Issue Articles — Cover Story
Look Out, Old Mac is Back: Dr. John Records A New Album In The Ninth Ward
In the mid-1960s Mac Rebennack a.k.a. Dr. John was banished from his beloved New Orleans by a medieval penal system mindset that incarcerated him in a Texas rehab center and […]
Theresa Andersson Shines Through
On a cool spring night the Friday after Mardi Gras, Theresa Andersson looked out at the packed Mid-City Lanes dance floor and smiled broadly as she watched the revelers dancing […]
Wynton Marsalis
After 22 years with Columbia Records that produced over 30 jazz albums and 11 classical albums, many of which have gained multiple Grammy awards, plus the Pulitzer Prize-winning Blood on […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achivement in Music Award: Eddie Bo
One of the last living exponents of the long lost “Junkers” piano style popularized by men such as Champion Jack Dupree, Archibald and Professor Longhair, Eddie Bo is much more […]
I Love Alex McMurray, Everybody’s Favorite Songwriter–Back from Tokyo
Falling in love with Alex McMurray is easy. He possesses a certain unintentional charm, both onstage and off. It is the kind of charm specific to the perpetually heartbroken singer-songwriter […]
Eric Lindell: An “Old Soul” from California Reinvents New Orleans R&B
There’s a new burrito joint in town. It’s across the river in Algiers Point, but don’t let the Mississippi stop you. Not only will you get a mammoth Mission-styled burrito, […]
The OffBeat Tattler: The Sordid Tale of New Orleans Rock Band Supagroup Ruined by Rock ‘N’ Roll
There’s a famous Bob Gruen photo of the members of Led Zeppelin standing beside their tour plane. In the picture, Robert Plant’s arms are spread and his chest is bare […]
George Schmidt and the Art of New Leviathania: The Sheik of Julia Street
In 1938, a quarter of a century after its maiden voyage, the four stack passenger liner S.S. Leviathan arrived at the scrap yard under its own power, leaving only a […]
Tabby Thomas (Interview)
He may bill himself as The King of the Swamp Blues, but Louisiana music legend Tabby Thomas is most intriguing in the ways he doesn’t live up to that title. […]
Backtalk: Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard just got off the road for a well-earned month respite. The busy trumpeter, bandleader and composer will soon be heading out again to tour in support of his […]
