Thursday, February 14th
a week in New Orleans: day four
Mardi Gras Indians (Fat Tuesday, 2012)
Wild Magnolias
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Two Indian Tribes Meet in Treme
music clip of the day
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Tag: Mardi Gras Indians
2013
2011
Friday, 12/30/11
more favorites from the past year
Only in a city where cooking, like music, is considered an art would music be considered, like food, a necessity.
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Rainy?
It doesn’t matter.
Any day’s a perfect day for a parade.
The Black Men of Labor 2009 Second Line Parade, New Orleans
(Originally posted 11/18/11.)
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Mardi Gras Indians
Young Wild Magnolias, St. Joseph’s Night, New Orleans, 3/19/09
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United Indian Practice, Handa Wanda, New Orleans, 1/2/11
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Indian Practice, 7th Ward, New Orleans, 11/22/10
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Spy Boy Demond, Seminoles, New Orleans, c. 2010
Vodpod videos no longer available.(Originally posted 9/30/11.)
2011
Friday, 9/30/11
Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans
Young Wild Magnolias, St. Joseph’s Night, 3/19/09
Vodpod videos no longer available.
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United Indian Practice, Handa Wanda, 1/2/11
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Indian Practice, 7th Ward, 11/22/10
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Spy Boy Demond, Seminoles, c. 2010
Vodpod videos no longer available.
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With some forms of musical expression, value is tied to scarcity: the smaller the number of people who can do something, the more highly it’s prized. But with others, the opposite is true: the more readily other folks can join in, the greater the value.
2011
Friday, 6/3/11
scenes from New Orleans
an occasional series
Neville Brothers (with Irvin Mayfield, trumpet)
“Indian Red,” live, New Orleans (Jazz Fest), 5/8/11
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lagniappe
art beat
Lance Rosenfield, New Orleans, 2/5/08 (young Mardi Gras Indian preparing for his first Mardi Gras with the Wild Magnolias)
2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2010/part 1
Scene 1: Sousaphone Parade
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Scene 2: Brian Blade & The Fellowship
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Scene 3: Mardi Gras Indians (Members of the Golden Star Hunters, Carrolton Hunters, et al.), Backstage
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lagniappe
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