Robert Plant, Big Freedia Rock: Good Day for Golden Gods and Goddesses at Jazz Fest

Robert Plant was in fine form closing out the stage at Saturday's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, with Phish jamming across the track for hours. From Led Zepplin classics to thoughtfully curated covers, he did not disappoint. AXS Review: Here.



Robert Plant

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Big Freedia, a force of nature if ever there was one, performed before Robin Thicke's set but it won't be long before the New Orleans native is closing out a Jazz Fest stage while bringing down the house. She bounced through a sizzling set in honor of her mother. AXS Review: Here.


Big Freedia

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New Orleans native Kermit Ruffins was full of Kermitude, advising fellow trumpet player Irvin Mayfield to "stay well away from my wife," and joking that "he follows me everywhere. With a trumpet as smoking as Kermit's, you can stay as unfiltered as you like. He shared with the audience that he was only half stoned on account of the Jazz Fest gig.


Kermit Ruffins


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Jazz Fest is saluting the music and culture of Brazil this year and, as ever, you never know who or what may be coming around the track. The samba beat goes on.



Photos by Jeff Beninato