Egg Yolk Jubilee brings their electrical musical palate to NOLA Downtown Music Fest

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The 20th Annual Cutting Edge CE announces the list of featured artists for NOLA DOWNTOWN Music & Arts Festival which takes place in Lafayette Square at Historic Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Avenue in the heart of New Orleans' Downtown Development District on Friday and Saturday, September 28 -29, 2012. Performing on Saturday at 7:00 pm is Big Easy and OffBeat Awards winner Egg Yolk Jubilee. Rising up from the ashes of such New Orleans bands as Lump, Grassy Knoll and Sticka Bush, The Egg Yolk Jubilee Music Band formed in 1996. The members, natives of the New Orleans area and long time acquaintances from the halcyon days of high school, shared a burning desire to fry up a new style of New Orleans music that satisfied the members' eclectic palates.

After stumbling through many recipes, The Yolk created a delicious new menu of savory tunes, which have been served up for nearly fourteen years at every venue from the Acadian Brew House to the Zeitgeist Theatre. They have produced three classic CD's, played the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the French Quarter Festival, South by Southwest Festival, the Ponderosa Stomp and several more. The Music of Egg Yolk Jubilee was featured on the hit HBO series Treme in Summer 2011.

They have served as backing band to several legendary musical icons including "The Emperor of the Universe" Ernie K-Doe, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Alex Chilton, Jello Biafra and Howard Tate. The Egg Yolk Jubilee are currently recording their fourth CD, and are planning to launch into outer space on a home-built rocket upon completion.

Opening the festival at Lafayette Square for a 4:00 pm set on Friday will be Gerald French & The Original Tuxedo Band in a tribute to Bob French; other headline performers for the two days include rock & rollers The Breton Sound; the silky jazz vocals of New Orleans' Stephanie Jordan; New Orleans' latest Blues and R&B sensation Gina Brown with her G-Slide craze that's sweeping the charts; Treme's James "Satchmo of the Ghetto" Andrews; Susan Cowsill whose music channels emotions of loss into her work; New Orleans' surf rock band, The Unnaturals; Big Easy and OffBeat Awards winner Egg Yolk Jubilee with their electric musical palate; New Orleans' female fronted rock band, DiNOLA; and Jam-All Production headed by Jamal Batiste.

Also included in the list of activities is the New Orleans Film Society sponsored event on that Friday at 7:30 pm, New Music for an Old Music; a fun project which musicians Ratty Scurvics, Evan Goodrow Band and Unpainted Souls perform LIVE as the silent film Tarzan of the Apes, runs on the big screen in Lafayette Square. This will be followed by The Way Road: All Good Things – a short film by Michael Hofstedt on musician John Petty's development as an artist.

Saturday's Festival schedule closes out with Africa Brass with the FiYaYa Mardi Gras Indians, The Free Agents Brass Band, and Treme's James Andrews. The party then continues at Live Jazz at the Hyatt hosted by Anais St. John, and performances the other music venues.
The full Conference which runs from September 26 – 30 will include NewWorks Showcases by new and emerging artists seeking exposure to record executives, booking agents, managers and the media. From Larry g(EE) of Dallas, whose sound has been described as modern twist on Motown; to Austin's Hot Rails To Hell heavy breed of seventies hard rock, punk, and early heavy metal; New York's Jerrra Blues who has been described as a cross between Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, and Lauryn Hill; The soulful Tanya E. Boutte of the famed Boutte clan, the 2012 Cutting Edge CE has something for all music genres.

Some of the food vendors for Friday and Saturday include Lil Dizzy's Café, Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club, NOLA Foods, Sno Balls Baby, JuJu Bag Café, Cajun Moon Catering, Lonora's Catering, The Wisdom, and others. Arts & Crafts vendors will be on hand with their wares as well.

The full Conference which runs from September 26 – 30 will include NewWorks Showcases by new and emerging artists seeking exposure to record executives, booking agents, managers and the media. From Larry g(EE) of Dallas, whose sound has been described as modern twist on Motown; to Austin's Hot Rails To Hell heavy breed of seventies hard rock, punk, and early heavy metal; New York's Jerrra Blues who has been described as a cross between Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, and Lauryn Hill; Atlanta's The Dojo Collective with its infusing sounds of hip hop, funk, rock and anything else that flows and anything else that flows; the elegant vocals of New Orleans' Barbara Short; to Berthena Burks, a talented R&B/Pop singer & songwriter; and Marlon Jordan who possess' an encyclopedic knowledge of the entire jazz trumpet tradition; the 2012 Cutting Edge CE has something for all music genres.

In addition to day time exposure, showcases are arranged in the evening at area venues including Gallier Hall, Jazz Live at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Howlin Wolf, Irvin Mayfield I Club, Mike's on The Avenue, and Twist Cocktail Bar.

Cutting Edge CE brings together music industry personnel from across the country; including representatives from ASCAP, BMI, ReverbNation, Music Connection, eOne Music, and many others. For the second year, the conference will also include the "NOLA Downtown Music & Arts Festival" which will be held in Lafayette Square as part of its scheduled activities on that Friday and Saturday. This year's festival includes a new feature; the Cruisin' New Orleans Specialty Car Show; a celebration of antique, classic and hot rod vehicles showcased in the heart of New Orleans' Downtown Development District combined for a weekend of fun, music, food, and hot cars:

• NOLA Downtown Music & Arts Festival
• Cruisin' New Orleans Specialty Car Show
• Mardi Gras in September
• Cutting Edge Film Rodeo featuring new music performed to Tarzan of the Apes
• Entertainment Industry Business Opportunity Expo
• Energy/Green efficient lifestyle products demonstration
• Popular musical acts from national and local artists

Started in 1993 as a conference dedicated to educating musicians and music professionals about the latest trends in the music industry, it has evolved into entertainment workshops covering Cutting Edge Business Sessions, Cutting Edge Entertainment Law Seminar, and Cutting Edge Film Workshop. The seminar topics include new trends and hot topics in music, film and interactive contracts including; Publishing, Copyrights and Trademark Update and other visual medias (TV, Video games, Internet, Advertising, etc.).

Vans Warped Tours' Kevin Lyman and Michael Koch of Entertainment One US will serve as keynote speakers. Mr. Lyman is best known as the producer and creator of the hugely successful Vans Warped Tour, the longest running traveling music and extreme sports festival in the world while Koch's eOne Music is the largest independent record company in the United States. Experts from around the country fill out a roster of some of the best minds in the entertainment industry for the other workshops; including the return of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' (NATAS) Chairman Darryl B. Cohen as a speaker for one of its continuing legal education sessions. NATAS is the entity which produces the Primetime Emmy Awards.

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