All-Star Musicians Tapped For NOLA Crawfish Festival Between Jazz Fest Weekends

 
 

via Live For Live Music

NOLA Crawfish King and Live for Live Music are thrilled to present the second annual NOLA Crawfish Festival, bringing together some of New Orleans’ finest musicians, food, and craft beer at a brand new home of Central City BBQ. Taking place in the days between Jazz Fest weekends, May 1-3, NOLA Crawfish Festival promises a true New Orleans experience from top to bottom. Featuring some of the most prominent artists to emerge from the Crescent City along with national favorites, this year’s talent includes George Porter Jr., John Medeski, Eric Krasno, Luther Dickinson, Jon Cleary, Ivan Neville, and many more in various unique supergroup formations.

The festival will bring together a trifecta of Southeast Louisiana perfection – the absolute best crawfish, live music, and beer the city has to offer. The full roster of artists includes George Porter, Jr., Jon Cleary, John Medeski, Luther Dickinson, Eric Krasno, John “Papa” Gros, Robert Mercurio, Jeff Raines, Ivan Neville, Nigel Hall, June Yamagishi, Corey Henry, Tony Hall, Derwin “Big D” Perkins, Raymond Weber, Cris Jacobs, Raw Oyster Cult, Terence Higgins, Khris Royal, Boukou Groove, Eric Lindell, Simon Lott, Joe Ashlar and Organ Freeman. Anticipate various super jams, exciting collaborations and surprise sit-ins, all in true New Orleans fashion.

The festival will run from 3 PM to 10 PM each day. Attendees can enjoy over 5,000 pounds of hot boiled crawfish prepared on-site by Chris “Shaggy” Davis and his NOLA Crawfish King staff, ice-cold beer, and critically acclaimed barbecue from Central City BBQ. The three-day event will conclude with the Ultimate Crawfish Cook-Off, where twenty teams will compete for the best crawfish boil determined by a panel of NOLA celebrity judges.

General admission includes one beer and a guaranteed minimum of two pounds of crawfish, complete with all the fixings. BBQ dishes will also be available for purchase. Single day passes will be available, but a three-day pass is the best way to enjoy the full hometown experience. A limited amount of Super VIP passes will also be available, allowing full 360° access to a festival experience that you will never forget.

A portion of all ticket proceeds will go to The CAN’d Aid Foundation‘s “Send Me A Friend“ program, which was launched in partnership with Anders Osborne to provide newly-sober musicians and music industry professionals a support network to enable them to get back to work.

More information and tickets are available at nolacrawfishfest.com. Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks. This event is rain or shine.

Daily Breakdowns

5/1:
Khris Royal & Dark Matter + special guests
Good Enough For Good Times (Robert Mercurio, Jeff Raines, Simon Lott & Joe Ashlar)
Eric Lindell
Neville Jacobs (Ivan Neville, Cris Jacobs, Tony Hall, Brady Blade)

5/2:
Boukou Groove
Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory With Luther Dickinson
MVP (Jon Cleary, Nigel Hall, Tony Hall, Derwin “Big D” Perkins & Raymond Weber)
NCF Funk Squad (Eric Krasno, George Porter Jr., John Medeski & Terence Higgins)

5/3:
Organ Freeman
Raw Oyster Cult
Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet
Crawfish Fest All Stars (George Porter Jr., John “Papa” Gros, June Yamagishi, Terence Higgins) + special guests

Aud Lang Syne: Eric Krasno

 
 

via Jambands.com

In 2017 Eric Krasno will return with new albums from Soulive and the Eric Krasno Band. He will also tour with both groups.

What will you remember most about 2016?
Unfortunately, 2016 will be remembered as the year we lost many great musicians & entertainers. From David Bowie, Leon Russell and George Martin to Muhammed Ali…we lost a lot of greats.

Which album or albums have you listened to most this past year?
I listened to Andy Shauf’s new album The Party a ton this year. I loved the production and feeling of this record. It’s a concept album that tells the story of a night at a party through eyes of a group of people. It made me listen all the way through every time. I love albums like that.

What emerging artists should we watch out for in 2017?
Marcus King is absolutely killing it right now. An amazing singer and ripping guitar player…his band is on fire too.

Any big plans in the works for 2017?
In 2017 I will finish my new solo album (the follow-up to Blood from a Stone ) and continue to tour with Eric Krasno Band. We also have a new Soulive album in the works (produced by Pretty Lights) and will do our Bowlive run again in June. I will also be doing some production and writing work with a few other artists in the studio. Looking forward to year full of new music.

EKB Spring Tour with Gov't Mule

 
 

There have been a lot of shows added to the schedule lately and I'm very excited to share that I will be performing at the Official Fool's Paradise After Party, The Major Rager and Deep Roots Mountain Revival this Spring/Summer. But first, EKB will be hitting the road with Gov't Mule this April making stops in Greenville, Huntsville, Memphis and Mobile.

April 23 at Peace Center Concert Hall in Greenville, SC* | Tickets
April 24 at Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL *| Tickets
April 26 at Minglewood Hall in Memphis, TN* | Tickets
April 27 at Saenger Theatre in Mobile, AL* | Tickets
April 29 at The Maison in New Orleans, LA
*with Gov't Mule

Eric Krasno Band Welcome The London Souls for Band of Gypsies and Sly Stone Covers

via Jambands

Eric Krasno Band continued their tour through the Northeast with a stop at the Ardmore Music Hall in Pennsylvania on Saturday night, where the band got some help from collaborators The London Souls, who opened the show.

The Souls, Tash Neal and Chris St. Hilaire, joined Krasno (who produced their LP Here Come the Girls) and his band for Band of Gypsies’ “Changes” as well as Sly and the Family Stone’s “I Wanna Take You Higher,” featuring EKB’s Deshawn Alexander and Mary Corso on lead vocals.

Eric Krasno Band’s tour wraps up February 10 in Minneapolis, MN.