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Nick Jonas performs Sunday, April 24, 2016 on the Gentilly Stage during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

RECAP: Jazz Fest’s Sunday headliners reigned at day three

By Lauren Heffker- The Daily Reveille April 24, 2016

While the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival didn’t exactly do audiences a favor by scheduling the Red Hot Chili Peppers, J. Cole and Nick Jonas at the same time, but The Daily Reveille made...

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

Weekend one of Jazz Fest brings New Orleans culture, big performers together

By Lauren Heffker April 24, 2016

Natives and newcomers alike filled the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots for weekend one of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Here’s The Daily Reveille’s recap from day one and...

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...

The "Hunt Slonem: Antebellum Pop!" exhibition will be on display from Friday, April 22, 2016, until Aug. 5, 2016 at the LSU Museum of Art.

LSU Museum of Art honors prolific painter with ‘Hunt Slonem: Antebellum Pop!’

By Lauren Heffker- The Daily Reveille April 20, 2016

Even the wackiest and quirkiest of art fans will not be expecting the LSU Museum of Art’s newest exhibit, “Hunt Slonem: Antebellum Pop!” The show is the first full-scale museum exhibition...

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 Community Music

REVIEW: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros’ ‘PersonA’ is a departure from its roots

By Dillon Lowe- The Daily Reveille April 18, 2016

Rank: 4/5 Wildly successful indie folk band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has returned with a new album, “PersonA” – a departure from the style of music the band traditionally...

Courtesy of Netflix

REVIEW: Season two of ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ lives up to hype

By Allie Cobb- The Daily Reveille April 18, 2016

Rank: 4/5 Season two of the successful comedy series, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” dumped on Netflix April 15 and as said in the opening theme song, the second installment is a “fascinating...