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HILL COUNTRY Jan 6th: 11:20pm- 12:30am
As the former trombone player of the
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Sam always entertains audiences with his
exhilarating brand of high-voltage funk, rock, jazz, and hip-hop, termed
"Noladelic Powerfunk." The San Francisco Chronicle asserts "[Big Sam
is] the top man on the slide trombone in the birthplace of jazz." Big
Sam's Funky Nation engages and delights audiences across the country
with their high energy performance and showmanship. Big Sam's Funky
Nation has wowed crowds at major festivals/events, including the New
Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Antibes Jazz Festival, Austin City
Limits, Bonnaroo, Berlin Jazz Festival, SXSW, Jam Cruise and countless
others. BSFN has also been featured in HBO's original series, "Treme,".
Big Sam plays himself in multiple episodes, including scenes with Elvis
Costello and Allen Toussaint as they recorded the acclaimed
Grammy-nominated album, River in Reverse.
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HILL COUNTRY Jan 6th: 10:05-11pm
BROOKLYN BOWL Jan 7th: 8-9pm
When Amanda Shaw takes the stage, the
petite fiddler commands the attention of the audience with a poignant
and rhythmic sound that only a Louisiana prodigy could deliver. Amanda
Shaw is a powerful performer, composer, and arranger who has been
touring nationally and internationally since she was eight years old.
She has recorded three critically-acclaimed albums, won a Big Easy Award
for Best Female Entertainer and has even had two feature roles in
Disney movies. The New Orleans native is a pioneer of the new breed of
young, roots-based musicians who have embraced both the traditional
sounds of Louisiana and the pop sounds of the mainstream.
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HILL COUNTRY Jan 6th: 9-9:50pm
HILL COUNTRY Jan 8th: 8-9pm
As a native of New Orleans, Mia
Borders is an artist that represents the calliope of sounds that
influence contemporary New Orleans' music. With a sound which may best
be described as bayou flavored, funky, rhythm and blues with a
sprinkling of rock n' roll, Mia is a dynamo on stage delivering songs
that come with a sense of urgency. Mia has won over audiences at such
festivals as New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, San Jose Jazz, Santa Cruz
Blues, Bay Bridge, Houston iFest, Taos Mountain Music, and Telluride
Cajun Fest. Chris Gray of the Houston Press wrote "Artists like Mia
Borders are what makes festivals like iFest worth going to - walk up to
the stage with no idea who this person is and walk away a fan." Mia will
release her third CD early in 2012.
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HILL COUNTRY Jan 6th (technically Jan 7th): 12:45-2am
BROOKLYN BOWL Jan 7th: 10:45-Midnight
Stooges Brass Band has been a premier
New Orleans Brass Band since 1996. While appealing to the emotions of
traditional jazz, the brass band fuses urban, pop and hip-hop influences
to create a performance that speaks to the diversity of their audience.
The band takes you on a musical journey with brass band arrangements of
jazz classics like "Spain" by Chick Corea, a tribute to Michael
Jackson, New Orleans secondline favorites and original compositions. The
Stooges have developed an extraordinary history performing with Jessica
Simpson, Jadakiss, Questlove, Black Star, Trombone Shorty, Galactic and
Black Joe Lewis. The Stooges have toured nationally and internationally
in Asia, Europe, and South America. In October, the Stooges Brass Band
were crowned Red Bull Street Kings, besting the other New Orleans Brass
Band competitors for the title. Stooges Brass Band will release a new CD
in early 2012.
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Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs website
BROOKLYN BOWL Jan 7th: 9:20-10:20pm
HILL COUNTRY Jan 8th: 10:45-12am
Music has been a part of Shamarr
Allen's life for as long as he can remember. A native son of the
Crescent City, Shamarr is a former member of Rebirth Brass Band and Hot 8
Brass Band. After honing his skills in the brass band tradition Shamarr
formed his own band, The Underdawgs, and forged a new sound layering
elements of hip hop, rock, soul and pop over New Orleans roots. The band
delivers a powerful wallop of fun, good music and genre bending blends
producing an original sound which Shamarr has dubbed "hip-rock". Shamarr
has shared the stage with Lenny Kravitz, Harry Connick Jr., Branford
Marsalis, Willie Nelson, and R.E.M and performed at the White House for
President Obama. The band toured Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as cultural
ambassadors for the U.S. State Department.
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HILL COUNTRY Jan 8th: 9:20-10:20pm
The pan
cultural rhythms of New Orleans' musical heritage course through the
heart of The Iguanas and their music. Latin shuffles, gritty funk, dark
cinematic jazz and Basin Street horns all join hands to create world
music in the true sense of the term. New Orleans is the singularity of
the universe that is American Music and The Iguanas are some of its most
skilled ambassadors. The Iguanas have released seven albums including a
live recording from their performance at Wolf Trap. In 2008 The Iguanas
received two Best of the Beat Awards for Best Country/Folk/Roots Rock
Band or Performer and Best Country/Folk/Roots Rock Album for "The
Iguanas: If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times". The Iguanas will
release and tour in support of a new full length CD in 2012.
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