This Week at the Howlin Wolf New Orleans

Jul 30, 2009 at 9:30 PM (9:00 PM DOORS)
Benjy Davis Project plus Tony Lucca and The Revivalists

Jul 31, 2009 at 10:00 PM (9:00 PM DOORS)
Howlin' Wolf Hip Hop Showcase featuring Alkatraz Out Patient, 3D Na'tee, MC J, The ICU, Jack Spratt , and Mister Wayne

Aug 1, 2009 at 10:00 PM
White Linen After Party featuring Casa Samba

For more information, or to buy tickets, please visit the Howlin Wolf Webpage

SEE YA AT THE WOLF!!!

This Week at the Howlin Wolf New Orleans

Jul 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM
St. Valentine's Day Massacre plus From Legends to Nancy, Kill Me Believer and WBTF

Jul 24, 2009 at 10:00 PM (9:00 PM DOORS)
PJ Morton plus Britten and Franklin IV

Jul 26, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Afton Presents: Local Hip Hop Showcase

For more info, or to buy tickets, go to the Howlin Wolf Webpage

See Ya At The Wolf!!!

Worn Again nola3 Fashion Show

The Howlin Wolf New Orleans has a special event for you. The Worn Again nola3 Fashion show is happening on Saturday, July 18.
Here's what it is:
WORN AGAIN designers deconstruct random recycled materials we give them to create innovative works of wearable art.

DJ Kristin of Mod Dance Party will set the beat for our 40 juried designers to rock the WORN AGAIN nola3 runway.

The infamous Recycled Dance Competition will follow with original "old skool -vs- new skool" choreography performed by local dance troupes. DyVersatile Crew, a hip hop troupe from Mobile AL, will then kick off our After Party with Stinging Caterpillar Sound System throwing down till the wee hours.

The Fashion Show will go from 8pm-11pm

The Dance Competition & After Party from 11pm-2am

WORN AGAIN nola3 will be a wonderful night of radical creativity that true lovers of New Orleans creative culture will not want to miss.

This Week at the Wolf!!

-Jul 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM (8:00 PM DOORS)
Afrika Bambaataa with DJ KMT plus DJ Soul Sister and Truth Universal

-Jul 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Off The Dome Emcee Competition featuring Slangston Hughes and Snuff Sugar plus Mercure, Lyrics tha Lyricist, B.C, NUT, Onaje, ATM , M@ Peoples

-Jul 17, 2009 at 9:00 PM (8:00 PM DOORS)
Laugh Out Loud Benefit featuring Nature Boy, James Cusimano, JD Sledge, Tee Ray , Carrey B, Dane Fauchaux, plus performance by Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

Proceeds to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

-Jul 18, 2009 at 6:30 PM
WORN AGAIN nola3 Patron Party

Advance Preview and Silent Auction of the top 10 WORN AGAIN designs, hors d'oeuvres, and the musical stylings of Voice

-Jul 18, 2009 at 8:00 PM
WORN AGAIN nola3 Fashion Show

WORN AGAIN designers deconstruct random recycled materials we give them to create innovative works of wearable art. DJ Kristin of Mod Dance Party will set the beat for our 40 juried designers to rock the WORN AGAIN nola3 runway. The infamous Recycled Dance Competition will follow with original "old skool -vs- new skool" choreography performed by local dance troupes. DyVersatile Crew, a hip hop troupe from Mobile AL, will then kick off our After Party with Stinging Caterpillar Sound System throwing down till the wee hours. Fashion Show: 8pm-11pm Dance Competition & After Party: 11pm-2am WORN AGAIN nola3 will be a wonderful night of radical creativity that true lovers of New Orleans creative culture will not want to miss.

-Jul 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
NOVAC's 37th Anniversary

Music by New Orleans Jazz Vipers and DJ Alligator Chomp Chomp. Food by Nur's Kitchen and Naked Pizza. Celebrity Judges Harry Shearer and Walter Williams will establish the winner of our 37 Seconds for 37 Years Film Submission Competition, and our raffle and Silent Auction could make YOU a winner of some pretty sweet prizes from New Orleans businesses! www.novacvideo.org

For more information, or to buy tickets, click on the tickets link on the Howlin Wolf New Orleans Website.

See Ya At The Wolf!!!

Afrika Bambaataa and The Red Bull Academy

The big news this week around the Howlin Wolf is the arrival of Afrika Bambaataa. Now, with most Howlin Wolf blog posts I would give some biographical info on the artist and show some videos ect, ect. Afrika needs no intro except to say that if you don't know, you need to find out. To say that you are a fan of Hip Hop and not know Afrika Bambaataa is like building a house without a foundation. He IS the Godfather of Hip Hop, and one of the most important figures in music from our (or at least my) generation.

And yes he will be at The Howlin Wolf New Orleans on Monday, July 13 with DJ KMT plus DJ Soul Sister and Truth Universal. More info and tickets here.

However, the thing that drew my attention while reading about this event was the people who are the sponsors. The Red Bull Music Academy was something that I had never heard of before. At first I thought, "Yeah, just another brand with a record label and a phony cause," but upon further investigation I discovered that this is a dream come true for young musicians.

Here's how it works:
Red Bull selects musicians out of a pool of applicants and takes them to a musical epicenter (next year's will be in London) for two weeks of collaboration and classes with some of the biggest names in the industry.

Here's how they describe it on their website:

"The Red Bull Music Academy is an event that travels the world. A yearly celebration of all the journeys and breakthroughs, all the dreams and intricacies that go into the music we love. For two weeks, you'll be checking gear, chatting on tunes, and spinning in clubs, while getting a rare glimpse into local musical hybrids in a different country. In between times, you can talk to people from around the world who started revolutions in sound. They're the people we look up to, and they're looking to you for a fresh perspective in turn."

What's even more impressive is that over the past 10 years, this event has hosted iconic musicians and music industrians like Bob Moog, Sly & Robbie, Tony Allen, and Chuck D. Now the Academy can add, The Godfather himself, Afrika Bambaataa to this amazing roster.

So if you are a musician....what are you waiting for!!!! The Academy is accepting applications until July 27, and you can find all the info you need to know here.

And of course I can't leave without posting some video to get you jazzed about the show:

DMC DJ Competition

The DMC DJ competition began in London in 1985. Since then it has enjoyed an amazingly consistent popularity among fans of electronic and hip hop music. DMC has been instrumental in bringing out the best in these genres of music, both in its musical style and performance quality. Past DMC DJ competitions are looked upon as iconic moments where DJs have made their careers revealing new techniques and sounds. Just a quick look at the "World Championship DJ History" page is enough to prove that this event is where DJs bust out all the new stuff!!

The Howlin Wolf New Orleans is certain that this will be the case when we host the New Orleans leg of the DMC DJ competition on Friday July 10. The competition begins at 10pm.

Here's a few moments from past DMC events:

DMC Technics DJ Championships 2009, Birmingham Heat from Chris Bates on Vimeo.

A Very Funny Night!!

It's nice when we here at the Howlin Wolf can take a break from music and just be funny. Well this Wednesday we are going to do just that. Dave Russo will be taking the stage to bust your gut with friends Wild Bill Dykes, Howard Hall, and Skip Guidry.

In case you are unfamiliar with Dave here's a blurb from his site:
"After winning the inaugural Boston Int'l Comedy Festival "Best New Comic award", Dave received national attention when he beat out 5,000 entertainers to be a part the E! Entertainment Networks 10 episode TV series "The Entertainer". Dave was recently hand selected by the producer of NBC's Last Comic Standing to perform on the new TV show NESN's COMEDY ALL-STARS and is on the cover and prominently featured in "THE COMEDIANS" Americas Comedy Magazine!"

If that doesn't convince you, here's a couple of videos from Dave and the other performers that will be taking the stage Wednesday, July 8. For more info on the show, check out the Howlin Wolf New Orleans Website and click on the tickets link.

Dave on the TV show "NESN's Comedy All-Stars"


Here's Wild Bill:
Le Chat show 12/08


And Howard Hall:
Stand Up or Sit Down Video Submissions

This Week at the Wolf!!

This is what we have to offer this week at the Howlin Wolf New Orleans:

Jul 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Dave Russo plus Wild Bill Dykes, Howard Hall, and Host Skip Guidry

Jul 9, 2009 at 9:00 PM (8:00 PM DOORS)
Local Spotlight Series

Jul 10, 2009 at 10:00 PM
DMC New Orleans DJ Competition

Jul 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM (8:00 PM DOORS)
Afrika Bambaataa with DJ KMT plus DJ Soul Sister and Truth Universal

For more information of to buy tickets, click on the tickets link at the Howlin Wolf New Orleans Webpage