November 2024
Cover Story
- Tell It To The Wind: Joy Clark is no longer a guest in her own life
Joy Clark is on a ride as her career continues to grow, born of paying her dues with steady hard work.…
BackTalk
- David Shaw Talks Back
David Shaw, singer and songwriter with the Revivalists, reached national fame with the New Orleans band’s 2015 single, “Wish I Knew…
Features
- The Deezle Chronicles: Part II
Darius “Deezle” Harrison is not only a multi-Grammy-winning producer who is now shaping the best and brightest musicians at the recording… - From Classical to Cajun: The LPO invites back the Lost Bayou Ramblers and Sweet Crude
Louis Michot, fiddler and singer with the Grammy award-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers, eagerly anticipates the Cajun band’s encore appearance with the… - Evolution of Rebelution: Soul Rebels "Walkin' round in the 6th Ward..."
The highly successful and internationally-renowned Soul Rebels have been around the world and, as they say, back again. The progressive, innovative,… - Cosmic Traveling to Tomorrow: Yizracyah’s creative spirit is infectious
Yah’el Yizracyah Yisrael is a breath of fresh air on the New Orleans music scene. His expansive album Sunlight was released… - Walking to New Orleans: The golden anniversary for John Broven’s groundbreaking book
John Broven’s Walking to New Orleans, the first comprehensive book about the golden age of rhythm and blues in New Orleans,…
Fresh
- A Tribute To The Queen: Producer Sonny Schneidau’s tribute promises to be special
Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for Tipitina’s to give thanks to its favorite local legends. The past six seasons (skipping one… - Smiling Drummers: A Benefit for Shannon Powell presented by Herlin Riley
When Shannon Powell walked up the back stairs to the stage at the recent Tremé Fall Festival, he wore a golden… - Review, 2024 NOLA Funk Fest: New Orleans Jazz Museum
To invoke the name of another popular festival, the 2024 NOLA Funk Fest was hardly strictly funk. True, there was plenty… - Vintage vinyl treasures (Episode 44)
Another five vintage vinyl gems from 1969 that I believe might just be favorites of my favorite big sister currently residing…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Tujague's Restaurant
Founded in 1856, Tujague's stands as a testament to resilience, having weathered hurricanes, wars, fire, pandemics and two relocations. As the…
Obituaries
- Eric Paulsen (1950-2024)
Eric Paulsen, journalist and anchor for WWL-TV, died Saturday October 26, 2024, of cancer at Ochsner Medical Center. He was 74.… - Donald Miller (1958-2024)
Guitarist and OffBeat contributor Donald Miller has passed away at age 66. Miller, a key player in the 1980s New York… - Amadee Joseph Castenell, Jr. (1950-2024)
Saxophonist and flautist Amadee Joseph Castenell passed away at the age of 74. Born in New Orleans on April 19, 1950,…
Reviews
- Joy Clark: Tell It to the Wind (Righteous Babe)
Thanks to her touring and visibility in the last few years, the new release from Joy Clark stands to be the highest-profile debut… - Mia Borders: Firewalker (Blaxican Records)
Since bursting on the scene with a sound that was both invigoratingly fresh and pleasingly retro, Mia Borders has carved out… - Jon Batiste: Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1) (Verve)
It doesn’t take long for Jon Batiste to yank Ludwig Van from the Romantic-era parlors of Vienna to the red-light dens of… - David Shaw: Take a Look Inside (Yokoko Records)
It sounds like David Shaw has just been through a bad breakup, a heavy round of therapy, or both. In terms… - James Evans/Lawrence Sieberth: Standardized (Independent)
In this duo setting, saxophonist and clarinetist James Evans and pianist Lawrence Sieberth celebrate material from the American songbook on the… - Minos the Saint: Atchafalaya Child (Independent)
There’s likely no better example of chamber-pop music in Louisiana than Baton Rouge’s Minos the Saint. For the band’s second album,… - The Secret Six Jazz Band: Fireworks (Independent)
Well, another year has gone by, and we have another Secret Six Jazz Band album to enjoy. Featuring many of the same… - Grayson Capps: Heartbreak, Misery & Death (Royal Potato Family)
Nothing but the truth in this album title, since every track on the album is about one or all of the… - Karma & the Killjoys: Synthetic (Pal Productions)
Make immediate room on your Halloween playlist for “Stay My Fangs,” the closing track from Karma & the Killjoys’ six-track EP.… - Barry Jean Ancelet and Sam Broussard: Le Grand Silence and Other Stories (Swallow Records)
Sometime in the 1980s, then University of Louisiana Professor Barry Jean Ancelet began writing French-language poetry under the nom de plume… - Beth Patterson: The Cigar Box Guitar EP (Stone Groove)
If the title of this EP makes it sound like it’s going to be a nice little acoustic session, guess again.… - Max Bien-Kahn: Flowers (Defend Vinyl)
Based on his previous indie releases I had Max Bien-Kahn pegged as a singer/writer who makes charmingly offhand pop in the… - Benny Turner: BT (Nola Blue Records)
When Nola Blue Records president Sallie Bengtson established her label a decade ago, then New Orleans bassman and vocalist Benny Turner,… - Tiago Guy: Paper Thin (Independent)
This warm breeze of an album marks the arrival of a promising songwriter to town. Tiago Guy came to New Orleans… - Jovin Webb: Drifter (Blind Pig Records)
Singer, songwriter and harmonica player Jovin Webb represents the soulful style of blues that abounds in his home state of Louisiana…
