All three current members of Chef Menteur  will be playing with Archipelago this Saturday, opening for Sir Richard Bishop and His Freak of Araby Ensemble. Archipelago is Backporch Revolution’s improvisational folk/drone large ensemble that features many experimental New Orleans musicians. Sir Richard Bishop is known best for his work with Sun City Girls, but has […]

Date: Saturday 14 March Venue: Balcony Music Club (504 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans) Lineup/times: Tomatoes 10pm, Big Blue Marble 11pm, Chef Menteur 12am Cover: $10 goes to support WTUL This is a fund-raiser for WTUL 91.5 FM and your ticket price also gets you into Cafe Negril, the other nearby venue where Glorybee, Arajay, Broken […]

This may give you a hint at which song we picked for our first cover song ever (not counting Halloween appearances as Black Sabbath etc.) to be played at this Saturday’s show. Speaking of the show, we’ll be playing after Big Blue Marble at the Balcony Music Club somewhere around midnight. This on the corner […]

We’re happy to announce that we will be doing a show on March 14th on Frenchmen Street as part of the 50th anniversary of WTUL. More to come… 

Chef Menteur at Circle Bar May 17, 2008 Chef Menteur at Dragon’s Den June 6, 2008 Thanks to Christy!

On the first night of the Potluck Audio Conference, Chef Menteur is playing the Dragon’s Den with A Living Soundtrack, Douglas Ferguson, Rat Bastard and splnlss (Jon Cohrs). A Living Soundtrack (New Orleans) could be one of the best live electronic bands in the country and a must-see for anyone who thinks they know what the New Orleans music […]

some photos from the Circle Bar show that Abby took.

Also, check out this week’s Gambit magazine for the “Hot Pick of the Week”, we got a nice plug for this Saturday’s show, courtesy of Alison Fensterstock.