Issue Articles
Christmas Without Tears: A conversation with Harry Shearer and Judith Owen
Welsh multi-potentialite and quadruple-threat performer Judith Owen sits next to her husband, Harry Shearer, as she brings up the concept of hiraeth—a Welsh term that defies direct translation into English. Hiraeth evokes a profound mix of homesickness, longing, and a deep sadness for what has been lost. When Owen moved to Southern California, she certainly felt a pining for her “melancholy” home across the Atlantic.
Antoniette Costa: Pitupatter (Independent)
Sabrina Carpenter is having a hell of a summer with the ’60s-esque Italiano flavored hit single “Espresso,” but Italian American chanteuse Antoinette Costa is delivering her own Pucci-swirled delicacy with Pittupatter. Costa is a versatile artist whose musical creations fuse elements of classical, jazz, and Italian folk.
Mr. Misled: Settle the Score (single) (Independent)
Mr. Misled, the “vanity project” of Metairie-based Chris Rico, has returned with a new nü-metal-esque effort via the single, “Settle the Score.”
What to wear to Jazz Fest
“It ain’t Coachella!” is an axiom you will hear from our Jan Ramsey, editor-in-chief of OffBeat when talking about what to wear to Jazz Fest. For the newly initiated who […]
Better Than Ezra’s ‘Friction, Baby’ Turns 25: A conversation with lead singer Kevin Griffin
One has to believe that if you were anywhere in the 1990s, you would immediately recognize the voice of Kevin Griffin, singer of the Billboard chart-topping alternative band Better Than […]
Shapeshifting with Prog Rocker Beth Patterson
It’s a post-sunshower Tuesday afternoon in the Vieux Carre when I meet Beth Patterson at a coffee shop. Someone wearing an Elmo head pedals by on a bike, flip-flopped tourists […]
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 […]
A Special Place in Her Heart for Ellis: Filmmaker hopes to bring Marsalis documentary about the beloved pianist to the big screen
Filmmaker Sascha Just has a special place in her heart for New Orleans. Not only is it a place where the Berlin native visits several times a year, it was […]
