Voodoo Fest 2012

It's too bad K'naan played on the main stage at Voodoo fest. His personal, live-band hip hop is much better suited for closer quarters. A lot of K'naan's lyrics relate his personal history (he was born and spent much of his life in the turbulent eastern African country of Somalia); his band backs him up loosely, soulfully, with heart; on stage, he's funny, he's uplifting, he's a great rapper, and

At Justice’s show, we found the guy in the banana costume who was selling granola earlier by the port-o-lets. A girl with a pink wig was riding on his shoulders, both hands gripped to the felt stem on his head. All around them were bright colors – the green of the glow sticks, the Easter blue of unicorn costumes, the yellows of the banana costumes. It was a little weird, and we felt ourselves gett

Chillin' in NOLA this weekend, enjoying the sweet sounds of Nas, Skrillex, K'Naan, and Dev at Voodoo fest? Lucky.