The Press Likes the Stomp
"The Ponderosa Stomp is that great jukebox, in that great, roadside diner that you only see in movies, except... this is real and it's alive on stage. This is the party you'…
Born in 2001 to commemorate "the unsung heroes and heroines of rock 'n' roll, rhythm-and-blues and other forms of American roots music," the Ponderosa Stomp has grown from a small homespun happening t…
by FUN STAFF
The Ponderosa Stomp, following a break in 2012, returns to New Orleans Oct. 3-5. Among the world's premiere roots-music festivals, the event is also returning to Rock 'n' Bowl, one of …
by Jay Mazza
After taking last year off, the music fanatics of the Stomp bulldoze the slick detritus of contemporary music to find the rawest, deepest stuff out there simmering under the surface.
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This year the annual Ponderosa Stomp moved to a new venue and a new date, after previously being held during the first and second weekends of the New Orleans lazz Festival at the staft of May. The ven…
The place: Partytown USA, yes, New Orleans. The venue: The Howling Wolf ai 907 South Peters Street. The atmosphere: electric. This is the setting for two nights of rip-roaring music, from 7.30pm until…
by Keith Spera
Ira "Dr. Ike" Padnos freely admits that he had no idea what he was doing when he founded the Ponderosa Stomp. An anesthesiologist by trade, he was also an avid collector of obscure r…
by John Wirt
NEW ORLEANS - The Ponderosa Stomp, an annual roots-music festival in its 10th year, celebrates the influential but not necessarily famous movers and shakers of rock 'n' roll. It all be…
The Ponderosa Stomp is a record collector's library come to life. The classic--and occasionally obscure-- R&B, rockabilly, blues, garage and swamp pop songs that shaped pop music history are performed b…
Ponderosa Stomp
@ponderosasstomp | New Orleans, the Howlin' Wolf | Sept. 16-17
Featuring: Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint, Big Jay McNeely, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Lazy Lester, the Bo-Keys,…
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