Issue Articles — Cover Story
A Different Kind of Mardi Gras Story: How the Krewe of Red Beans Founder Devin De Wulf became a Covid relief superspreader
It all started with a Halloween bean suit. In 2007, newly arrived New Orleans transplant Devin De Wulf (née Meyers) was brainstorming costume ideas with a friend at Pal’s Lounge […]
Robin Barnes: From Songbird to Firebird
According to the ancient Greeks, the phoenix—the firebird—was a long-lived bird that was cyclically born again and regenerated by rising from the ashes of its predecessor. As the ancient tales […]
Christmas Magic: Debbie Davis was going to save Christmas, but Christmas saved her
Debbie Davis is a singer on a mission: She wants to give 2020 a better ending than its beginning or middle. And with a little Christmas magic up her sleeve, […]
The Vari-Colored Songs of Leyla McCalla
For Leyla McCalla, history is a living thing that ties us to the past “I always imagine if I could have met Langston Hughes that we probably have similar personality […]
Bon Bon Vivant’s creativity and savvy expands and succeeds
When Life Gives You Lemons Through conflict and turmoil, Bon Bon Vivant’s creativity and savvy expands and succeeds Spring 2020 was looking great for Bon Bon Vivant. After evolving from […]
Wanderlust, Suicide & Renewal: Ingrid Lucia is the luckiest girl in the world
Ingrid Lucia has spent a lot of late nights listen to trains go by from her Gentilly-area window. “We have all kinds of sounds in this city—the calliope on the […]
Getting back with people to play with, Wendell Brunious grooves to Seven Days of Satch
Wendell Brunious hasn’t played a live gig since March 13. A trumpeter, singer and composer from one of New Orleans’ great musical families, Brunious played two shows that day with […]
Rickie Lee Jones puts down roots in New Orleans, and touches fans worldwide with intimate live-stream shows
When OffBeat asked me to write the April cover story on Rickie Lee Jones for their French Quarter Fest issue, she was scheduled to appear for the first time ever […]
Tragedy or Opportunity? Louisiana musicians take stock of their new reality
by Max Bonanno, Matt Hughes, Brett Milano and John Wirt TO ALL LOUISIANA MUSICIANS!Louisiana musicians tell OffBeat how they are coping with the COVID-19 virus restrictions and tell us what […]
Sweet Crude Verve debut ‘Officiel//Artificiel’ blooms in coronavirus season
Sweet Crude, that sprightly synthesizer-and percussion-laden pop band from New Orleans, set the spring release date for Officiel//Artificiel months ago. Despite the coronavirus pandemic that’s slammed the door on in-person […]
