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Slideshow: Bonus Photos from The Warehouse Music Club
The current, January 2010, issue of OffBeat features a story on The Warehouse, one of the top music clubs in New Orleans during the 1970s. Its stage was graced by […]
Willie Mitchell Legendary Producer at Hi Records & Royal Studio, Memphis Passes Away
Willie Mitchell, a towering figure in soul and R&B music passed away this morning at the age of 81. USA Today reports that Mitchell passed at 7:25am Tuesday, January 5, […]
YouTube du Jour: Hurray for the Riff Raff
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEMGe9JkRqU[/youtube]The Bywater band plays in the kitchen and sounds great doing so.
New Orleans in the News
A New Orleans architect is donating $150,000 to rebuild Carver High School and the surrounding area in the Ninth Ward. CNN has the story. Reggie Bush lost his bid to […]
YouTube du Jour: “Junker Blues”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK1PDqc9slw[/youtube]Tuts Washington and Professor Longhair demonstrate how the former’s “Junker Blues” became “Tipitina.” Allen Toussaint helps in a killer suit.
Mikel Rouse
Part of a generation of composers that find equal influence in pop and classical music, Mikel Rouse is a master at commingling the two. “I figure my small contribution has […]
Concert Review: Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne has had a rough 2009. He has a weapons charge to which he has plea bargained down to one year of jail time, and despite the near-universal acclaim […]
YouTube du Jour: Panorama Jazz Band
Panorama Jazz Band plays OffBeat’s Best of the Beat[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTpIc5dPN4o[/youtube] Friday, January 22 at the House of Blues. Here they are live from 2008 playing King Oliver’s “New Orleans Shout.”
YouTube du Jour: Lil Wayne’s “Da Da Da”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tP9mzFaNVM&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-3-HM[/youtube]Lil Wayne and the Young Money crew play the New Orleans Arena tonight. Here’s one of the better tracks from his upcoming, rock-oriented album, Rebirth.
YouTube du Jour: Merry Christmas
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRVXPo9z-J4[/youtube]An over-the-top collection of Christmas lights from a neighborhood in Jefferson gives us our video Christmas card to you. Happy Holidays from OffBeat.
