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Bayou Boogaloo 2013 Photo Highlights -- by OffBeat Staff

Son of a gun, a good time was had on Bayou St. John last weekend (May 17-19) as music filled the air, paddle boats bobbed along the banks, trapeze …

The 19 Benefit: Concert to raise funds for Mother’s Day shooting victims -- by Jocelyne Ninneman

In true New Orleans fashion, several local organizations and over a dozen of our city’s finest local musicians are coming together on Thursday

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Davell Crawford, My Gift to You, album cover

Davell Crawford

My Gift to You
Basin Street Records
Buy on Amazon Davell Crawford often gets called the “Piano Prince of New Orleans,” but that usua Read more...
Kermit Ruffins, We Partying Traditional Style, album cover

Kermit Ruffins

We Partying Traditional Style
Basin Street Records
It may have been the Beatles whose experimentation from album to album raised the expectation tha Read more...
Spencer Bohren, Tempered Steel, album cover

Spencer Bohren

Tempered Steel
Valve Records
Buy on Amazon When Spencer Bohren decided to form a group called the Whippersnappers with his son An Read more...
Terence Blanchard, Magnetic, album cover

Terence Blanchard

Magnetic
Magnetic
Buy on Amazon Terence Blanchard brilliantly continues his life-long exploration of jazz on his lates Read more...
Bonerama, Shake It Baby, album cover

Bonerama

Shake It Baby
Independent
Don’t look now, but Bonerama has turned into a full-fledged rock band. True that classic rock w Read more...
David Egan, self-titled, album cover

David Egan

David Egan
Independent
Buy on AmazonBuy on iTunes David Egan’s songs may be better known than he is. As the writer or co- Read more...
Gregory Agid Quartet, Mystery Blues, album cover

Gregory Agid Quartet

Mystery Blues
Independent
Over the past few years, clarinetist Gregory Agid has seemingly remained the New Orleans jazz sce Read more...
Yvette Landry, No Man's Land, album cover

Yvette Landry

No Man's Land
Independent
Buy on Amazon No sophomore slump here, Yvette Landry delivers a beaut that honky tonks its way throu Read more...
Panorama Jazz Band, Dance of the Hot Earth, album cover

Panorama Jazz Band

Dance of the Hot Earth
Independent
For a New Orleans jazz group, the Panorama Jazz Band has a very reliable lineup. Four years after Read more...
Joel Savoy's Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round, self-titled, album cover

Joel Savoy’s Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round

Joel Savoy’s Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round
Valcour Records
Joel Savoy’s Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round is a real sweetheart of an album—an informal gathering Read more...
Big Al and the Heavyweights, Sunshine on Me, album cover

Big Al and the Heavyweights

Sunshine on Me
Blusiana Music
Buy on AmazonBuy on iTunes[iframe class="spotify-right" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:a Read more...
Steve Masakowski, Things I Like, album cover

Steve Masakowski

Things I Like
Independent
Things I Like Best known for his nearly three decades with Astral Project, guitarist Steve Masakowsk Read more...
Soul Project, Music for Movers and Shakers, album cover

Soul Project

Music for Movers and Shakers
Frenchmen Street Records
Buy on Amazon It’s good to hear a band whose sound hearkens to back in the day but also has a mode Read more...
New Orleans Suspects, Caught Live at the Maple Leaf, album cover

New Orleans Suspects

Caught Live at the Maple Leaf
Independent
Sometimes it helps to cut right to the chase: The New Orleans Suspects are above all a live band, Read more...
Terence Higgins Swampgrease II, Rage til Sunrise, album cover

Terence Higgins SwampGrease II

Rage til Sunrise
Gris Gris Bag Entertainment
Buy on AmazonBuy on iTunes Terence Higgins’ collective Swampgrease II is aptly named. This is Read more...
John Fohl, Teeth and Blues, album cover

John Fohl

Teeth & Blues
Independent
John Fohl’s latest CD, his first as a leader in more than a decade, represents a satisfied man Read more...
Zachary Richard, Le Fou, album cover

Zachary Richard

Le Fou
Avalanche Productions
Le Fou translates as “the crazyman,” but it’s also the French name for the Northern Gannet, Read more...
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, From Bamako to Carencro, album cover

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

From Bamako to Carencro
Compass Records
After 37 years as globe-trotting Cajun ambassadors, there are not many unconquered frontiers left for Read more...
Social Set, Celebrate, album cover

Social Set

Celebrate
Independent
Celebrate is an apt name for this self-released record from the New Orleans five piece Social Set. Th Read more...
Tom Sancton, Lars Edegran, Hymns and Spirituals, album cover

Tommy Sancton & Lars Edegran with the New Orleans Quartet

Hymns & Spirituals
New Orleans Legacy Records
The stained-glass motif of the cover photo of Tommy Sancton and Lars Edegran’s Hymns & Spiritua Read more...
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