( The Zac Brown Band to replace Willie Nelson on Sunday.) Erykah Badu casting her spirit soul sister spell to a large crowd at the Congo Square Stage.Ī relatively modest crowd witnessed Lauren Daigle, the contemporary Christian pop star from Lafayette, on the Gentilly Stage it was much smaller than the Elvis Costello crowd the night before. Saturday’s female headliners included Mavis Staples replacing Melissa Etheridge at Blues Tent. As she made clear in her 2021 memoir “Last Chance Texaco,” she has lived a remarkable life, with extreme ups and downs, but feels comfortable where she is now: “It’s good to have lived so long to have a history with great musicians.”. She was concentrating but she was clearly enjoying herself. The day before Mother’s Day, she celebrated motherhood.
On “Danny’s All Star Joint,” he sang about coffee, coins, butcher knives and chicken in a pot over a jazz electric bass. Jones switched to the grand piano for the title song of “Pirates”. (Photo by Scott Threlkeld, | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Lawyer) Rickie Lee Jones performs on the Shell Gentilly Stage during the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Addressing the chorus, the brass section of local jazz-funk band Naughty Professor gave the arrangement a Van Morrison feel. She played acoustic guitar for “Chuck E’s in Love” while Dillon’s percussion provided the structure. All poetry and joy, her voice skated over keyboards and trumpets. At the Shell Gentilly Stage, she and an ensemble led by drummer, percussionist and vibraphonist Mike Dillon entered the set. Rickie Lee Jones, a recent crop New Orleans resident, has been waiting to play Jazz Fest. Elsewhere, he ditched the bluesy tones and gritty riffs, totally in command. On “Better Be Lonely”, Fish’s solo followed the melodic line of the song. He delivered one bountiful guitar solo after another on a succession of electric guitars, as his band’s keyboardist completed the band’s drummer-driven arrangements. Clad in striking black and white stripes on the festival stage, she and a muscular three-piece band powered a blues-rock ensemble tailor-made for the big stages.īlue skies and sparkling music greet music fans at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Saturday, May 7, 2022.Īs three calendar years have passed since the previous Jazz Fest, he performed a song that expressed his feeling: “Hello, stranger, it seems so good to see you again/How long has it been?/Seems like a long time.” Volume was not an issue for Samantha Fish.
His song introductions and stories were mostly inaudible toward the back of the tent, and even much of his guitar work was lost. He plucked and pulled the guitar strings hard, but the whole show of him needed to be stronger. He told stories and reviewed the songs of Muddy Waters, Son House, Tommy Johnson and Robert Johnson in his country-blues style. In the Blues Tent, the 72-year-old sat alone with a guitar and the ghosts of missing blues guitarists. The Saturday schedule was dominated by female artists. (Photo by Sophia Germer,, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Lawyer) Flags fly over a large crowd as Stevie Nicks performs on the Festival Stage during the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
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