The kickoff party for this year’s Cutting Edge NOLA Music Business Conference took place in the upstairs Ramp Room of the Little Gem Saloon at South Rampart and Poydras in the CBD of New Orleans. After a historical presentation about New Orleans’ community radio station WWOZ, there was a guitar summit sponsored by T-watt amplifiers, co-hosted by blues guitarists Jonathan “Boogie” Davenport and Guitar Slim Jr. Downstairs in the restaurant, a straight ahead jazz trio was playing, featuring the vocalist Nayo Jones. But Cutting Edge showcases were also going on at other venues in the city simultaneously, so after hanging out at the Little Gem for about an hour, I decided to head to other venues.
Little Gem Saloon
Day 2 of Cutting Edge NOLA Music Business Conference 2013
Bands, entertainment, events, music, Music Conferences
The second full day of the Cutting Edge NOLA conference opened with a series of panels at the Old U.S. Mint at the foot of Esplanade Street in the French Quarter, and ended with showcases at three locations in the city, including Little Gem Saloon in the Central Business District.
