Jazz Fest got off to a rousing start down in New Orleans this weekend with our friends at NoLaDefender covering the event from every angle. While we had told you about Rolling Stone’s Jazz Fest webcast plans, we also wanted to mention that legendary Crescent City venue Tipitina’s will also be webcasting certain performances including today’s Instruments A Comin’ benefit, KDTU on Thursday and The Greyboy Allstars on Friday.
Head over to Tip’s website to watch and for a full list of performances which will be webcast live over the coming days.
Here’s six stories of interest to keep you busy this Monday…
- NY Times spotlights Songkick, a site for tracking music acts
- Indie rockers respond to the death of Osama Bin Laden
- The A.V. Club explains 170 Beastie Boys references
- Aretha Franklin returned to network TV on Friday night
- Spin takes us “on the train” w. Mumford & Edward Sharpe tour
- Pitchfork chats w. the artist behind Radiohead’s newspaper LP
Finally, the fine folks at HeadCount are auctioning off a pair of VIP tickets to the Hangout Music Festival that also includes private meet and greets with Grace Potter and Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools. For more information and to place a bid visit CharityFolks.com.
