May 2012
Cover Story
- Preservation Hall 2.0
[Updated] Within the span of two days, music fans attending this year’s Jazz Fest will have the extremely rare opportunity…
BackTalk
- Seun Kuti
In Louisiana, the pressures of carrying on a parent’s musical legacy are well known. Ivan and Ian Neville, the Marsalis brothers…
Features
- Musician Graves in New Orleans Cemeteries: Celebration Stations
Even at his final resting place, Professor Longhair serves as a source of musical inspiration and ambition. At Mt. Olivet Cemetery…
Letters
- May 2012 Letters
POWERHOUSE I saw this powerhouse band [Royal Southern Brotherhood] at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, Connecticut. Simply amazing is the only way…
Fresh
- Search and Restore: A Restoration Project
"There will be lots of acoustic instruments, plenty of drums, horns, upright basses, relatively strange-looking instruments, computers, electronic elements in a… - Ernie K-Doe vs. Reality
Ben Sandmel’s long-awaited book, Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans, is finally here. He first heard K-Doe’s “Mother-In-Law” as… - Phil Anselmo in Your Pocket
In 1997, Master P released an outgoing message that you could record to your answering machine so he could tell people… - Herbsaint Melodic Mixology Competition: Sing for Your Sipper
If you have a song in your heart and a drink up your sleeve, OffBeat and Herbsaint are looking for you.… - Cindy Scott: Helping Russell Brand Think
Cindy Scott’s life has, as she puts it, clearly defined “chapters.” Starting as a high-powered executive (“I was involved in all… - The Sound of Frenchmen Street
You're walking down Frenchmen Street on a Friday night. The street is silent and empty of vendors. You go to a…
Mojo Mouth
- Why I Love Jazz Fest
"Hey, baby, it's so good to see you! Where ya been?" "Wow, haven't seen you guys for ages. Are you in…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Liuzza's by the Track
On a recent weekday visit, Liuzza’s by the Track is relatively quiet. The door opens every few moments as a group… - Terry Brown, The 60-Year-Old Rapper with a Bad Knee, Hits the Spot at Felix's Oyster Bar
Felix's Oyster Bar 739 Iberville Street (504) 522-4440 Is this your favorite oyster bar? Acme and Felix’s—it’s what and what. This…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Liuzza's by the Track
On a recent weekday visit, Liuzza’s by the Track is relatively quiet. The door opens every few moments as a group… - The Sound of Frenchmen Street
You're walking down Frenchmen Street on a Friday night. The street is silent and empty of vendors. You go to a…
The Spot
- Terry Brown, The 60-Year-Old Rapper with a Bad Knee, Hits the Spot at Felix's Oyster Bar
Felix's Oyster Bar 739 Iberville Street (504) 522-4440 Is this your favorite oyster bar? Acme and Felix’s—it’s what and what. This…
Reviews
- Anders Osborne, Black Eye Galaxy (Alligator Records)
Good artists can achieve greatness in their creations, arriving through a combination of luck and hard work at a place where… - Jon Cleary, Occapella (Fhq Records)
When interviewed, Allen Toussaint often mentions the jolt he felt at his first encounter with Professor Longhair’s music, the earth-shattering effects… - Tab Benoit, Legacy: The Best Of (Telarc Records)
All best-of collections are subjective, leaving listeners to often say to themselves, “I wonder why they left these songs off and… - Theresa Andersson, Street Parade (Basin Street Records)
Theresa Andersson’s Street Parade is not Galactic’s Carnivale Electricos. The latter is a high-energy, hot-blooded celebration of Carnival while Street Parade’s… - Kipori Woods, Blues Gone Wild (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
Last year I was walking down Bourbon Street on my way to meet a friend when I was stopped in my… - The Iguanas, Sin to Sin (PFAM Records)
After playing to crowded clubs for the better part of two decades, the Iguanas have likely witnessed a good sin or… - Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, Live at Chickie Wah Wah (Chickie Wah Wah)
In a city known for its larger-than-life musical personalities, Tom McDermott strikes a serious figure. Not so much in his playing,… - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Twenty Dozen (Savoy Jazz Records)
The idea for this one was to pick up on the plan for the Dozen’s fifth album back in 1991, Open… - John Boutté, All About Everything (Independent)
Though a new season is on the horizon, we might consider ourselves residents of a post-Treme culture. Our central narratives, historic… - Kristi Guillory and the Midtown Project, Broken Glass (Bassette Records)
Kristi Guillory is known throughout Acadiana as a precocious Cajun-French musician with formidable academic credentials and responsibility for fronting Bonsoir, Catin,… - Hurray For the Riff Raff, Look Out Mama (Born to Win Records)
On Look Out Mama, Hurray for the Riff Raff expands its sonic palette while maintaining the simple, basic nature of their… - Various Artists, Treme: Music from the HBO Original Series—Season Two (Rounder Records)
The musical numbers are a divisive component of HBO’s Treme. On one hand, they’re essential. When a show’s about the centrality… - Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show, Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper (Threadhead Records)
For those of you who aren’t on the Paul Sanchez tip, he may be the best songwriter in this town chock-full… - The Courtyard Kings, Douces Wild (Independent)
The Courtyard Kings know what they’re doing when it comes to melodic, velvety, Gypsy-tinged swing. The preponderance of French titles (“Manoir… - Gypsyphonic Disko, Nola-Phonic, Volume Two (mixtape)
How will bounce be reinterpreted, embraced and marketed by the (sorta) mainstream? The question lingers in the air, with a smattering… - Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball (Columbia Records)
A friend of mine likens marriage to a Bruce Springsteen show—goes on too long, the story gets corny after a while,… - Ryan Montbleau, For Higher (Blue's Mountain Records)
By now there’s nothing unusual about seeing heavy hitters like Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne, and George Porter Jr. on a New…
Bookmark
- Ben Sandmel, Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans (Historic New Orleans Collection)
At last, Ben Sandmel’s long-awaited tome about singer Ernie K-Doe, possibly the wildest character to call the Crescent City home, has…
