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University Symphony Orchestra to play Beck’s 'Song Reader Symphony'

University Symphony Orchestra to play Beck’s ‘Song Reader Symphony’

September 24, 2014

Orchestral music and rock music will collide tonight at the Union Theater. At its concert, the LSU Symphony Orchestra will be performing the “Song Reader Symphony,” an arrangement of six songs...

Stoop Kids

Q&A: Stoop Kids

September 24, 2014

New Orleans band Stoop Kids has created a new genre of music called doo-hop — a fusion of doo-wop and hip-hop elements. While putting the finishing touches on its second album, The Daily Reveille...

Luke Winslow-King

King opens up about distinct sound

By Gerald Ducote September 22, 2014

Blues is the lifeblood of American music. Originating in the deep South, blues was born out of the woeful ballads of slaves working plantation fields. Its sorrowful sound and low-noted patterns paint...

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Ace Massive

By Anna Jiang September 21, 2014

Q  When you first moved to Regina, how different was it from New Orleans? A Well, moving to Canada was kind of like moving from one extreme to another. The people and the culture are very different,...

Interview: Kenny Garrett on Spontaneous Combustion

Interview: Kenny Garrett on Spontaneous Combustion

September 19, 2014

Listen to Zia interview legendary saxophonist, Kenny Garrett, on Spontaneous Combustion!

Local musician Dax Riggs opens up about his new sound

Local musician Dax Riggs opens up about his new sound

September 17, 2014

Dax Riggs, a musician from Houma, Louisiana, achieved national fame with sludge metal band Acid Bath in the ’90s. After departing Acid Bath, Riggs played with psychedelic swamp rock band Agents of...

Interview: Earphunk

Interview: Earphunk

It’s been a busy year for the New Orleans progressive funk band Earphunk. Moving on from bars and small stages to packed clubs and festivals like Electric Forest Festival, Bear Creek Music and Art...

Lydia Loveless returns to One Eyed Jacks

By Gerald Ducote September 15, 2014

The state of Ohio is responsible for a large tract of popular American music. From pop-punk to garage rock, the Buckeye State has produced numerous sons and daughters of music, including DEVO, The Cramps...

Engineer and owner of Sockit Studio Devon Kirkpatrick talks about his experience in the music industry and the history of the studio in an interview Sunday, September 14, 2014.

Baton Rouge studio records music by LSU students

September 15, 2014

From the outside, Sockit Studio looks like every other red brick building in the warehouse district of northeast Baton Rouge. On the inside, however, is a professional audio recording studio that...

Interview: Frank Sinatra Jr.

Interview: Frank Sinatra Jr.

September 10, 2014

Listen to Zia interview Frank Sinatra Jr. on Spontaneous Combustion, the longest running jazz and blues radio show in North America.

Kopecky Family Band to play at Spanish Moon

By Alt-rock sextet brings Nashville style September 10, 2014

The proverb “blood is thicker than water” is often used to mean that family is more important than friends. But it is often disputed that this expression stemmed originally from the much older...

Q&A: Bass Drum of Death

September 10, 2014

Bass Drum of Death is a garage rock band from Oxford, Mississippi. Its latest album will be available Oct. 7, and the band currently is touring the South with a stop in Baton Rouge tonight. The Daily Reveille:...