April will be here soon…and before Jazz Fest, there’s French Quarter Fest! It will begin April 7, 2011 and last for 4 days this year. FQF is a great way to enjoy lots of Louisiana music and it’s free!!

Check out the music lineup here.

The 2011 French Quarter Festival will feature 4 days of Festival .. There will be 17 outdoor stages showcasing multiple genres of music including gospel, jazz, funk, classical, cajun and zydeco, brass bands and much more.

Louisiana Networking Events and DJ Marquis
present
“Business 101″
February 8th @ 600 Main
6-10pm
Learn the business side and do it right!
• Meet with CEO’s, accountants and lawyers that are in the business
• Learn how to get the right insurance: renters, health, life
• Find out how to get an EIN # and how to setup an LLC
• Learn how to get your music on ITunes
• Get a website and help with your social networking

Don’t miss out on this opportunity!!

Love The Cure! Love Adele! Check out Adele’s cover of Lovesong

Adele covers The Cure’s “Lovesong” on new album 21 | New Music | SoulCulture.

“California Gurls” is Katy’s Perry’s response to Jay Z’s “Empire State of Mind.” Check out a short clip from inside the studio with Snoop and Katie.
YouTube – Snoop Dogg In The Studio With Katy Perry Working On “California Gurls”.

So excited!!

Check out a video of her performing Window Seat on Jimmy Fallen!!

Will you purchase her new album??

Jazz Fest is just around the corner and the club shows are being announced! Who do YOU want to see this year?

Jazzfest Grids | The Nearly-World-Famous Jazzfest Grids.

For a listing of Jazz Fest artists, click here.

Galactic has a new album out (!!)…and they’re now considered hip hop? I haven’t heard it yet..but I have the other albums and love them. I’m anxious to check it out!!

New Orleans breeds musical mutations. And no wonder — it’s in the air. Every club in the French Quarter keeps its doors open wide, allowing the sounds of jazz, blues, R&B, soul, hip hop and rock to blend into one jaunty blur.

It’s that’s cacophonous spirit that Galactic revels in. For the last decade, the five-man collective has used its funky instrumentals to accompany scores of guest singers and players. Like a modern answer to the Meters, or Booker T. & the MGs, Galactic has both a signature sound and an openness to other artists that makes them ideal collaborators.

They hit a creative peak on their 2007 CD, “From the Corner to the Block,” which hitched funky live beats to some of today’s most progressive rappers, including Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5) and Boots Riley (from the Coup). Together, they made the most brisk, danceable and creative hip-hop CD in far too long.

Now, for their chaser, “Ya-Ka-May,” Galactic uses hip hop as just one reference point. This time they spread the wealth among a gumbo of local styles. (The album’s title refers to an Afro-New Orleans stew based on whatever meat you’ve got hanging around.)

Read more: New Orleans hip-hop group Galactic’s ‘Ya-Ka-May’ is gumbo of local styles.

YouTube - Etta James – Sunday Kind Of Love.

Introducing Nigerian-born singer Nneka! I’m likin her sound!

Born in Nigeria, Nneka relocated some 10,000 miles to Hamburg, Germany, at the age of nineteen to pursue a career in singing along side a degree in Anthropology. Having landed in the German port, the singer hooked up with DJ and Hip-Hop beatmaker DJ Farhot and ever since, their strong musical relationship has been the backbone of Nneka’s success. Her influences reflect her younger days in Nigeria as well as her time in the Western world. The distance she has travels shines through in her voice as does her diverse musical influences. She cites famous compatriot Fela Kuti and legend Bob Marley as well as contemporary rappers Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Mobb Deep and Lauryn Hill as key influences in her pursuit of musical recognition.

Check her out at:  NNEKA on MySpace Music

I just ran across this list of Internet Radio iPhone Apps and have not tried any of them. Have you?

6 iPhone Internet Radio Apps For Every Type Of Listener.