We're off to Jazz Fest!...

Who knows who we will end up seeing, but here are some early favorites:

Thursday, May5 - lineup

12:20 Little Freddie King Blues Band
1:40 Lucinda Williams

2:45 Charlie Musselwhite

3:40 Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys

4:35 Michelle Shocked

Thursday's closers: Wilco/Cyndi Lauper/Ruthie Foster/The Iguanas

Friday, May 6 - lineup

1:00 Edie Brickell (& the older bohemians?)

1:40 Yvette Landry (nod to Yvette K)

4:15 Eric Lindell

Friday's closers: Arcade Fire/Willie Nelson/Mingus Big Band/Gregg Allman

Saturday, May 7 - lineup

12:30 Marcia Ball/Pfister Sisters/Jon Batiste

2:00 Voices of the Wetlands (Tab Benoit,Anders Osborne,George Porter, et al)

2:55 Jesse Winchester

3:00 Sonny Rollins interview

3:30 Allen Toussaint/Trombone Shorty/Walter 'Wolfman' Washington

Saturday's closers: Jimmy Buffett/The Strokes/Lauryn Hill/Bobby 'Blue' Bland/CJ Chenier/Aaron Neville

Sunday, May 8 - lineup

1:00 Anders Osborne

2:00 Papa Grows Funk/Henry Butler

3:30 Kid Rock/Sonny Landreth

Sunday's closers: Neville Bros/Radiators & Friends Farewell/Sonny Rollins/Robert Randolph/Rockin' Dopsie/Bobby Lounge