March 2015
BackTalk
- BackTalk: John Waters
John Waters has achieved the rare sort of sustained celebrity that imbues his name with an aura of recognition, no matter…
Cover Story
- The Write Brothers Take Flight
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Jim McCormick is sitting in his Metairie living room late at night channel…
Features
- Mardi Gras Indians Gather on St. Joseph's Day
As improbable as it might seem, the most significant date for the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians apart from Carnival is… - Student Poet Daisha Calliet Takes on Ferguson
Daisha Calliet, at age 15, has a vision far beyond her years. Calliet’s artwork illustrated this at the community-centered celebration of… - Ken Burns Brings Jazz Documentary to New Orleans
It's been 14 years since Ken Burns’ controversial documentary Jazz aired on PBS, introducing a general audience to the history of… - Russian-Mafia Band Debauche Masters "Debaucheology"
At least one thing is certain with local Russian-mafia band Debauche: the members do not phone it in. Onstage at the…
Fresh
- Capturing Storyville on Canvas
Artist Linda Lesperance has created a new series of oil paintings entitled "Storyville," to be shown at the Jean Bragg Gallery… - Get Ready to Bach Around the Clock
The 18th annual Bach Around the Clock non-stop classical music marathon will begin on Friday, March 20, at 7 p.m., and… - T-Bois Blues Fest Heats up the Bayou
What sets the T-Bois Blues Fest apart from other music festivals? For one thing, the venue is an alligator farm in… - Super Sunday Playlist
In honor of Super Sunday, this month’s playlist salutes the music of the Mardi Gras Indians, both as played straight-up and… - Soundcheck: Five Questions with Peggy Scott Laborde
Peggy Scott Laborde is a founding board member of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. She’s the host of WYES’ weekly… - Louis Moreau Institute Brings New Music to New Orleans
In a city that worships music of all kinds, contemporary art music (or “New Music”) is one genre that hasn’t necessarily… - My Music: Tom McDermott
I play mostly traditional ragtime, jazz, Brazilian music, pre-jazz American music like Gottschalk, classical music. I grew up listening to classical…
In The Spirit
- In the Spirit: Mark Schettler of Purloo
I was in Chicago and making not the most honest living, and when that well dried up I needed some way…
Letters
- March 2015 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
MUSIC IN MID-CITY In a letter to the editor, someone suggested that the clubs pipe out the greatest music station in…
Mojo Mouth
- We Need a Music Museum in New Orleans
I heard that the five developers who responded to a request for proposal for the use of the World Trade Center…
Obituaries
- Obituary: Irvin Smith
Irvin Smith, who played a prominent role in the New Orleans music business for nearly five decades, died January 29 after…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Bevi Seafood Co.
Over a 15-year stretch of working in fine dining restaurants, Chef Justin Leblanc seared his fair share of foie gras. He…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Bevi Seafood Co.
Over a 15-year stretch of working in fine dining restaurants, Chef Justin Leblanc seared his fair share of foie gras. He…
The Spot
- The Spot: Jon Gross at Carmo
Why Carmo? I like drinking coconut water straight out of a coconut, and the flavors here seem representative of what New…
Reviews
- Kristin Diable, Create Your Own Mythology (Speakeasy Records/Thirty Tigers)
When an artist is said to have “broken through,” it is safe to presume that some sort of barrier or set… - Dr. Michael Torregano, Doctor Jazz (MikeyJazz Music)
If the name Dr. Michael Torregano sounds familiar, it should. The New Orleans born multi-instrumentalist has been working and teaching for… - Metronome the City, Isonomia (Independent)
Metronome the City’s new record Isonomnia mixes 1970s progressive rock and fusion with current ambient textures to make for a listening… - Germaine Bazzle, It’s Magic (Musik Bloc)
Germaine Bazzle, the high priestess of modern jazz vocalists in New Orleans, always carries herself with great dignity. Yet, as those… - The Roamin’ Jasmine, The Roamin’ Jasmine (Milo Records)
The post-K Busker Invasion continues with the appropriately named Roamin’ Jasmine, a sextet equally happy turning trad-jazz out to walk the… - Lagniappe Brass Band, Lagniappe Brass Band (Independent)
The Lagniappe Brass Band has been making its presence known as a stage band hitting hot at the Blue Nile on… - T-Roy, Deep South Dub (Bayou International)
T-Roy is the DJ currently holding down the dub scene on Frenchman Street (Blue Nile, Yuki, Dragon’s Den), and as you… - Tinsley Ellis, Tough Love (Heartfixer)
Despite a front cover that depicts a surly looking guitarist, this is actually a pretty jaunty release. For an album by… - The Mumbles, Syncopatience (Independent)
On their latest disc, the Mumbles combine an East Coast pop sensibility with a New Orleans laid-back horn attitude. Although singer… - Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night (Columbia)
Shadows in the Night is a collection of standards that were covered by Frank Sinatra. I’ve heard all these songs many… - Brian Boyles, New Orleans Boom & Blackout: One Hundred Days in America’s Coolest Hot Spot (The History Press)
“The Times They Are A’Changin” sang Bob Dylan in the early 1960s, and all residents and visitors to New Orleans are… - Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Fatman’s Shine Parlor (Blind Pig)
I guess you’d refer to the music on this disc as “roadhouse blues.” King and Kubek are a couple of Texas… - Wizards of Boat, Heavy Handed Nonsense (Independent)
Over finely crafted Nintendo synth-pop (before smooth indie pop was cool), the Wizards of Boat created tongue-in-cheek—or downright nuts— songs about… - Feufollet, Two Universes (Feufollet Records)
Feufollet’s Two Universes is the band’s Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. After a long line of albums celebrating and resurrecting…
