April 2019
BackTalk
- George Benson talks back
George Benson never dreamed he’d record a tribute to Fats Domino and Chuck Berry. A jazz musician and vocalist who became…
Cover Story
- Dwayne Dopsie is here to pump you up
“I wanted to be the main taco,” Dwayne Dopsie says with a laugh, of his very early desire to not only…
Features
- Your 2019 French Quarter Festival from A to Z
Celebrating its 36th anniversary, the 2019 French Quarter Festival has a total of 23 stages with music that represents just about… - Ooh Baby! Margie Perez will wow the crowd at French Quarter Festival
There was a time when Margie Perez didn’t think of herself as a performer, aiming instead for a gig writing songs… - Fais Do-Do: Bruce Daigrepont is back at Tipitina’s
If it’s true that history repeats itself, then a portion of Cajun musician Bruce Daigrepont’s life is “déjà vu all over… - A Trombone-Lovin’ City: Corey Henry carries on the tradition
Trombonist Corey Henry hails from a family full of noted drummers including his grandfather, Chester Jones; his uncle, Treme Brass Band… - Right Here, Right Now: Cole Williams, the punk empress of African rock
Cole Williams was once described as a cross between Grace Jones and the girl next door, an unlikely combination that only… - NOLA Gypsy Jazz: Mike Harvey could not live without performing
After 12 years of gigs and two albums, gypsy jazz band the Courtyard Kings became Mike Harvey’s Hot Club. Of course,… - Ready, Set, Go! Galactic makes its French Quarter Festival debut
It’s been a long time coming. Galactic, the New Orleans funk-rock-jazz band that plays 100 tour dates a year, is finally…
French Quarter Fest Focus
- Fest Focus: Carl LeBlanc
Saturday, April 13, 1:30p Dow Chemical Stage From Sun Ra’s cosmic explorations to Preservation Hall’s traditional New Orleans jazz, Carl LeBlanc… - Fest Focus: Mainline
Sunday, April 14, 12:30p GE Digital Big River Stage “We started the band around 2010. We were doing a lot… - Fest Focus: Them Ol’ Ghosts
SATURDAY, April 13, 8p House of Blues Voodoo Garden Stage Them Ol’ Ghosts are a four-piece rock band with roots… - Fest Focus: Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band
Saturday, April 13, 12p Dow Chemical Stage Tommy Sancton makes his annual pilgrimage to his native New Orleans. Most of… - Fest Focus: Big 6 Brass Band
Sunday, April 14, 5:45p Louisiana Fish Fry Stage Formed in 2017, the Big 6 Brass Band is a quickly rising… - Fest Focus: James Rivers Movement
Sunday, April 14, 5p The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta Hotel This year is the fiftieth anniversary of James…
Fresh
- My Music: Leon Chavis
“Boozoo [Chavis] was my great-uncle and all his brothers played. My grandfather also played but people didn’t know him because my… - Soundcheck: Five Questions with Gina Leslie
Gina Leslie has been hosting Sidney’s Saloon Sundays for the last two years. The weekly late-night series features two local bands…
Letters
- Letters To The Editor, OffBeat Magazine April 2019
“Why can’t we, as residents of this city, have just ONE event for us? Isn’t that what French Quarter Festival started…
Mojo Mouth
- MOJO MOUTH, April 2019: Honorarily Deserved
French Quarter Festival takes over the city’s oldest neighborhood in mid-April every year, and thank goodness it does. With 23 stages…
Obituaries
- IN MEMORIAM: Eric Traub (1947 - 2019)
“The more flexible you are, the more you work—that’s the way it’s done down here,” saxophonist Eric Traub once said. He…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Justine
In one of the most stunning transformations in recent memory, the 200 block of Chartres Street in the French Quarter has…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Justine
In one of the most stunning transformations in recent memory, the 200 block of Chartres Street in the French Quarter has…
Reviews
- The Abitals, The Abitals (Independent)
Direct from Abita Springs, the Abitals deliver a straight-ahead unpretentious rock ’n’ roll album. While they may tip their hat… - Belton Richard, The Essential Cajun Music Collection, Volume 2 (Swallow Records)
With interest mounting in the musical legacy of Belton Richard, it seems criminal that not all his discography has been… - Garden District Trio, Upward (DHMP Records)
All Original David Hansen There’s something very comfortable about this recording, almost as if it sparks memories of familiar grooves stored… - Little Freddie King, Absolutely the Best (WadeRight Records)
Little Freddie King: Raucous Blues from the Bywater Despite posing on the Absolutely the Best cover—and on stages on the festival… - Benny Amón, Benny Amón’s New Orleans Pearls
Drummer Benny Amón, transplanted here from California in 2011, has been digging into the sounds of New Orleans revival heroes Zutty… - First Revolution Singers of New Orleans, Heaven Is My Goal (504 Records)
Many New Orleanians might recognize the First Revolution Singers, who formed in 1972 and re-grouped in 1980, regularly performing in… - Crazy Whisky, Crazy Whisky
Most traditional bluegrass is gothic as, er, hell, staring death right in the face with a firm grounding of… - Charlie Dennard, Deep Blue (Deneaux)
Though New Orleans has been his home base for 20 years, keyboard ace Charlie Dennard knows quite a bit about… - Steve Conn, Flesh and Bone (Not Really Records)
Steve Conn is a brutally honest songwriter. For his fifth album, Flesh and Bone, he discloses dark secrets that others… - Norbert Susemihl, Chloe Feoranzo, Barnaby Gold and Harry Mayronne, The New Orleans Dance Hall Quartet
Its springtime again, festival season is upon us, and just as the crawfish boils get going Norbert Susemihl will come… - Bonerama, Bonerama Plays Zeppelin (Basin Street Records)
The world is overcrowded with reverent tributes to tired classic-rock material, but Bonerama’s all–Led Zeppelin album isn’t one of those. It’s…
