Thursday December 31, 2009 [10:30 PM ]

Anders Osborne

Often the trueest portraits of America have been rendered by those who come from outside its borders. Swedish native (and current New Orleans resident) Anders Osborne combines classic American musical forms such as blues, rock and roll, and Crescent City funk to create a sound that acknowledges no borders.

Cyril Neville

The Uptown Allstars are, at once, The World's Only Secondline Reggae Band, The Keepers of the Uptown Fonk (Funk) and the continuation of the Uptown Allstar Concept! The Uptown Allstars is more than a bunch of musicians playing some songs; it is artists contributing their talents to an effort. The effort will always be to make the best music that can be made at the that time and in that place.

Special Guest, Johnny Sansone

". . . Johnny Sansone could easily cut a record that coasts on his formidable harmonica skills . . . [but] rather than fence himself in as a mere stylist . . . the ebullient Sansone incorporates elements of trad blues, zydeco, and roots-rock into a formidably listenable [record]."--Gambit Weekly