes & rumor has it they can float.

I have NEVER seen a festival schedule quite like this.  There's no way I'm missing it.  Two weekends jam packed with some of the best musicians around today and a week in between featuring the local jazz bands, mark it on your calendars.  April 23rd-May 2nd.

Simon & Garfunkel, Lionel Richie, Anita Baker, Allman Brothers Band, My Morning Jacket, Dr. John, Darius Rucker, The Black Crowes, Steel Pulse, Jonny Lang, The Levon Helm Band, Drake, Keely Smith, Baaba Maal, George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, Imagination Movers, Ledisi, King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, Better Than Ezra, Blind Boys of Alabama,

AND THAT'S JUST PART OF THE FIRST WEEKEND.

NY Summer Shows

Summer in New York is the absolute best time to see shows--the amount of bands coming through increases ten-fold.
So far here are my picks:

Phoenix
Music Hall of Williamsburg
6/18
Terminal 5
6/19

Wilco
7/13
Keyspan Park

MGMT
Prospect Park bandshell
7/1

The Roots
Highline Ballroom
Several Dates

Animal Collective
Prospect Park bandshell
8/14-8/15
Terminal 5
5/13

Keane
Radio City
5/27

Apostle of Hustle
Bowery Ballroom
6/10

Allman Brothers
Jones Beach
8/27
Red Rocks (Colorado)
9/5

AC/DC
Giants Stadium
7/31

Phish-Several Shows
Jones Beach
Merriweather (MD)
8/15

Allman Brothers Band & Widespread Panic
Merriweather (MD)
10/9

All Points West Festival
Liberty State Park, NJ
7/31-8/2