November 2013
BackTalk
- BackTalk: Passing a Good Time with the Maple Leaf's Hank Staples (Interview)
Hank Staples is old-school—a raconteur of no mean talent, able to regale listeners with 30 years of wild and sordid tales…
Cover Story
- Premature Burial: Glen David Andrews' Journey Back From the Dead
Ten years from now Where will I be? Will I be shining like a star Bright as the eye can see?…
Features
- Voodoo Music Experience 2013 Must-See Shows
Over the course of its 15-year history, the Voodoo Music Experience has undergone a number of transformations, morphing from a one-day… - Sports & Leisure: Leisurely Bonding
"I cannot stand most modern indie music,” declares Sports & Leisure singer/guitarist/songwriter Richard Dubourg. “I don’t like how electronic it has… - The Breton Sound: Sounding It Out
The Breton Sound is making waves very quickly in the New Orleans rock scene with anthemic, catchy songs that would feel… - Flow Tribe: From Friar Tucks to Festivals
Just getting back into town after a month-long East Coast tour, New Orleans funk-rock favorites Flow Tribe are already gearing up… - Hello Negro's Mystifying Mission
Scan the schedule for this year’s Voodoo Festival. I’ll bet you two drinks you’ve never heard of the artist who opens… - Derrick Freeman: Casual but in Command
As a keen observer of our quixotic metropolis, Derrick Freeman laughs a lot. Out of disbelief, in bursts of joy, as…
Fresh
- Bill Johnston's Warehouse
It's a cool Saturday night in October, and Chicago is performing its greatest-hits catalog on the West Bank of the Mississippi,… - Drawing Near, Nearby: New Book Unfathomable City Re-Maps New Orleans
Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker's new book Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas (University of California Press, 2013), is a follow-up… - It's Five Somewhere with Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl's John Blancher
When you opened [Mid-City Lanes Rock ‘n’ Bowl], did you ever imagine you’d be here 25 years later? No, I was… - Bourbon, Boudin & Beer: One Big Sausage Fest
In just two years Bourbon, Boudin & Beer—Chef Emeril Lagasse’s casual sausage soirée hosted the night before Carnivale du Vin, his… - It's Five Somewhere with Noodle & Pie's Pastry Chef Mimi Assad
Former sous chef at CBD restaurant Le Foret and former line cook at Gautreau's, Mimi Assad is now turning out pies… - New Orleans Fringe Festival Returns for Sixth Year
The sixth annual Fringe Festival takes place November 20-24, a five-day stretch in which event organizers offer “wild, weird, fresh original… - Step Right Up to the 504 Rock Art Circus
After Voodoo Fest winds down, you can keep the vibe going at the eighth annual 504 Rock Art Circus, which this…
In The Spirit
- Night People by Twelve Mile Limit's Cole Newton
"I am the owner, general manager and head bartender here at Twelve Mile Limit. This is my bar. We’re somewhere between…
Letters
- November 2013 Letters to OffBeat
VANICOR I read [“Cajun Iron Horse,” October 2013] on my iPad. Wonderful! Read it to my daddy. He was extremely touched—he…
Mojo Mouth
- Mojo Mouth: Legacies
I am grateful every day that I get to have a job doing what I like to do. Music and the…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Noodle & Pie (Restaurant Review)
Three months after opening in the former Reginelli’s location at the corner of State and Magazine, Noodle & Pie—a ramen joint… - Rotary Downs Drummer Zack Smith Hits the Spot at Canal Street Bistro
Why do you like Canal St. Bistro? I like this spot because of its consistent creative menu and great fresh-squeezed juice… - Night People by Twelve Mile Limit's Cole Newton
"I am the owner, general manager and head bartender here at Twelve Mile Limit. This is my bar. We’re somewhere between… - NOLA BBQ Round-Up
Hunting for authentic regional barbecue in New Orleans is reminiscent of the search for the truth behind Operation Genoa. Your excitement…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Noodle & Pie (Restaurant Review)
Three months after opening in the former Reginelli’s location at the corner of State and Magazine, Noodle & Pie—a ramen joint… - Night People by Twelve Mile Limit's Cole Newton
"I am the owner, general manager and head bartender here at Twelve Mile Limit. This is my bar. We’re somewhere between… - NOLA BBQ Round-Up
Hunting for authentic regional barbecue in New Orleans is reminiscent of the search for the truth behind Operation Genoa. Your excitement…
The Spot
- Rotary Downs Drummer Zack Smith Hits the Spot at Canal Street Bistro
Why do you like Canal St. Bistro? I like this spot because of its consistent creative menu and great fresh-squeezed juice…
Reviews
- Wynton Marsalis, The Spiritual Side of Wynton Marsalis (Columbia / Legacy)
Wynton Marsalis has fashioned one of the more intriguing careers in jazz history. The brightest product of one of the greatest… - Nicholas Payton with the Sinfonieorchester Basel, Sketches of Spain (BMF Records)
When legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Sketches of Spain in 1960, it created much controversy with complaints that it was neither… - Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias, New Kind of Funk (One More Time)
Sounds more like the old kind of funk, but that’s nothing to gripe too hard about. The first Wild Magnolias CD… - The Wee Trio, The Wee Trio Live at the Bistro (Bionic Records)
At the onset of this CD, James Westfall, who assembled the Wee Trio in 2005 during his stay in New York,… - Dash Rip Rock, Dash Does Shaver (Whiskey Bayou)
There aren’t many cover tunes on Dash Rip Rock’s dozen-plus albums; leader Bill Davis already has plenty of songs, thank you.… - The Junior League, You Should Be Happy (Greensleeves)
Along with the late, lamented Alex Chilton, the Junior League have more or less been keeping the power-pop flame alive in… - Borah Bergman, Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Michael Wimberly, Vita Brevis (Some Real Music)
It’s hard to believe that albums featuring Kidd Jordan used to be rare occurrences and difficult finds. This month, there are… - Kidd Jordan & Hamid Drake, A Night in November: Live in New Orleans (Valid Records)
The excitement that prevailed in the atmosphere and music at the Piety Street Studio on November 20, 2011 is remarkably captured… - Bleu Orleans, Transformation (Bleu Orleans)
Bleu Orleans, led by trumpeter Edward Anderson and keyboardist Darrell Lavigne and featuring reedman Aaron Fletcher, primarily gained its reputation in… - Gravity A, New Beginnings (Independent)
Drawn to a unique melding of funky backbeats, arena-rock riffs and the pleasing aesthetics of the Apple-lit jam generation, fans (via… - B. Singer, Cherryfield (Independent)
Usually when musicians attempt to take on the twin icons of Americana and its more specific NOLA variant, they bog down… - Funkle Sam, The Union (Independent)
Former New Orleans for the Creative Arts (NOCCA) student, guitarist Benjamin Greenberg headed to the University of North Texas to continue… - Eric Morel Ensminger, Wrong Woman Knockin’ (Independent)
Trumpeter Eric Morel Ensminger is a Philly native, and as such, his big, slick, brassy version of jazz tends to be… - Gillet Singleton Duo, Ferdinand (Independent)
This is not ya mama’s string duets. She would not recognize some of the sounds coming from this direct and powerful… - Patrick Cooper, Gris Gris in Your Face (Independent)
With story songs that reference local history, as in “Holly Beach,” and jovially friendly love songs, such as “Courtesy of Valerie,”… - Aural Elixir, Partially Domesticated Amazon: Exposed! (Independent)
On their fifth album since the late ’90s, this “rock-folk-jazz fusion” collective, which at one time featured Lynn Drury, has by… - James Booker, Classified: Remixed and Expanded (Rounder Records)
The rap on James Booker’s Classified is that it was good, but not even close to what one might see and…
