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Grace Potter performs Friday, April 22, 2016 on the Gentilly Stage during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

RECAP: Jazz Fest, day one

By Lauren Heffker- The Daily Reveille April 23, 2016

With the most wonderful time of the year in full swing, festival season brings out the best in New Orleans. Day one of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival kicked off to perfect weather at the...

Sarah Quintana sits down with The Daily Reveille Friday, April 22, 2016 after her performance on the Lagniappe Stage during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Q&A: Sarah Quintana talks performing abroad, second album release at Jazz Fest

By Lauren Heffker- The Daily Reveille April 23, 2016

After Sarah Quintana’s performance at the Lagniappe Stage on day one of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the New Orleans native spoke to The Daily Reveille about her career thus far and...

Cruz Contreras of The Black Lillies performs Friday, April 22, 2016 on the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Q&A: The Black Lillies discusses Jazz Fest, writing process

By Lauren Heffker- The Daily Reveille April 22, 2016

On day one of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Daily Reveille talked to founder and frontman Cruz Contreras of “The Black Lillies.” The easygoing country group from Nashville,...

Sweet Crude opens up the Power Plant stage on day two of the BUKU Music + Art Festival.

Q&A: Sweet Crude discusses Jazz Fest, upcoming LP

By Lauren Heffker- The Daily Reveille April 20, 2016

With its half-English, half-French music and guitarless seven-person formation, New Orleans’ own “Sweet Crude” is anything but ordinary. In anticipation of the group’s upcoming...

A group of Mardi Gras Indians walks around Saturday, April 26, 2014, during the New Orleans Jazz and Heratige Festival in New Orleans.

Jazz Fest 2016: How to survive the two weekend event

By Allie Cobb- The Daily Reveille April 20, 2016

Paul Simon, Nick Jonas, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young and Snoop Dogg make up only a small part of the lineup for New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, one of the country’s most diverse music festivals. The...

The "Jazz Fest 101: A Showcase of Student Oral History Research" exhibition will be on display until June 4, 2016 at Hill Memorial Library.

Hill Memorial Library displays “Jazz Fest 101,” explores festival’s past

By Lauren Heffker April 20, 2016

A little taste of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has come to the University. “Jazz Fest 101: A Showcase of Student Oral History Research,” is the newest exhibit at Hill Memorial...

Courtesy of Brandon Williams 

Spanish Moon to host underground hip hop event Sounds of the South

By Dillon Lowe- The Daily Reveille April 20, 2016

Underground hip-hop artists from Baton Rouge and other areas of Louisiana will gather on Saturday April 23, for Sounds of the South, an event celebrating the distinctive characteristics of southern hip-hop. Creators...

Courtesy of THRIVE Academy 

THRIVE Academy to host second annual 3rd Street Grub Crawl

By Dillon Lowe April 18, 2016

THRIVE Academy, a boarding school for underprivileged Baton Rouge youth, is set to host its second annual 3rd Street Grub Crawl on Thursday. “It’s essentially a big block party on Third Street,”...

Louisiana International Film Festival

Louisiana International Film Festival

By What to look for April 14, 2016

The fourth annual Louisiana International Film Festival kicks off April 14th and lasts until the 17th at the Perkins Rowe Cinemark in Baton Rouge. It was created to promote the Louisiana film industry's...

Courtesy of Robert Ibbotson

Q&A: SoMo discusses upcoming Varsity Theatre show, career beginnings

By Dillon Lowe- The Daily Reveille April 13, 2016

Joseph Somers-Morales, better known by his stage name SoMo, began lighting up the R&B scene in 2013 with his successful single “Ride.” SoMo, who has been singing since he was a child, launched...

Battle of the Bands winners, Ship of Fools, performs at Groovin' on Friday, April 08, 2016 at the PMAC.

Q&A: Ship of Fools discusses Groovin’ performance, upcoming first tour

By Meg Ryan- The Daily Reveille April 9, 2016

Before, Detroit's Danny Brown and Philadelphia’s Santigold took the stage at Groovin’, Baton Rouge’s Ship of Fools opened the show with its folk rock tunes. Comprised of four University...

Rihanna is seen at 2016 Black Girls Rock! at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Friday, April, 1, 2016 in Newark, NJ. (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP)

OPINION: ‘Stan wars’ have gotten out of control

By Kayla Randall- The Daily Reveille April 6, 2016

From the Beyhive to the Navy to the Barbz, these days stans represent their fandoms like gangs. While standom in general is based on borderline irrational enthusiasm for popular media figures, the disturbing...