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YouTube du Jour: Curley Taylor
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaAwgIDu0k[/youtube]Thursday night is Zydeco Night at the Rock ‘n’ Bowl; tonight it features Curley Taylor. Here’s Taylor from 2009 at the Opelousas Zydeco Festival.
Concert Preview: Glitch Mob at the House of Blues
You won’t find any glitches on the Glitch Mob’s new album. Drink the Sea is an ambitious album that can’t be pigeon-holed or pinned down, even by its own name. […]
For the Love of Okra
If you’ve missed the cries of “I have oranges and bananas! I have mangoes! I have nice peaches!” you’re not the only one. Mr. Okra, produce-vendor-turned-icon, has been stuck without […]
Irma on Gulf Aid
[One notable absence at last weekend’s Gulf Aid concert was Irma Thomas. She sent OffBeat the following email the Friday before the event.] So no one would think I didn’t […]
YouTube du Jour: Irma Thomas
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKvTDWqjTX4[/youtube]In 2008, Mojo Magazine honored Irma Thomas. Thomas plays Wednesday in the Square tonight at 5 p.m. with Paul Sanchez, Margie Perez and Glen David Andrews opening, and here is […]
Join the Fringes
The Fringe Theater Festival returns November 17-21. On Monday, May 24, there will be Fringe Fest informational meeting at 7 p.m. at the Shadowbox Theater (2400 St. Claude Ave.). Those […]
Cyril on the Gulf Oil Disaster
[The following was posted at CyrilNeville.net Saturday, the day before he played Gulf Aid with the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars, who were joined for the occasion my Marcia Ball] […]
YouTube du Jour: “It Ain’t My Fault”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ-ucKrK5qM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]At Gulf Aid, Mos Def joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to debut their new version of the Smokey Johnson classic, “It Ain’t My Fault.” Here’s footage of his appearance, […]
Gulf Aid a Mix of Anger and Celebration
[UPDATED]There was a healthy dose of outrage Sunday at Gulf Aid, the benefit concert to aid those affected by the oil disaster that occurred when the Deepwater Horizon oil well […]
Jaffe Talks Gulf Aid, “It Ain’t My Fault” on CNN
Yesterday, Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Ben Jaffe was interviewed on CNN. Here’s a transcript of the interview: FREDRICKA WHITFIELD: All this big rain, it’s not washing out the compassion and […]
