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  Flaming Lips and Lenny Kravitz Wrap Voodoo Fest | ARTICLE

  "You don't mind if I play a little music?" Lenny Kravitz asked as he closed the Voodoo Music Experience Sunday night in New Orleans. After a weekend of costume and spectacle, his two-hour set was almost old...

  November 2, 2009 1:51 PM ET
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  Eminem Thrills Voodoo Fest With "Relapse" Tracks and Biggest Hits | ARTICLE

  Trying to resolve Eminem's contradictions is a loser's game. How do you reconcile the artist who asked the men in the audience at Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans Friday night to yell, "Fuck you, bitches" (and...

  October 31, 2009 12:10 PM ET
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  Bon Jovi, Kings of Leon and Neil Young Bring New Orleans Jazz Fest to Ecelctic End | ARTICLE

  In the weeks leading up to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the recession was the tense undercurrent beneath the excitement over its 40th anniversary. The lineup was announced early this year to extend the ticket-buying...

  May 4, 2009 4:41 PM ET
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  Dave Matthews Band, Wilco Spice Up New Orleans Jazz Fest | ARTICLE

  "New Orleans is the soul of America," Gil Cerezo of Kinky declared. The dance rock band from Monterey, Mexico, was onstage and finishing up the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by...

  April 27, 2009 1:04 PM ET
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  As Mardi Gras Rages, New Orleans' Music Scene Struggles to Recover | ARTICLE

  In February 2006, just six months after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, Mardi Gras marched on. The storm and its devastating aftermath crippled but didn't kill off the city's rich culture: musicians trickled back in, Krewes — the groups that...

  February 24, 2009 8:16 AM ET
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  Will Oldham, Members of Flobots, Fleet Foxes, Los Lobos Rock for New Orleans Musicians | ARTICLE

  "You've shown us what happens when people rise together, work together and dream together," Brer Rabbit of indie hip-hop group Flobots said at Tipitina's in New Orleans Thursday night. He was one of 10 musicians who visited...

  December 5, 2008 3:55 PM ET
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  R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, Lil Wayne Salute New Orleans, Obama at Voodoo Festival | ARTICLE

  With the presidential election fewer than two weeks away, Barack Obama was in the air at the tenth anniversary of the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans. On Friday, the first day of the three-day festival in...

  October 27, 2008 1:06 PM ET