Jazz Fest Bible 2019
BackTalk
- Mavis Staples talks back
There is no more fitting talent to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jazz Fest than Mavis Staples, who at 80 years…
Features
- The 24-Hour Jazz Fest Challenge
So you’re in town for Jazz Fest and want to spend every waking moment seeing live music? Hell, that’s easy. What… - Secret Agent Man: Johnny Rivers’ Funky Go-go Rock
Growing up in Baton Rouge, Johnny Rivers baptized himself in the Southland’s blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll. He… - Johnette Downing and Scott Billington’s swamp romp
When Johnette Downing and Scott Billington married, they each gained a partner in life and music. But Downing, an award-winning children’s… - Astral Plane: David Lasocki’s five-volume series about Astral Project
Springtime in Louisiana is high season for music pilgrims. Some can be identified by their tropical, festival branded shirts bedazzled with… - Slightly Risqué, But Never Vulgar: Maria Muldaur’s tribute to Blue Lu Barker
Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John, first introduced Maria Muldaur to the frisky, risqué songs of New Orleans’ Blue Lu Barker. During… - Jimmy Breaux and Johnny Sonnier pay tribute to Aldus Roger
Besides Jazz Fest’s annual celebration of indigenous music and culture, one of the special things about it is that it pays… - Missing the Rolling Stones? Here’s Keith Richards to ease the pain
The Rolling Stones broke up in 1986 during the recording of the album Dirty Work following a well-publicized feud between Mick… - Don Marquis on "Bolden," the Movie
“I think the movie [Bolden] accepted that Buddy Bolden was just a man,” says Don Marquis, the author of the New… - A Long Road to the Center: Amy Helm follows her father Levon
Amy Helm has been a notable artist in her own right for a couple of decades now, but when she performs… - What Does A New Orleans Music Industry Actually Mean?
We all want the New Orleans’ music scene to grow and prosper, which means that musicians make enough money to live… - Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez bring their history to the stage
The second-Saturday Jazz Fest appearance by Havana-born pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and percussionist Pedrito Martinez marks a visit by two of the… - Sympathy for Jazz Fest: Has the Fest lost the collective link to its identity?
The Rolling Stones have been a lightning rod for controversy throughout their career. During the 1960s the group's management cultivated a… - Doing What’s Right: Nesby Phips & Curren$y uphold hip-hop’s place at Jazz Fest
At the 50th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, hip-hop will stand in its rightful place alongside jazz, blues, gospel, R&B,… - Capturing the Moments: Historic Jazz Fest Photos
Over the last five decades we’ve all gathered treasured memories: dancing in the pouring rain and mud, great sets by Longhair,… - The Dignity of his Sound: Wynton Marsalis talks about the Buddy Bolden movie
Wynton Marsalis describes the movie Bolden, which is directed by Daniel Pritzker, and will be released on May 3, as a… - John Fogerty: Living in His Own Head
The legacy of John Fogerty can’t be overstated when it comes to American roots music. His songs, both solo and with… - Musician Memories: Celebrating 50 Years of Jazz Fest
It’s safe to say that everyone who has performed, attended or even worked at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival… - A to Z: All you need to know is in our Jazz Fest Guide
by OffBeat staff and contributors including Robert Fontenot and Brett Milano. Stage Codes AARP Rhythmpourium (AARP) Acura Stage (ACU)…
Fresh
- 5 Questions with Cleopatra Welch: a nine-year-old’s perspective of Katy Perry
I once disliked modern radio pop music, from Puff Daddy to Taylor Swift. But now that I have two young daughters, I… - Bringing New Flavors to the Gumbo: Winter Circle Productions
The BUKU Music + Art Project, the swarm of nighttime shows, plus Bassik, the electronic dance music series that’s been throbbing… - Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week
Once upon a time, the best way to learn Cajun music and zydeco was to leave Cajun and zydeco country. Master… - No Bucket, No Beer: Smithsonian Folkways releases Jazz Fest box set
One of the hottest items in the record stores at Jazz Fest this year will be the 5-CD set Jazz Fest:…
Jazz Fest Focus
- Fest Focus: T’Monde
Friday, May 3, Fais Do Do Stage, 11:15 a.m. T’Monde continues to expand its universe. In February, the Cajun trio… - Fest Focus: Monk Boudreaux
Sunday April 28, Jazz & Heritage Stage, 3 p.m. Friday May 3, Acura Stage (Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars), 2:05 p.m.… - Fest Focus: The Messy Cookers Jazz Band
Saturday April 27, Economy Hall Tent, 11:15 a.m. Alex Owen, bandleader and trumpet player of The Messy Cookers Jazz Band,… - Fest Focus: Lulu and the Broadsides
Thursday, April 25, Lagniappe Stage, 3:05 p.m. Lulu and the Broadsides is one of the best new bands you’ll hear… - Fest Focus: Ragtime to Jelly Roll featuring Lars Edegran and Kris Tokarski
Thursday, April 25, Economy Hall Tent, 4:20 p.m. As The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival comes to its 50th… - Fest Focus: Keith Burnstein’s Kettle Black
Friday, May 3, Lagniappe Stage, 11:30 a.m. Keith Burnstein is a crafter of tunes. Growing up in a Philadelphia suburb,… - Fest Focus: Boukman Eksperyans
Saturday, May 4, Cultural Exchange Pavilion, 12:40 p.m. Even if you know nothing about the Haitian Vodou religion, there’s still…
Mojo Mouth
- Mojo Mouth: Jazz Fest Hits 50
I was a teenager living in another state when the first New Orleans Jazz Fest & Heritage Festival was born. Both my…
OffBeat Eats
- Molly’s Rise and Shine
When Turkey and the Wolf opened, a couple years back and too far riverside of the Lower Garden District strip, reasonable… - Restaurants We Love: A Jazz Fest guide to places we like to keep to ourselves
The Jazz Fest restaurant guide is not meant to be a “best of” list, because at this point, if you haven’t…
Dining Out
- Molly’s Rise and Shine
When Turkey and the Wolf opened, a couple years back and too far riverside of the Lower Garden District strip, reasonable…
Reviews
- Funk on Da Table, Live at Tipitina’s (Coastline)
June Yamagishi is the most celebrated electric guitarist in Japanese music history. His move to New Orleans in search of a… - Valerie Sassyfrass, Blast Off! A Cosmic Cabaret (Independent)
We’ve seen this before: A talented musician toils in obscurity for lo these many years, until suddenly, almost accidentally, she trips… - Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Bon Ton (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
Dwayne Dopsie gets right to it with his accordion pumpin’ on his original, “Andree Jones,” the opener of Bon Ton. The… - Various Artists, Cover Me: The Eddie Hinton Songbook (Ace)
In reissuing the crème de la crème from Eddie Hinton’s catalog, Ace has again mined the Muscle Shoals music catalogue. A… - The HooDoo Loungers, Head & Heart & Hips (Independent)
With their latest release, Head & Heart & Hips, East Coast–based the HooDoo Loungers effectively combine many of the musical styles… - Alex Chilton, From Memphis to New Orleans (Bar None)
Celebrity history is filled with people who are victims of their own success. Rock and roll history has produced a curious… - One South Lark, Japanese Soda / Excuses (Independent)
The ghost of the Smiths, or rather whatever’s left of Morrissey’s muse at this point, haunts this single from last summer:… - Alexey Marti, Mundo (Independent)
Cuban-born New Orleans resident Alexey Marti delivers a wonderfully comprehensive album of Latin flavors that moves seamlessly through a range of… - Christian Scott ATunde Adjuah, Ancestral Recall (Stretch Music)
Trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is the purveyor of a style he calls “stretch music,” which, as the name implies, allows… - Junior Dugas, Your Love Captured Me (Jin Records)
Veteran swamp pop sideman Junior Dugas recorded these dozen tracks as something intended only for friends and family. That is, until… - Marc Stone, Live at Tipitina’s (Independent)
Stripping his sound down to the basics—his voice, his guitar and his trusty slide—Marc Stone’s latest release, which was recorded at… - Noah Young, Splinter (Album Reviews)
Modern NOLA jazz bands often come in one of three flavors: your studious post-bop types, who approach the music purely from… - Branford Marsalis Quartet, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (Okeh/Sony Masterworks)
The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul opens with a sense of playfulness and a lyrical yet chaotic atmosphere, on… - Herlin Riley, Perpetual Optimism (Mack Avenue)
Those who have seen drummer Herlin Riley play know just how suitable the title of his latest release, Perpetual Optimism, really… - Sam Price & the True Believers, Dragonfly (Independent)
Roots-rocker Sam Price leads his outfit into its first full album a little less eager to make you dance. Still, Sam’s… - Soul Brass Band, Levels (Independent)
Philosophical musings are nothing new in brass band music, and the debut album from the Soul Brass Band is no exception.… - Tom McDermott, Tom McDermott Meets Scott Joplin (Arbors Records)
In the early 1970s, ragtime jazz was considered about as cool as Mantovani. Marvin Hamlisch, whose interpretation of Scott Joplin’s “The… - Quiana Lynell, A Little Love (Concord Jazz)
A Little Love represents vocalist Quiana Lynell’s much-anticipated recording debut. The Texas-born, New Orleans transplant has been teasing audiences with her…
