Tab Benoit News

Louisiana blues master Tab Benoit plays the next show in the outdoor Sunset Concert Series at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center in Egg Harbor at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 12.

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Rapper Eminem, who is not on tour, is set to perform at the Voodoo Experience 2009, which the festival's producers say will be his only full concert performance of the year.

Colorado is beautiful country during the summer, and if you're anywhere within a hundred miles of Winter Park, Colorado this coming weekend, you might want to check into the 7th Annual Blues From The Top Fest.

Used bowling pins await their sale. Never underestimate the value of New Orleans nostalgia.

Buy an original Rock 'n' Bowl bowling pin on Saturday, June 13. Nostalgic for the original Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl? Owner John Blancher is selling off the alley's battered bowling pins to benefit Tab Benoit's Voice of the Wetlands organization.

Louisiana guitarist/vocalist Tab Benoit specializes in old-school Cajun blues - soulful, spicy stuff from the deep Bayou blended with elements of Texas-style blues-rock and vintage New Orleans funk.

The weather in New Orleans lately has been mostly nice and warm. That makes today as good a time as any to post this performance of "Nice and Warm" by Tab Benoit and Jimmy Thackery .

If you like smoking' blues, an enthusiastic but well-behaved crowd, the opportunity to roam around, then head to The Barn at Hillsprings Farm at 535 County Route 85 in Addison.

I've been trying all morning to write this in a way that doesn't come off like, "ha, ha, I was there and you weren't. Aren't I special?" So, after much consideration this is what I've come up with, "Wow, I was there and you needed to be.

My favorite part of The Voice of the Wetlands Allstars show at the Jazz Fest Gentilly stage was when Cajun fiddler Waylon Thibodeaux accompanied Big Chief Monk Boudreaux as he offered up Mardi Gras Indian chants.

Dr. John performs at the Big Easy Music Awards. Since Hurricane Katrina, Dr. John has experienced a renaissance of sorts.

INgrooves has inked Telarc and Heads Up International, both divisions of Concord Music Group for digital distribution worldwide excluding the US and Canada.

It's a perfect and mellow day when one can walk toward the Acura Stage with a mango freeze in hand and not get bumped on the way to hear Joe Cocker.

Cyril Neville's CD-release party for Brand New Blues promises to be a jam featuring several of the artists who comprise the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, including Neville, bluesman Tab Benoit, harmonica player Jumpin' Johnny Sansone and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is an embarrassment of riches for music lovers, touching not just upon jazz music but also lots of R&B, blues, rock, gospel, world music, hip-hop, and cajun/zydeco. So how can an oldies fan best spend his time at the 2009 "Fest"? Here's a handy day-by-day guide from yours truly, who's been going since he ...

Tomorrow, Jazz Fest starts. The weather will be grand, and I have my Brass Pass in hand.

Children from around Louisiana are taking part in a project to create a banner to send to Washington, D.C., about the need to save coastal Louisiana.

More than 90 dealers are expected. Free appraisals. Admission is $3, seniors, $2, and those under 12 are admitted free.

"There are no bad notes when you're speaking from your heart," says Cajun blues ace Tab Benoit.