March 2017

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Cover Story

Pretty Lights: Looking Back From the Future
It’s New Year’s Eve and thousands of young people have gathered at New Orleans’ Mardi Gras World Ballroom for a dazzling… – Jan Ramsey

Dining Out

Dining Out: Poke Loa
For most New Orleanians, the thought of Lenten “sacrifice” conjures delicious images of boiled crawfish, fried oyster po-boys and jumbo lump… – Peter Thriffiley

Features

Super Sunday: Injuns Here Dey Come... Again
The New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council is perhaps best recognized by the general population for presenting its spectacular Indian Super… – Geraldine Wyckoff

BackTalk

Ann Wilson talks back
In the 1970s, hard rock music was a boys’ club. Girls weren’t supposed to rock. But Ann and Nancy Wilson, two… – John Wirt

Fresh

Our Music: Elysian Feel
“We met in our freshman year at Loyola—started jamming in the dorms. We’re seniors now so that’s been going on for… – Frank Etheridge
House of Bourbon
The Royal House of Bourbon originated in 1268 when the heiress of the lordship of Bourbon married French King Louis IX’s… – OffBeat Staff
Top Taco Festival
The Top Taco festival started in Denver four years ago and quickly became one of the largest food festivals in Colorado.… – OffBeat Staff
Soundcheck: Five Questions with trumpeter and vocalist Wendell Brunious
First off, who’s in the band and do you change your repertoire for this gig? Tom Hook on piano, Richard Moten… – Geraldine Wyckoff
Sing It!: Musicians rally for a series of David Egan tribute concerts
There was never any doubt that the musical legacy of singer-songwriter/pianist David Egan would live on. Now approximately a year after… – Dan Willging
Soundcheck: Five Questions with AF THE NAYSAYER
How did you get the stage name AF THE NAYSAYER and what does this moniker represent about you and your music?… – Frank Etheridge

In The Spirit

In the Spirit: Rachel Theriot at Petit Lion at the Troubadour Hotel
“I’ve worked in the service industry for over a decade now. I started in my hometown of Baton Rouge, and worked… – Elsa Hahne

Letters

Letters to the Editor
Best of the Beat I wanted to take a moment to thank you [Jan Ramsey, OffBeat] for all the hard work… – OffBeat Readers

Mojo Mouth

Festivals, Festivals, Festivals
Welcome to the OffBeat “spring festival” issue. Since last year, so many new festivals have sprung up: the Fried Chicken Fest,… – Jan Ramsey

Reviews

REWIND: Joe Krown, "Organ Combo Funk Yard" (STR Digital Records)
“[The title for Funk Yard] actually started with a picture. I was working with Bob Compton, who’s a photographer, and we… – Frank Etheridge
Hurray for the Riff Raff, "The Navigator" (ATO)
I’ve been a hungry ghost/ So I travel coast to coast In New Orleans we watched Alynda Segarra grow from a… – John Swenson
David Greely, "Shadows-on-the-Teche" (Give and Go Records)
Shadows-on-the-Teche is, arguably, David Greely’s most unusual recording yet in a storied career of eclectic solo projects and decades with Steve… – Dan Willging
Ron Hacker & Friends, "Live at the Old U.S. Mint" (Independent)
It’s hard to remember the last time New Orleans had a good old-fashioned blues summit meeting, but that’s more or less… – Robert Fontenot
Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band, "Standing on Faith" (CPL Records)
It’s becoming a familiar story. Many of today’s zydeco stalwarts would rather be known as artists with overarching talents than be… – Dan Willging
Burris, "Meant to Be" (Independent)
Introducing jazz elements into otherwise straightforward rock is a gimmick as old as Blood, Sweat & Tears or Chicago, but when… – Robert Fontenot
David L. Harris, "Blues I Felt" (Independent)
Trombonist, vocalist and composer David L. Harris opens Blues I Felt with a lot of gumption and drama. The Baton Rouge… – Geraldine Wyckoff
Josh Hyde, "The Call of the Night" (Independent)
Though he isn’t exactly a household name in the Pelican State music scene, singer-songwriter/guitarist Josh Hyde isn’t a stranger, either. Since… – Dan Willging
Scott Ramminger, "Do What Your Heart Says To" (Independent)
Say what you might about Scott Ramminger, a veteran saxophonist from D.C. who works in all manner of blues, soul and… – Robert Fontenot
Alison McConnell, "These Walls" (Independent)
Chances are you’ve heard Alison McConnell singing around town with her band Wonderland, but her first five-song EP is a solo… – Robert Fontenot
Robert Mugge, "New Orleans Music in Exile" (Mug Shot Productions)
Robert Mugge’s 2006 documentary, New Orleans Music in Exile, serves as a time capsule for the shell-shocked months after Hurricane Katrina.… – John Wirt
Davy Mooney, "Hope of Home" (Sunnyside Records)
Compatibility rules on guitarist Davy Mooney’s latest album, Hope of Home. With Mooney’s sophisticated style at the helm, the talented musicians… – Geraldine Wyckoff
Vermilion Whiskey, "Spirit of Tradition" (10 South)
Now that hip hop, EDM and DJ culture rule the world, the question can be asked: Is rock ‘n’ roll dead,… – Robert Fontenot

Plan A

Plan A: Radiohead at the Smoothie King Center
Radiohead will return to New Orleans for the first time in almost 14 years when they headline the Smoothie King Center… – Jan Ramsey

Obituaries

Charlie Lee Sims, 1935-2017
When the jazz classic “On Green Dolphin Street” emanated from Donna’s Bar & Grill, you could bet that trumpeter Leroy Jones… – Geraldine Wyckoff