June 2022
Cover Story
- Exciting, Expansive and Accessible: Matt Booth, Oscar Rossignoli and Brad Webb are Extended
New Orleans is a welcoming city. It embraces musicians who arrive and takes pleasure in inviting them into the scene just…
Features
- My Music with Joe Lastie
Joe Lastie was born into a musical family, which included his mother, both grandfathers, his aunt Betty, and his uncles Melvin,… - A Walk Around the Sun: Erika Lewis with a little help from her friends
When COVID hit, Erika Lewis was at a crossroads. The singer and new mother had relocated from New Orleans to Asheville,… - 2022 Jazz Fest Redux
The headline Jazz Fest Redux first appeared in OffBeat’s June 2000 issue. Although a Jazz Fest recap was published in every… - We Really Love to Make You Smile: Tarriona Ball of Tank and the Bangas represents New Orleans
But it feel like Maze at Jazz Fest… If you’ve witnessed the phenomenon that Tarriona Ball—Tank to you—is talking about, well,…
BackTalk
- Mia Berrin of Pom Pom Squad talks back
OffBeat caught up with Mia Berrin of Pom Pom Squad before her show at Gasa Gasa on April 20. It’s part…
Fresh
- An Exciting New Voice: Renée Gros breaks out
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the fact there is too much music and simply too many musicians in New Orleans?… - Music Quest: Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 15)
There is so much great vinyl out there that I always feel like a kid in the candy store when I…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Brigtsen's Restaurant
Frank Brigsten, the chef who has run his eponymous restaurant, Brigsten's, for 36 years, will be honored with the 2022 Ella…
Obituaries
- In Memoriam: Joe Simon (1936–2021)
Belatedly, the legendary Dan Penn alerted OffBeat of the passing of the Southern soul great Joe Simon, who died on December…
Letters
- June 2022 Letters
Vintage Vinyl I live in Minneapolis, but the day Prince died I was in New Orleans. I was listening to a…
Bookmark
- Book Review: Katy Hobgood Ray, Snoozer Quinn: Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer (Out of the Past Music)
Update: Katy Hobgood Ray will sign copies of Snoozer Quinn: Freestyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer on Thursday, June 16, at 3 p.m.…
Reviews
- Tank and the Bangas, Red Balloon (Verve Forecast)
“What’s up people?” The first voice you hear on Red Balloon, after a quick spin of a radio dial, is not… - Johnny Sansone, Into Your Blues (Short Stack)
With Into Your Blues, the versatile Johnny Sansone returns to the music that inspired him to be a musician. The singer/harmonica… - Shawn Williams, Wallowin' in the Night (Independent)
Wallowin’ in the Night is what it says on the box—sad songs about love and the back and forth between devotion… - Josh Hyde, Parish Blues (Independent)
Josh Hyde will never forget that night at a Baton Rouge blues jam. When it was his turn, the teenage guitarist… - Junior Dugas, I'll Be Your Man (Jin Records)
There is not a lot of new swamp pop material written these days, but whenever Junior Dugas writes a song, he… - Tiny Dinosaur, Songs for the Mass Extinction Event (Independent)
Tiny Dinosaur parallels another contemporary indie/folk band, Big Thief. And not just for the apparent genre similarities and dinosaur iconography, but… - Various Artists, Blues Café (Putumayo World Music)
There’s always a certain aesthetic to Putumayo CDs. They’re usually 10 tracks of well-researched, sometimes rare material by artists who have… - Diunna Greenleaf, I Ain't Playin' (Little Village Foundation)
Anyone who remembers Diunna Greenleaf on the national blues scene will likely say this about her latest release: It’s about damn… - Quinn Sternberg, Cicada Songs (Mind Beach Records)
Not long after his sophomore effort, Mind Beach, jazz bassist Quinn Sternberg was composing material for his next release when inspiration… - Where Nothing Burns, Where Nothing Burns (Independent)
The debut LP for the alternative rock five-piece band Where Nothing Burns is full of lush instrumentation and high-caliber production, but… - Jamaican Me Breakfast Club, “Everything I Own” (Single), (Independent)
The Jamaican Me Breakfast Club has reggae-fied another ’70s soft-rock classic, last time it was The Carpenters’ “Close to You,” now… - Frenchie Moe, Way Down in Hustleville (Independent)
Singer-guitarist Frenchie Moe has quite the backstory: Born in France during the ’80s, she was performing blues as a teenager, and…
