Israeli metal band wows fans in Turkey, despite spat (Reuters)

BAT YAM, Israel/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Israeli heavy metal is rocking Turkey despite deep discord between the Jewish state and its Muslim former ally as hundreds of fans turned out to hear a group called Orphaned Land play a concert in Istanbul.

The group played to Turkish fans and others who came from countries across the Arab world on Saturday. Because the Israeli musicians can't enter many Arab states, they perform several times a year in Turkey, a hub for their fans.

Ankara has downgraded diplomatic relations with Israel and suspended defense trade following the Jewish state's confirmation last week that it would not apologize for its deadly 2010 assault on a boat challenging its Gaza blockade in which nine Turks were killed.

Band leader Koby Farhi, interviewed in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, on Wednesday, said music had the power to transcend political differences and his group was able to connect with people who would usually take an automatic anti-Israel stance.

"I think that music has the power to enter your heart like a bullet ... Usually we judge, usually we stereotype ... I am Israeli, they were raised the whole time not to connect with me. I am the enemy, I'm the bad guy and music has the power to break it," he told Reuters.

The group initiated a brand of music it called "Jewish-Muslim metal" that is derived from heavy metal. Many of the band's songs include prayer lyrics from Jewish liturgy, the Koran and other religious texts.

Farhi said there are hundreds of groups who play a similar genre operating out of sight of the authorities, mainly in more moderate Arab countries. Later this year Orphaned Land plan to tour Europe with metal bands from Algeria and Tunisia, he said.

The group is also considering holding a concert in Egypt after a Facebook poll showed 83 percent of their fans said they should.

In Istanbul on Saturday, Orphaned Land's fans were not disappointed. Some came all the way from Iran and Lebanon, waving their national flags.

"Music doesn't recognize closed doors. Once again, this has proven to be true. I believe all people here are supporting them and their performance is really good," one Turkish fan told Reuters.

"It takes courage to do what they are doing, coming here and performing for us. We will always be here with them and sing with them," another said.

(Writing by Ori Lewis and Naama Shilony; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)

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Israeli band Orphaned Land rocks Turkey, despite discord (Reuters)

BAT YAM, Israel/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Israeli heavy metal is rocking Turkey despite deep discord between the Jewish state and its Muslim former ally as hundreds of fans turned out to hear a group called Orphaned Land play a concert in Istanbul.

The group played to Turkish fans and others who came from countries across the Arab world on Saturday. Because the Israeli musicians can't enter many Arab states, they perform several times a year in Turkey, a hub for their fans.

Ankara has downgraded diplomatic relations with Israel and suspended defense trade after the Jewish state's confirmation last week that it would not apologize for its deadly 2010 assault on a boat challenging its Gaza blockade in which nine Turks were killed.

Band leader Koby Farhi, interviewed in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, on Wednesday, said music had the power to transcend political differences and his group was able to connect with people who would usually take an automatic anti-Israel stance.

"I think that music has the power to enter your heart like a bullet ... Usually we judge, usually we stereotype ... I am Israeli, they were raised the whole time not to connect with me. I am the enemy, I'm the bad guy and music has the power to break (the cycle of hatred)," he told Reuters.

The group initiated a brand of music it called "Jewish-Muslim metal" that is derived from heavy metal. Many of the band's songs include prayer lyrics from Jewish liturgy, the Koran and other religious texts.

Farhi said there are hundreds of groups who play a similar genre operating out of sight of the authorities, mainly in more moderate Arab countries. Later this year Orphaned Land will tour Europe with metal bands from Algeria and Tunisia, he said.

The group is also considering holding a concert in Egypt after a Facebook poll showed that 83 percent of their fans said they should.

In Istanbul on Saturday, Orphaned Land's fans were not disappointed. Some came all the way from Iran and Lebanon, waving their national flags.

"Music doesn't recognize closed doors. Once again, this has proven to be true. I believe all people here are supporting them and their performance is really good," one Turkish fan told Reuters.

"It takes courage to do what they are doing, coming here and performing for us. We will always be here with them and sing with them," another said.

(Writing by Ori Lewis and Naama Shilony; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)

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Judge: Jackson trial 'on course' despite appeal (AP)

LOS ANGELES – A judge says the trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death is "on course" despite an appeal filed last week by the physician's attorneys.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor says jury selection in the case will begin as planned on Thursday unless the appeals court issues a stay in the case.

Attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray on Friday appealed a ruling by Pastor that jurors in the upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial will not be sequestered.

Pastor says he's confident justices on the 2nd District Court of Appeal will provide some guidance soon.

Murray pleaded not guilty and faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

Authorities say he gave Jackson a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol and other sedatives in June 2009.

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Beyonce album off to strong start despite bad buzz (Reuters)

DETROIT (Billboard) – After reports of dissatisfaction, panic and other pre-release drama, Columbia Records executives say Beyonce's new album "4" is off to a strong start since going on sale worldwide on Monday.

Early indications are that the album will debut at No. 1 in as many as 14 countries, including the United States, Columbia/Epic Label Group Chairman Rob Stringer told Billboard.com.

The first single, "Run the World (Girls)," stalled at No. 29 on the Hit 100 after it was leaked. The album itself was leaked on June 7, three weeks ahead of its June 28 release date. This led to reports that "4" would be delayed and possible altered -- particularly after a tepid response from the blogosphere.

"We didn't want the leaks to happen," Stringer said. "But there was never any discussion of this album moving. It has always been that date. It's been that date for four months now. There was never a conversation about pushing it back, bringing it forward, changing the songs -- none of it."

Stringer said the company is looking at an 18-month campaign for "4," which will include "extensive touring" by Beyonce. Just back from a successful overseas run that included three concerts in France and a closing-night gig at the U.K.'s Glastonbury Festival, she'll roll out a documentary, "Beyonce: Year of 4," on Thursday on MTV and BET, then perform Friday on ABC's GMA Summer Concert Series. She'll head back to the U.K. for a July 9 show at Scotland's T in the Park and a stop the next day at a festival in Ireland.

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Monaco royal wedding party begins despite rumours (AFP)

MONACO (AFP) – The Mediterranean principality of Monaco on Thursday began three days of royal wedding festivities marked by glamour and romance but also, thanks to last minute rumours, suspense and intrigue.

Californian rockers The Eagles were tuning up to mark the start of the party with a late night concert on the eve of Prince Albert II's Friday civil wedding to statuesque South African swimming champ Charlene Wittstock.

After a 40 minute ceremony, Charlene will become Princess of Monaco at the moment Philippe Narmino, Monaco's senior legal official and president of the state council, pronounces the couple man and wife.

On Saturday, the royal union will be solemnised by a very public Catholic religious ceremony, which the palace hopes will put paid once and for all to rumours that the bride has cold feet.

Star guests at the religious ceremony will include France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, several European, Middle Eastern and African kings and princes, and several leading sportsmen and women.

From the world of fashion Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani and Naomi Campbell will rub stylishly attired shoulders with former James Bond actor Roger Moore.

It will be the biggest day in Monaco since Albert's father Rainier III married Hollywood actress Grace Kelly in 1956, but preparations have been clouded by claims that Charlene attempted to call it off.

Press reports suggested she had learned of some secret from Albert's private life and decided to head home to South Africa, only to be intercepted by royal aides as she approached Nice airport and persuaded to stay.

The royal house and family friends dismissed the claim.

"These rumours have no other goal than to severely damage the reputation of the monarch and thereby that of Miss Wittstock and severely undermine this happy event," said the palace, which is banking on a wedding tourist boom.

Wittstock's father Mike also weighed in, insisting his daughter had been heading to Paris to do some pre-wedding shopping, and not fleeing home.

Albert, 53, has children with two other women but has yet to produce an heir, a matter of some concern to Monaco constitutionalists, who fear instability should the throne revert to his sister Caroline.

For nine centuries Monaco has been run by the Grimaldi family, the crown passing through the male line. In 2002, fearing Albert would die without an heir, Monaco changed its constitution to allow a princess to inherit.

In the absence of any heir, Monaco would become a French protectorate.

Until Tuesday, all appeared to be going to plan. Charlene's blonde locks, high cheekbones and impressively broad shoulders have graced the covers of magazines and celebrity guests are converging on the Mediterranean enclave.

The wedding was never going to compete for column inches with Britain's marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, but the Monaco brand was looking forward to receiving a rejuvenating shot in the arm.

Palace advisor and television royal wedding commentator Stephane Bern also tried to dismiss the rumours, but not without adding to the speculation by citing rumours of another love child.

"A woman could easily pretend that she's pregnant by a prince," he told Le Parisien. "You can't do a DNA test to check three days before a wedding!"

The Monaco royal clan has an unlucky matrimonial history.

Albert's mother, US film star Grace Kelly -- turned Princess Grace on her marriage to Rainier III -- died in a car crash in 1982. Her daughter Caroline lost her second husband Stephano Casiraghi in a 1990 motorboat accident.

The other royal sister, Princess Stephanie, has also been unlucky in love, in the words of Wednesday's edition of Le Parisien "marrying almost as often as she falls in love" and finding herself betrayed by her bodyguard lover.

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U2 pass festival test, critics say, despite tax row (Reuters)

PILTON, England (Reuters) – Irish rockers U2 pulled it off with their Glastonbury music festival debut, critics said on Saturday, but the fallout from a protest over the band's tax status continued to rumble.

Bono and co. raced through U2 classics like "Mysterious Ways," "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "Pride" late on Friday on the main Pyramid stage, generally satisfying a crowd of tens of thousands of rain-lashed listeners.

The band admitted beforehand that the rare festival outing was a step away from the comfort zone of their record-breaking 360 Degree tour, and not everyone at Glastonbury was convinced they were the right opening night choice.

U2 had been due to play Glastonbury, one of the world's largest and most prestigious music festivals, in 2010, but an injury to Bono's back forced them to pull out.

"On unfamiliar ground, they reach for that fierce hunger and it's that sense of urgency - even a hint of nerves - rather than triumphalism that makes this such a charged and memorable set," wrote Dorian Lynskey in the Guardian.

Nick Hasted of The Independent gave a more mixed assessment.

"For all his songs' over-reaching grasps at wonder, Bono remains an uncharismatic performer, a great rock star by profession, not nature," he said.

Protesters angry about the group's decision to move operations from Ireland to the Netherlands for tax purposes raised a large inflatable with the words "U Pay Tax 2."

The balloon was forcibly removed, causing a brief scuffle, but witnesses said the incident was relatively minor and went unnoticed by most of the crowd.

COLDPLAY, BEYONCE TO COME

U2 passed the baton to Coldplay, the main act on Saturday night, although as ever there was a huge choice of alternatives from Spliff Richard and Alfred Lord Telecom performing in Bella's Field to Glasvegas on the John Peel stage.

London rapper Tinie Tempah is in action on Saturday, as are Elbow, Friendly Fires and Chemical Brothers.

Reviews landed for many of Friday's key performances that included festival favorites Radiohead and legendary blues guitarist B.B. King who still had what it took at the age of 85.

The closing headline act on Sunday night is Beyonce, following in the footsteps of her husband Jay-Z who won over the Glastonbury doubters with a rousing set in 2008.

Paul Simon appears a few hours earlier on the Pyramid stage, while Kaiser Chiefs and Queens of the Stone Age are on the Other Stage on Sunday.

The abiding memory for many of the festival's 150,000 paying customers will be the mud, caused by heavy rain this week.

Forecasters have predicted warmer, sunnier weather on Saturday and Sunday, when Glastonbury closes, but it is unlikely to be enough to dry out the shin-deep mud.

Turned into a giant camping site most years, Britain's most famous music festival is now in its fifth decade.

The event has grown from a humble gathering of 1,500 people on Michael Eavis's Worthy Farm in 1970, each paying one pound ($1.60) and receiving free milk, to a giant celebration of music costing 195 pounds for a basic ticket.

(Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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Lady Gaga leads U.S. pop chart despite sales slide (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Lady Gaga led the U.S. pop album chart for a second week on Wednesday, but inevitably suffered a mammoth sales drop since her opening round was boosted by Amazon.com's 99 cent promotion.

"Born The Way" sold 174,000 copies during the week ended June 5, according to Nielsen SoundScan -- off 84 percent from her spectacular first-week tally of 1.1 million copies. Late last week, prognosticators had forecast a second round of about 200,000 copies.

The album's first week tally -- the biggest in six years -- was unusually bolstered by likely hundreds of thousands of sales generated by AmazonMP3's decision to sell the digital version of the set for 99 cents on two separate days.

At any rate, it's not unusual for big albums to suffer second-week slides. Last week's No. 2 entry, Brad Paisley's "This Is Country Music" saw sales fall 65 percent to 53,000 as the album fell four places to No. 6.

Given Gaga's decline, Adele's "21" will likely reclaim its throne next week for a 10th nonconsecutive week. The English pop singer rebounded one place to No. 2 with 121,000 units -- down just 4%.

Adele's set has yet to leave the top three positions of the chart since its debut 15 weeks ago. It's still too early to tell how either Adele or Gaga will sell this week.

The top debut belonged to Death Cab for Cutie's "Codes and Keys," which started at No. 3 with 102,000. It's the follow-up to the band's No. 1 2008 album "Narrow Stairs," which sold 144,000 upon its debut.

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder arrived at No. 4 after selling 71,000 copies of his bare-bones "Ukulele Songs" solo outing. He previously charted on his own with the "Into the Wild" soundtrack, which debuted and peaked at No. 11 in 2007 with a 39,000 start.

Rock band My Morning Jacket's "Circuital" bowed at No. 5 with 55,000. It's the best sales week and highest-charting set for the group, whose previous high-water mark came with the bow of "Evil Urges" at No. 9 with 49,000 three years ago.

The final debut in the top 10 came courtesy of Flogging Molly's "Speed of Darkness," launching at No. 9 with 25,000. Its last studio release, 2008's "Float," debuted and peaked at No. 4 with 48,000.

As for the rest of the top 10, "Now 38" slipped one to No. 7 (39,000), Jason Aldean's "My Kinda Party" rose one to No. 8 (33,000) and "Glee, the Music: Season Two, Volume Six" dropped six to No. 10 (25,000).

Overall album sales totaled 5.5 million units, down 17% from the previous week and up 7% compared with the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.2 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 131.4 million, up 1% compared with the same total at this point last year.

Next week's top debuts will come from Tech N9ne's "All 6's & 7's," All Time Low's "Dirty Work" and country veteran Ronnie Dunn's self-titled solo debut. Industry sources suggest the former two might sell around 50,000 copies by week's end on June 12, while Dunn could shift 45,000 or so.

Other albums looking for a possible top 20 entry are Arctic Monkeys' "Suck It And See" and Def Leppard's "Mirrorball."

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Lady Gaga leads U.S. pop chart despite sales slide (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Lady Gaga led the U.S. pop album chart for a second week on Wednesday, but inevitably suffered a mammoth sales drop since her opening round was boosted by Amazon.com's 99 cent promotion.

"Born The Way" sold 174,000 copies during the week ended June 5, according to Nielsen SoundScan -- off 84 percent from her spectacular first-week tally of 1.1 million copies. Late last week, prognosticators had forecast a second round of about 200,000 copies.

The album's first week tally -- the biggest in six years -- was unusually bolstered by likely hundreds of thousands of sales generated by AmazonMP3's decision to sell the digital version of the set for 99 cents on two separate days.

At any rate, it's not unusual for big albums to suffer second-week slides. Last week's No. 2 entry, Brad Paisley's "This Is Country Music" saw sales fall 65 percent to 53,000 as the album fell four places to No. 6.

At the rate of Gaga's decline, Adele's "21" could reclaim its throne very soon. The English pop singer rebounded one place to No. 2 with 121,000 units -- down just 4%.

The top debut belonged to Death Cab for Cutie's "Codes and Keys," which started at No. 3 with 102,000. It's the follow-up to the band's No. 1 2008 album "Narrow Stairs," which sold 144,000 upon its debut.

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder arrived at No. 4 after selling 71,000 copies of his bare-bones "Ukulele Songs" solo outing. He previously charted on his own with the "Into the Wild" soundtrack, which debuted and peaked at No. 11 in 2007 with a 39,000 start.

Rock band My Morning Jacket's "Circuital" bowed at No. 5 with 55,000. It's the best sales week and highest-charting set for the group, whose previous high-water mark came with the bow of "Evil Urges" at No. 9 with 49,000 three years ago.

The final debut in the top 10 came courtesy of Flogging Molly's "Speed of Darkness," launching at No. 9 with 25,000. Its last studio release, 2008's "Float," debuted and peaked at No. 4 with 48,000.

As for the rest of the top 10, "Now 38" slipped one to No. 7 (39,000), Jason Aldean's "My Kinda Party" rose one to No. 8 (33,000) and "Glee, the Music: Season Two, Volume Six" dropped six to No. 10 (25,000).

Overall album sales totaled 5.5 million units, down 17% from the previous week and up 7% compared with the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.2 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 131.4 million, up 1% compared with the same total at this point last year.

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New Orleans' Jazz Fest thrives, despite competition (Reuters)

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A sea of flowered shirts, colorful tank tops and straw hats sways to an infectious beat under a searing blue sky.

Artists ranging from Bon Jovi to New Orleans jazz singer John Boutte pump tunes on multiple stages as an exuberant crowd delights in the experience of one of the world's largest music festivals.

Robbie Alves, an audio engineer from Los Angeles, is nearly as comfortable in this setting as he is in his West Coast home.

"It's maybe a little bit of escapism, but what's wrong with that?" asked Alves, who has attended the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival almost every spring for the past 20 years. This year's festival began last weekend and continues this Thursday through Sunday.

Forty-two years after it began, the event known as Jazz Fest has become a 12-stage, seven-day blockbuster that features not only jazz but also blues, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, rock, funk, Latin and other styles.

It continues to draw music fans -- 375,000 people paid an average of $40-$60 to spend a day at the fest last year -- even as competition from other festivals has dramatically increased.

"A rock festival has a narrow group of kids that go to it. This festival, from the beginning, went out of its way not to do that," said Quint Davis, producer and director of the event and CEO of Festival Productions Inc.

"This is a festival that's for everybody. When Bon Jovi is on that stage, Pete Fountain is over on that one, Jason Mraz is over there and Fantasia is in the middle."

Since the 1950s, when the Newport Jazz Festival popularized the concept of live music performed in an outdoor setting, music festivals have become a fixture of America's cultural landscape.

NEW EVENTS, SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

New events sprout yearly as producers seek to match the success of such stalwarts as the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in California, Chicago's Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas, Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington, and Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

But the laid-back vibe that characterizes these events belies their underlying challenge. Achieving just the right mix of music, location and amenities -- such as food, parking and overnight accommodations -- is a balancing act with a high risk of failure.

During a music industry conference held in New Orleans over the weekend, Larry Vallon, an executive vice president with AEG Live, the largest producer of music festivals in North America, ticked off names of festivals around the country that launched and were shut down within just the last few years: Rothbury Festival in Michigan, All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey, Mile High Festival in Denver.

Despite headliners like Coldplay, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Dave Mathews Band, the events "just did not resonate," Vallon said.

"The competition is really, really intense," said Danny Melnick, artistic director of the 34-year-old Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival in upstate New York. Speaking during the conference, he said the trick is to build audience loyalty.

"And it's not necessarily just about the music," Melnick said. "It's really about the experience of being at the festival."

Davis said the Jazz Fest's emphasis on cultural heritage, including Louisiana arts and crafts and Native American traditions, distinguishes it from many other festivals. Plus, the lineup of Louisiana delicacies - like fried shrimp po-boys and Cajun jambalaya - is a big draw.

Allen Jamieson, his wife Ann Jamieson and their three kids -- ages 3, 6 and 15 -- came from Tulsa, Okla., this year to attend the fest for the second time.

He said they love to see Louisiana blues-rocker Tab Benoit, and they like the idea of going to a festival that's fun for the adults and the kids.

"You couldn't get this anywhere else," he said.

(Editing by Corrie MacLaggan and Jerry Norton)

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New Orleans' Jazz Fest thrives, despite competition (Reuters)

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A sea of flowered shirts, colorful tank tops and straw hats sways to an infectious beat under a searing blue sky.

Artists ranging from Bon Jovi to New Orleans jazz singer John Boutte pump tunes on multiple stages as an exuberant crowd delights in the experience of one of the world's largest music festivals.

Robbie Alves, an audio engineer from Los Angeles, is nearly as comfortable in this setting as he is in his West Coast home.

"It's maybe a little bit of escapism, but what's wrong with that?" asked Alves, who has attended the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival almost every spring for the past 20 years. This year's festival began last weekend and continues this Thursday through Sunday.

Forty-two years after it began, the event known as Jazz Fest has become a 12-stage, seven-day blockbuster that features not only jazz but also blues, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, rock, funk, Latin and other styles.

It continues to draw music fans -- 375,000 people paid an average of $40-$60 to spend a day at the fest last year -- even as competition from other festivals has dramatically increased.

"A rock festival has a narrow group of kids that go to it. This festival, from the beginning, went out of its way not to do that," said Quint Davis, producer and director of the event and CEO of Festival Productions Inc.

"This is a festival that's for everybody. When Bon Jovi is on that stage, Pete Fountain is over on that one, Jason Mraz is over there and Fantasia is in the middle."

Since the 1950s, when the Newport Jazz Festival popularized the concept of live music performed in an outdoor setting, music festivals have become a fixture of America's cultural landscape.

NEW EVENTS, SURVIVAL CHALLENGE

New events sprout yearly as producers seek to match the success of such stalwarts as the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in California, Chicago's Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas, Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington, and Tennessee's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

But the laid-back vibe that characterizes these events belies their underlying challenge. Achieving just the right mix of music, location and amenities -- such as food, parking and overnight accommodations -- is a balancing act with a high risk of failure.

During a music industry conference held in New Orleans over the weekend, Larry Vallon, an executive vice president with AEG Live, the largest producer of music festivals in North America, ticked off names of festivals around the country that launched and were shut down within just the last few years: Rothbury Festival in Michigan, All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey, Mile High Festival in Denver.

Despite headliners like Coldplay, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Dave Mathews Band, the events "just did not resonate," Vallon said.

"The competition is really, really intense," said Danny Melnick, artistic director of the 34-year-old Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival in upstate New York. Speaking during the conference, he said the trick is to build audience loyalty.

"And it's not necessarily just about the music," Melnick said. "It's really about the experience of being at the festival."

Davis said the Jazz Fest's emphasis on cultural heritage, including Louisiana arts and crafts and Native American traditions, distinguishes it from many other festivals. Plus, the lineup of Louisiana delicacies - like fried shrimp po-boys and Cajun jambalaya - is a big draw.

Allen Jamieson, his wife Ann Jamieson and their three kids -- ages 3, 6 and 15 -- came from Tulsa, Okla., this year to attend the fest for the second time.

He said they love to see Louisiana blues-rocker Tab Benoit, and they like the idea of going to a festival that's fun for the adults and the kids.

"You couldn't get this anywhere else," he said.

(Editing by Corrie MacLaggan and Jerry Norton)

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