http://www.honeyislandswampband.com Honey Island Swamp Band Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Honey Island Swamp Band returns to NYC, back to the old stomping grounds, Sullivan Hall!   We're excited to be playing with our hometown friends -- the Joe Krown/Walter "Wolfman" Washington/Russell Batiste Trio, known for their killer Sunday night shows at the Maple Leaf...always with berled crawfish...yeah you rite!  HISB is ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/featured-upcoming-show-old-point-bar-july-4th/ HISB hits the road for the entire month of March, heading to old favorites & new spots along the way. The tour starts out with a number of shows in Florida, followed by a run up the Eastern seaboard through NYC and Baltimore, then heading into new territories in western ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/march-2010-florida-east-coast-tour/ Thank you, thank you to the New Orleans Saints for an unforgetable finish to an unbelieveable season! SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!!  Still hard to believe we're actually saying it, so we'll say it again -- SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!! It has been a most wonderous ride, culminating in the "Miracle in Miami" ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/who-dat/ Well, looky there....the people have spoken!  On January 23, HISB was honored with two awards at this year's BEST OF THE BEAT Awards, hosted by OffBeat Magazine, the purveyors of all things Music in New Orleans and throughout the great state of Louisiana. The band was voted Best Emerging Artist ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/hisb-wins-two-best-of-the-beat-awards/ We are excited to announce that we have begun pre-production on our next record, which we plan to release in April 2010. It is our privilege to be producing this album with Threadhead Records, an organization that since Hurricane Katrina has been producing records for New Orleans musicians and using ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/hisb-announces-new-album-for-2010-with-threadhead-records/ HISB has been nominated for OffBeat Magazine's Best of the Beat Awards for 2009!   The nominations are in the following categories: Best Blues Album for Wishing Well Best Emerging Artist Please go to the Best of the Beat website and place yer votes for HISB!  If you don't know some of the other categories, ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/hisb-nominated-for-best-of-the-beat-awards/ Honey Island Swamp Band has just been added to the roster of Intrepid Artists talent & booking. We are thrilled to be represented by one of the top national booking agencies!  Go to the CONTACT page on this website for all the info on who/how to contact regarding all your ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/hisb-now-represented-by-intrepid-artists/ Our friends from Backward Glances -- Cindy & Dave Ciullo -- have designed and produced t-shirts with the logo of the legendary studio, J & M. J & M studio was home to some of the most amazing seminal recordings by New Orleans artists in the 50s and 60s, ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/backwardglances/ What a killer time we had at Tip's.  It was an honor and a priviledge to be onstage at the heart of New Orleans music, Tipitina's Uptown.  Thanks to everybody who came out, it meant a lot to see all of those familiar faces, and it was great to see ... http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/tipitinas/ Here are some great shots from Sullivan Hall in NYC, taken by our pal Dino Perucci. [gallery link="file" columns="2"] http://www.honeyislandswampband.com/east-coast-summer-2009/