October 2004
Alt NO
- Alt NO: The Return of Awful Art
Behind his spectacles, thick beard, Saints cap and Bonnaroo t-shirt with the sleeves cut out, 49-year-old Ray Bong doesn’t look like…
BackTalk
- Tim DeLaughter of The Polyphonic Spree
With 24 robed members joyously singing and playing the pedal steel, pianos, organs, guitars, basses, tubular bells, whistles, the flute, the…
Cover Story
- Sketched Out! Au Naturel: Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
It was a warm Friday night in May when a strange van parked in front of the Maple Leaf drew the…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Some Kind of Mayhem
Regular readers of local entertainment publications and OffBeat’s Dis ‘n’ Dat column may notice something amiss. Namely, that as of last…
Features
- The Kids are Alright
OffBeat’s collegiate correspondent Patrick McDermott polls the youth of New Orleans. David Dauterive Chalmette, LA Loyola Band: Right now,… - Clubhouse: Kerry Irish Pub
“I’ve been involved with the Kerry Irish Pub [celebrating its 11th anniversary this month] since the beginning with my friend Kay…
Feed Me Something, Mister
Jazzin'
- A Season of Jazz
Climatically, New Orleans’ seasons aren’t as distinct as other locales’. However, here musical and cultural times of the year are quite…
Letters
- Letters October 2004
ALIENATING FUTURE GENERATIONS In the late ’80s I got re-interested in the New Orleans music scene for various reasons. Great new…
Live Wire
Mojo Mouth
- A Different Culture
Now that the “Who’s the new producer of the Jazz Fest?” controversy has been somewhat contentiously settled (we think), with the…
Obituaries
- Obituary: Raful Neal
(1936-2004) Born June 6, 1936 in Baton Rouge, blues harmonica player Raful Neal succumbed to cancer on September 1. Neal was…
Urban Legends
Reviews
- Macrosick, Macrosick (Independent)
- Johnny Cash, Unearthed (American)
- Quintron, Quintron Gives You...The Frog Tape (Skin Graft Records)
- Jan Bell and Melissa Carper, Songs for My Baby (Little Red Hen Records)
- Gang of Creeps, Standby for Power (Independent)
- Pee Wee Russell, Ask Me Now! (Impulse!)
- Old 97's, Drag It Up (New West Records)
- The Cajun Tradition, A La Vieille Facon (Swallow Records)
- Miriam Makeba, Reflections (Heads Up)
- Hugh Masekela, Still Grazing (Blue Thumb Records)
- Lila Downs, Una Sangre (Narada)
- Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings, Live! At The Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room (Chops Not Chaps Records)
- Don Byron, Ivey-Divey (Blue Note)
- Burrito Deluxe, The Whole Enchilada (Luna Chica Records)
- Olga, Kiss Your Blues Away (219 Records)
- Steve Earle, The Revolution Starts...Now (Artemis Records)
- G La Beaud, On the G (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
- C.C. Adcock, Lafayette Marquis (Yep Roc Records)
- Reverend J.M. Gates, Are You Bound For Heaven Or Hell? (Columbia/Legacy)
- Willie Walker and the Butanes, Right Where I Belong (One On One Records)
- Deke Dickerson, My Name is Deke (Hightone)/Mr. Entertainment (R&R Inc)
- Reverend Horton Heat, Revival (Yep Roc Records)
- Rockin' Dopsie, Jr., I Got My Mojo Working (Sound of New Orleans)
- New Birth Brass Band, New Birth Family (Fat Black Records)
- Branford Marsalis Quartet, Eternal (Marsalis Music)
- Robert Pete Williams, Poor Bob's Blues (Arhoolie)/Long Ol' Way From Home (Fuel 2000 Records)
- John Carey & the Bluebird Rodeo, Live at the Old Blinking Light (Big-Headed Kid)
- Saaraba, Nudivinity (Damngood! Records)
- Christian Winther, Blue Function (SteepleChase)
- Travis Matte and the Zydeco Kingpins, Dis Ain't Cha Momma's Zodico (Mhat Productions)
- Glasgow, sterile (Independent)
- John Lisi and Delta Funk, Can Ya' Dig It?! (Blue Goat Records)
- Better Than Ezra, Live at House of Blues New Orleans (Sanctuary)
- The Neville Brothers, Walkin' in the Shadow of Life (Back Porch Records)