Issue Articles
All you need is roux: A personal Jazz Fest retrospective
Jazz Fest popped my cherry in 1988, when I hit the mud running and instantly went native, gatoring in the Blues Tent (still on the infield then), joining in tribal […]
BackTalk: Michael Cerveris and Kimberly Kaye of Loose Cattle
When I reviewed Loose Cattle’s latest album, Heavy Lifting, released during a brief pandemic hiatus in the early summer of 2021, I called band co-founders Michael Cerveris and Kimberly Kaye […]
Swashbucking Outlaw: Rickie Lee Jones makes her French Quarter Festival debut
When Rickie Lee Jones finally makes her debut at the thrice-delayed French Quarter Fest, she’ll be warmed up and rarin’ to go, fresh from major East Coast tour capped off […]
Who you Gonna Call If You Have Ghosts? Malevitus!
UPDATE: The vinyl release party for the Malevitus album If You Have Ghosts has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 5, at The Columns hotel. “Come for the music, cocktails and […]
Dayna Kurtz talks back
When Lulu and the Broadsides played Chickie Wah Wah in early November, I hadn’t seen lead singer Dayna Kurtz since before the pandemic, when I interviewed her about their upcoming […]
Loose Cattle, Heavy Lifting (Low Heat Records)
Moo! As we emerge from the darkest days of the pandemic, Loose Cattle, my favorite Americana cowpunks in New Orleans, are here to help us carry that load with Heavy […]
Bas Clas, Meteorite! (Serfdom Records)
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a Meteorite! blazing across the cosmos to announce that Bas Clas is back with a vengeance. On their fourth release since 2011, when Lafyette’s […]
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 […]
Leigh Harris, Waking Up in Dreamland (Deeva Records)
The irrepressible Leigh “Little Queenie” Harris was New Orleans to the bone and left an enduring musical legacy when she flew away in 2019 and took her rightful place in […]
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 […]
