The smaller stages were where you found the music with a lot more heart and soul. Anders Osborne playing with the Stanton Moore Trio caused the hair on your arms to stand straight up. Shannon McNally, the husky-voiced singer-songwriter, and Chrissie Hynde, performing with JP Jones and their band The Fairground Boys, kicked ass during their sets, proving women know how to rock, often harder than their male counterparts. Add New Orleans hometown girl Mia Borders to the club when she snarled out a throbbing NIN “Closer To God” like it was meant for a woman to sing, and caused all the men in the Voodoo crowd to perk up their ears.





