Podcasts
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 56):
Alex Chilton – Twinkle, Twinkle Big Star
On the night before Valentine’s Day in 1997, the lights went out at the Knitting Factory minutes before Alex Chilton and his band reconvened on stage for its second set. […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 55):
Robin Barnes – Straight from the Soul
Songstress Robin Barnes has proven herself to be one of the most promising performers to emerge from the New Orleans music scene in recent years. Not wanting to be seen […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 54): Katey Red and Rusty Lazer, Bounce-side Out
“Bounce is so much more in New Orleans than people give it credit for… We don’t dance to it because it’s a good song or this or that. People dance […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 53): Amy Trail, Rolling Along
Pianist and songwriter Amy Trail first rolled into town thirteen years ago on New Year’s Eve 2000, her Idaho home a day-long drive behind her and the excitement of the […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 52): Billy Iuso, Home Free
Guitarist Billy Iuso’s free-wheeling grooves have been running wild in the Crescent City streets for well over a decade, but only recently has this self-professed Dead Head and late night […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 51):
Kristina Morales, Singin’ and Shufflin’
Last August, budding belle Kristina Morales and her band, the Bayou Shufflers, took to Kickstarter to score funding for its album, Louisiana Fairytale. A departure from the contemporary jazz stylings […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 50): Hooting and Hollering with Mr. Okra
During Jazz Fest, Emanation Inc. released the Mr. Okra in Your Pocket talking key chain, which was promptly sold covertly — and not so covertly — on the Fair Grounds […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 49):
Leroy Jones, Shades of Satchmo
The cover story of this month’s edition of OffBeat profiles local trumpeter Leroy Jones, from his youth as a member of the Hurricane Brass Band, to his tenure with fellow […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 48): Palmetto Bug Stompers, Buzzing Right Along
While New Orleans’ street music scene has changed quite a bit in the decade since Washboard Chaz and bassist Robert Snow struck up the Palmetto Bug Stompers’ first jig, there […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 47): Davell Crawford, Just Enough for the City
In May, Davell Crawford delivered My Gift to You, the sixth album of his career and the Piano Prince of New Orleans’ first since the release of the dazzling Born […]
