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And the Beat Goes On: The Legacy and Future of AFO Records
It’s Friday night in the city. The streets are slick with rain but the downpour seems to have abated and the skies have begun to clear. Inside the lobby of […]
CSP Records, Assorted Festivals, SxSW, the Mississippi: River of Song & More
Jimmy Rogers, owner of CSP Records, tells us that he has signed Louisiana Music Hall of Fame member and swamp pop legend, Rod Bernard, to a recording contract. “We’re going […]
Rockin’ Dopsie Jr.
Since taking over his late father’s band—the Zydeco Twisters—in 1993, David Rubin a.k.a Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., has become one of New Orleans’s premier attractions. Dopsie has been able to preserve […]
Get Your Essential Louisiana Music Here… New Direction at Tip’s… Borders and Wherehouse Walk Into the Crescent City… offBeat Events
This is so cool… this month we’re previewing a feature that anyone who’s interested in Louisiana music will appreciate (and I’m presuming if you’re reading this, you’re one of that […]
Leader of the Pack: Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters
Walter “Wolfman” Washington is a Sagittarius. The sign of the Archer is known for its restless qualities, and a pursuit of freedom, knowledge and new experiences. Those characteristics are all […]
Fest Focus: Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
Like the Caribbean Négritude poets Aimé Césaire and Léopold Senghor, Ziggy Marley and his siblings see their music as a vehicle for social protest and asserting the value and dignity […]
Fest Focus: The Skatalites
One of the strongest aspects of each year’s musical line-up at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is the large number of genuine innovators of a style. The 1998 […]
Fest Focus: Al Belletto
“Belletto, you’re playing your goddamn reeds off. Beautiful.”–Frank Sinatra, after seeing Belletto perform at Al Hirt’s in the 70s. A prophet is without honor in his own home town, to […]
A Brief History of New Orleans Rock
Between the Nevilles and the Toussaints and the Thomases and the second-liners and the Indians and brass bands and jazz, sometimes people overlook the fact that New Orleans has always […]
SXSW, The TopCats, Summer Lyric Theatre, Show Me Your Funk, the Zion Harmonizers & More
Hailed by the New York Times as “the domestic pop and rock music industry’s most important gathering,” SXSW gets underway in Austin, TX, March 18-22. Discounts for the conference are […]
