November 2010
BackTalk
- Stephen Rehage
New Orleans has such a rich musical history that the city’s festival culture often reads like the climactic moment in Casablanca…
Cover Story
- Weird Voodoo Tales: New Orleans Bingo! Show
“That’s why old people play this game—‘cause it’s relaxing.” Ronnie Numbers is explaining bingo, but when he calls the game at…
Features
- Kick(Start) Me: Kickstarter.com
UPDATED “I’m refusing to get a full time job.” Ask Kelcy Wilburn (a.k.a. Kelcy Mae) what she wants to do with… - Classic Songs of Louisiana: Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is"
As illogical as it sounds, a million-selling record can actually bankrupt the company that manufactures and distributes it. Such was the… - The Po-Boy Preservation Festival Returns to Oak Street, Fully Dressed
This November, the Po-Boy Preservation Festival returns to Oak Street for its fourth year. A long list of vendors including Boucherie,… - Neck and Neck at Tom's Fiddle and Bow
Al Berard takes his place in a chair at Tom’s Fiddle and Bow in Arnaudville. He runs his fingers down the… - The Ozzy Osbourne T-Shirt
In shop-class on the first day of junior high, the guy across the worktable lifted his head from his folded hands… - Weird Voodoo Tales: Quick Picks
Rusko Friday, October 29, 2:15 p.m., Le Plur presented by Billboard.com Ever since Jamaican dub-makers discovered the tape delay, the UK… - Weird Voodoo Tales: Figuring Out Die Antwoord
Lost in the riddle of who South Africa’s most eminent Afrikaner gangsta rappers truly are and aren’t, is the thought of… - Weird Voodoo Tales: AM and the Lure of History
“I live in the wrong time,” claims pop singer/songwriter AM, his name a nod to the radio waves that once carried… - Weird Voodoo Tales: Fatter Than Albert, The Local Skank and Ska New Orleans-Style
Fatter Than Albert and the Local Skank are ska and they’re not. “We definitely don’t stay within the ska scene,” says…
Fresh
- New Orleans in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will focus attention on the accomplishments of New Orleans legends Fats Domino and Dave… - Madden 11 Predicts The Saints in November
PITTSBURGH AT NEW ORLEANS, OCTOBER 31 On the first series, Brees is intercepted. Defense stops the Steelers, then a quick march… - Join the 504 What Style Rock Art Circus
This issue, L. Steve Williams has contributed an illustration for Alex Cook’s piece on the power of Ozzy. A little more… - Kids' Stuff: Buckwheat Zydeco for the Young and Young at Heart
As a student of the legendary Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco has spent the last 35 years celebrating zydeco one way or… - TribeCon: The e-Fires of Change
What? “TribeCon is about using social media tools and online communities to ignite offline change,” says co-founder Chris Schultz. It takes… - Arthur Mintz' Fantastic Mr. Fox: The Hole Story
“I was in the middle of working on this big shadow puppet show I was going to do in the windows…
Letters
- November 2010 Letters
NOT JUST MUSIC Just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed the current issue. I think that there has…
Mojo Mouth
- Threadhead Scores
Many books have been written about New Orleans, particularly since Katrina. I just read Dan Baum’s brilliant Nine Lives, and it’s…
Obituaries
- Obituary: Solomon Burke (1940-2010)
“There’s a song that I sing, and I believe if everyone would sing it, it would save the whole world.” —Solomon…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Bouligny Tavern
Lilette has been a perennial top table in New Orleans, and recently Chef John Harris expanded his hold on the 3600… - Frank Jones of Jean-Eric Hits the Spot at Lola's
Lola's 3312 Esplanade Ave. (504) 488-6946 How often do you get a chance to come to Lola’s? Not often enough, but…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Bouligny Tavern
Lilette has been a perennial top table in New Orleans, and recently Chef John Harris expanded his hold on the 3600…
The Spot
- Frank Jones of Jean-Eric Hits the Spot at Lola's
Lola's 3312 Esplanade Ave. (504) 488-6946 How often do you get a chance to come to Lola’s? Not often enough, but…
Reviews
- Kermit Ruffins, Happy Talk (Basin Street Records)
In 2007, Kermit Ruffins got married in Woldenberg Park during the French Quarter Festival. As his beloved bride Juicee mounted the… - Amanda Shaw, Good Southern Girl (Poorman Mayfield Records)
Updated: Amanda Shaw’s third solo album proclaims, with its title, that it’s about the performer’s identity. That’s just as true of… - Dumpstaphunk, Everybody Want Sum (Independent)
Quick. Think of the worst smelling spot in New Orleans. Funkier than that one unfortunate spot of land at The Fly… - Aaron Neville, I Know I’ve Been Changed (EMI Gospel Records)
In a city of maddening talents, Aaron Neville’s has been one of the most perplexing. His voice is a remarkable instrument… - Frank Gratkowski and Hamid Drake, Frank Gratkowski and Hamid Drake (Valid Records)
Frank Gratkowski and Hamid Drake have a long relationship with New Orleans, having made it a frequent performance destination throughout their… - Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?, Of Resolutions and Resolve (Domino Sound Records)
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? combines a folk-punk base with elements of traditional New Orleans music to create… - AM, Future Sons and Daughters (Filter US Records)
The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist AM was raised in Mandeville and graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans. AM himself is… - Lil Wayne, I Am Not a Human Being (Cash Money Records)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and jail time makes the rapper grow legendary. Lil Wayne’s arrest and subsequent eight-month sentence… - Andy J. Forest, NOtown Story: The Triumph of Turmoil (Independent)
If you’re a musician or band that makes a living in live performance, you probably have always wanted to make that… - Bodhi3, Ceremony (Independent)
The music on Bodhi3’s Ceremony is rooted in a tradition of jazz for spiritual purpose as pioneered by musicians such as… - The Madd Wikkid, Electronola (Independent)
Earl Scioneaux III, recording engineer for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, shares a deep passion for his native New Orleans and… - George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Live in Boston 1982 (Rounder Records)
Along with Texas’ Fabulous Thunderbirds, New England’s J. Geils Band and California’s Mighty Flyers, Delaware’s George Thorogood and the Destroyers were…
