Hot! New Orleans Jazz Fest Announces 2012 Lineup

Jazz Fest with New Orleans: It's very much lovelier than it looks here. / Dave Martin, AP

Still the maximum music fest in the united states for diversity in addition to pure play jubilation instead of to mention for stuffing your current confront together with foods ones doctors warn everyone concerning the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival announced its 2012 lineup these days using an additional useful mix connected with big bands and awesome lesser-knowns. Among this mainstream favorites are generally (hold ones nostril when you must!) the actual Eagles, Tom Petty & the actual Heartbreakers, the Foo Fighters, John Mayer, this Zac Brown Band, Bonnie Raitt along with Ne-Yo.

There's additionally a new pretty loaded roster of mythical pioneers on tap, such as Al Green, Herbie Hancock, Bunny Wailer, that Levon Helm Band (with guest Mavis Staples!), in addition to the regular variety involving local greats including Nevilles, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Irma Thomas as well as Preservation Hall crew (marking its 50th anniversary).

One issue of which stages released within the lineup pertaining to next season Jazz Fest occurs above two longer weekends, April 27-29 and also May 3-6 could be the improved amount of hipster acts. Bon Iver, Florence + the Machine, Feist, Iron & Wine could most of help to make their debuts there, along with My Morning Jacket is also fixed that will return. More notably, many cooler, younger jazz/soul/R&B acts which NPR listeners all find out are usually also about the list, including Sharon Jones & the particular Dap Kings, Janelle Monae, Jill Scott, Esperanza Spalding and even raper Big Freedia.

It appearance as if Jazz Fest organizers are hoping maintain using the Joneses (as while in the Bonnaroos along with ACL Fests). Personally, I never think that's an undesirable thing. Any exposure New Orleans and also NOLA-affiliated artists can easily get involving young, hip, travel-savvy songs lovers bodes good with regard to everyone. And anyway, you will discover however a lot of old coots, obscure greats, life adventurers and legitimate heroes propagate among the fest's eight stages. Click in this article to find out the complete shebang .

Besides your almost-local Bon Iver, there is to prevent it . Twin Cities link from the lineup: Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner, that life part-time with New Orleans, can be having component inside a tribute for you to Alex Chilton, who possessed also relocated for you to New Orleans previous to his dying final year.