November 2016
Cover Story
- Mutemath: The Ongoing Evolutionary Experiment
Dwarfed by skyscrapers and distracting glittering billboards while surrounded by throngs of international tourists in the middle of New York’s Times…
Dining Out
- Cafe Henri
The opening of Cafe Henri signaled a change of pace for owners Neal Bodenheimer, Kirk Estopinal and Nick Detrich, the trio…
Features
- Little Maker: Identity Cohesion
In many ways, the modern indie artist is diametrically opposed to the standard “working musician.” One toils away on original music… - Sam Price: True Believers
Since his teenage years, Sam Price has been insatiably curious about all kinds of music. He’s spent his career avidly following… - Larry Sieberth: Man of Many Projects
Lawrence Sieberth continuously remains involved with multiple projects. “Yeah, from the very beginning,” agrees the pianist, composer and arranger, who began… - Motel Radio: A Higher Frequency
"It’s where you want to be,” Winston Triolo says of his band’s song, “Palmilla.” “It’s exactly where you want to be… - Soul Brass Band: Kicking in a New Way
Drummer Derrick Freeman leads the Soul Brass Band, which was formed just a year ago. Its name was obtained by pure… - STS9: Rebirth
Two years ago STS9 were a band in transition. In the midst of recording their long-awaited follow up to 2009’s Ad… - Charlie Wooton: Hard Groove
Restlessly creative bassist Charlie Wooton keeps rows of candles burning. Along with former Neville Brothers drummer “Mean” Willie Green, Wooton lays…
Fresh
- The Voodoo Playlist
With Halloween and Voodoo both on the way, this month’s playlist looks at the subject of voodoo—not surprisingly, a topic that’s… - Presenting Princess Shaw: A Star is Born
"This rocks ass.” A gracious catchphrase greeting her many life-affirming moments in a new documentary about her life and realm of… - My Music: Dave Boswell, trumpeter and vocalist
“My goal is that it’s always a quest for more knowledge. I actually started playing the oboe when I was in… - Dance Wellness: Reducing the risk of occupational injury
In a move likely to inspire dancers across the city to get up and boogie, the New Orleans Musicians Clinic has… - Soundcheck: Five Questions with Cindy Scott—singer and now full-time faculty at Berklee School of Music in Boston
Congrats! Any idea how many applied for your position? I’m sure a lot of people applied. I submitted my application on…
Plan A
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at Boudin, Bourbon & Beer
“They got a lot of singers coming out today that say they do R&B, soul and funk,” Sharon Jones told OffBeat…
Obituaries
- Joan Marie Johnson, 1944-2016
Dixie Cups founding member Joan Marie Johnson passed away in New Orleans on October 5, 2016 of congestive heart failure. She… - Joe Clay, 1938-2016
One of the pioneers of rockabilly, Gretna’s Joe Clay, died September 26 after losing a battle with cancer. He was 78.… - Stanley Dural Jr. (Buckwheat Zydeco), 1947-2016
Friends, family and fans gather at Buckwheat Zydeco’s funeral in Lafayette to honor their hero. “There lies a national treasure,” Nathan…
Mojo Mouth
- The Real and The Fake
As I write this, I’m looking out of my Frenchmen Street window watching a “Skull and Bones gang” and a “Mardi…
Letters
- November 2016 Letters to Offbeat
Radiators Collection I’ve been spending the past couple of months wading through many boxes of Camile’s [Boudin] and my memorabilia. I’m…
In The Spirit
- In the Spirit: Lisa Nguyen at Seaworthy
“I’m from New Orleans and I met King Louie [Bankston] when I was 24. I was dating a friend of his…
The Spot
- Darcy Malone Hits the Spot at Blue Oak BBQ
When was the first time you came? My love affair with this place began when they were inside Chickie Wah Wah.…
BackTalk
- Bonnie Raitt talks back
Bonnie Raitt scooped up her tenth overall career Grammy award, for best Americana album, with 2012’s Slipstream, her first studio release…
Reviews
- Valerie Sassyfras, Sassquake! (Independent)
She started out as a duo act with her late husband Johnny Donald, a more or less straight zydeco thing with… - Anders Osborne, Flower Box (Back on Dumaine Records)
Anders Osborne is on a creative tear latterly: This is his second album this year and, if you count the one… - Mahalia Jackson, Moving On Up a Little Higher (Shanachie)
By the time Mahalia Jackson signed with Columbia Records in 1954, the New Orleans native had been a gospel star for… - Isaiah B Brunt, A Moment in Time (Independent)
Sometimes you gotta follow your muse, even if it means trekking around the globe and jumping across hemispheres. Growing up with… - Fly Molo, Fly Molo (Independent)
If this were 20 years ago (okay, fine, more like 25), Fly Molo would have everything it takes to be all… - Adam Crochet, Real Good Love (23 Ducks Records)
Adam is the guitarist for Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, but on his own he practices something he likes to call “Louisiana… - Randy Newman, Songbook (Nonesuch)
It’s not often that music can be great and unnecessary at the same time, but that’s the case here. Randy Newman… - The Wee Trio, Wee + 3 (Bionic Records)
James Westfall stands as the New Orleans connection to the Wee Trio; the vibraphonist, a Houston native, came to the Crescent… - One Love Brass Band, Too Big to Fail (Independent)
The name of the ensemble, One Love Brass Band, and its concept of Jamaica’s genres of reggae and ska meeting New… - Carsie Blanton, So Ferocious (Independent)
Though she sits squarely in the singer-songwriter mode—enough to make both Paul Simon and Loudon Wainwright approve—Carsie Blanton has, through half… - Courtney Granger, Beneath Still Waters (Valcour Records)
Courtney Granger has always had one of the purest voices in Cajun music, making him a sought out vocalist and fiddler… - Gary Negbaur, Alive in New Orleans (Crazy Bird Productions)
Gary Negbaur comes from the piano tradition, but it’s not necessarily the NOLA one—he’s a Berklee-trained, classically jazz-based New York singer-songwriter,… - Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Make America Great Again! (Troubadour Jass Records)
Okay, the title of Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s debut CD, Make America Great Again!, certainly deserves a “Say… - Mighty Sam McClain, Time and Change: Last Recordings (City Hall)
As the title indicates, former New Orleans resident “Mighty” Sam McClain is sadly no longer with us. He was a vocalist… - Dr. John & Friends, The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac and His Music (Concord)
All-star tribute albums are necessarily a mixed blessing. Even at their best, they’re such a logistical nightmare to carry off that…
