Everyone in New Orleans knows the essential Mardi Gras songs. The likes of “Carnival Time,” “Mardi Gras Mambo,” “Go To the Mardi Gras,” “Big Chief” and “Second-Line, Pt. 1” are as baked into the ...

New Orleans has been alive with the sound of music the past few days. Here are some of the sounds we've had the pleasure of hearing this Mardi Gras. (Soundbites from Mardi Gras) SIEGEL: Music from ...

Mardi Gras is one of the world’s largest celebrations, and we want you to be ready. Although the parades and parties have already hit the streets of New Orleans, the week officially begins on Feb.21, ...

From “If I Ever Cease to Love” and other waltzes, music and Mardi Gras have been bound to one another. Mardi Gras probably would not exist in its current form if it weren’t for the street music that ...

The old Creole song “Chère, mo lemmé toi” is a sweet love song, if a little dramatic. In English, the tune’s first verse ends simply as the singer says, “With all my heart, I love you,” before the ...

Even in a city that’s accustomed to doing things big, the convergence of Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl bumps the excitement in New Orleans to a new high. The 2013 Carnival season hasn’t seen much ...