Issue Articles
Fest Focus: Cary Hudson
CARY HUDSON & THE PINEY WOOD PLAYERS FRIDAY, APRIL 29—LAGNIAPPE STAGE, 3 P.M. “It’s about sex,” Cary Hudson confesses about the meaning behind his tune “Local Honey.” “Like everything […]
Harmonica Jam: Iron Men
Johnny Sansone knows why he plays harmonica. “It just spoke to me,” Sansone explains while chatting with OffBeat by phone during a break between gigs last month. “In my early […]
Asylum Chorus
ASYLUM CHORUS, 4/10, BMI, 3:45 PM “We decided to go bust and do our regular set anyway,” Asylum Chorus founder and director Lucas Davenport recalls of the ensemble’s 2015 […]
French Quarter Fest Focus: Sarah Quintana
SARAH QUINTANA AND THE MISS RIVER BAND, 4/8, WWL, 11 AM “We worked hard to find that sound,” Sarah Quintana says of the hydro-sonicscape she explores with her Miss […]
French Quarter Fest Focus: Lars Edegran
LARS EDEGRAN’S NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND, 4/10, PAL, 12 PM “Music, really,” Lars Edegran replies when asked what brought him to New Orleans. Born in Stockholm in 1944, Edegran […]
My Music: Wendell Brunious
“It’s very, very important to dress nice for a gig. Think of a lawyer’s office: If he’s got on a T-shirt and jeans, don’t go in there. This is a […]
Five Questions with Becker Hall, CEO and co-founder of Hogs for the Cause
What is the origin of Hogs for the Cause? I went to school at the University of South Carolina and before every single football game we used to roast whole […]
Trombone Shorty Foundation: Art as Life
“I don’t have the numbers in from when the awards were announced a month ago,” says Bill Taylor, executive director of the Trombone Shorty Foundation, “but it’s big time.” Discussing […]
Five Questions with Doris Bastiansen, Owner of Kerry Irish Pub
Are you a New Orleans native and do you have any Irish blood in you? I am a New Orleans native and have lived in New Orleans all my life […]
My Music: DJ Soul Sister
“Krewe of King James is what makes Mardi Gras for me these days. When I was little, it was about parades and catching stuff. In college and little bit older, […]
