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Dear New Orleans Brings Merrill Garbus, Elvis Perkins, Lateef the Truthspeaker & Others to Blue Nile -- by Cate Czarnecki

Thursday, May 24, Air Traffic Control and the Future of Music Coalition’s “Dear NOLA: A Concert for New Orleans” will return to the Blue Nile, showcas …

Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Festival 2012: Photos -- by OffBeat Staff

This weekend saw another pleasant Bayou Boogaloo festival take place along Bayou St. John in Mid-City. Headliners included Papa Grows Funk, Andy J. Fo …

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Anders Osborne, Black Eye Galaxy (Alligator Records)

Anders Osborne

Black Eye Galaxy
Alligator
Good artists can achieve greatness in their creations, arriving through a combination of luck and har Read more...
Jon Cleary, Occapella (Fhq Records)

Jon Cleary

Occapella
Fhq
When interviewed, Allen Toussaint often mentions the jolt he felt at his first encounter with Profess Read more...
Tab Benoit, Legacy: The Best Of (Telarc Records)

Tab Benoit

Legacy: The Best Of
Telarc
All best-of collections are subjective, leaving listeners to often say to themselves, “I wonder why Read more...
Theresa Andersson, Street Parade (Basin Street Records)

Theresa Andersson

Street Parade
Basin Street
Theresa Andersson’s Street Parade is not Galactic’s Carnivale Electricos. The latter is a high-en Read more...
Kipori Woods, Blues Gone Wild (Louisiana Red Hot Records)

Kipori Woods

Blues Gone Wild
Louisiana Red Hot
Last year I was walking down Bourbon Street on my way to meet a friend when I was stopped in my track Read more...
The Iguanas, Sin to Sin (PFAM Records)

The Iguanas

Sin to Sin
PFAM
After playing to crowded clubs for the better part of two decades, the Iguanas have likely witnessed Read more...
Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, Live at Chickie Wah Wah (Chickie Wah Wah)

Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott

Live at Chickie Wah Wah
Chickie Wah Wah
In a city known for its larger-than-life musical personalities, Tom McDermott strikes a serious figur Read more...
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Twenty Dozen (Savoy Jazz Records)

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Twenty Dozen
Savoy Jazz
The idea for this one was to pick up on the plan for the Dozen’s fifth album back in 1991, Open Up: Read more...
John Boutté, All About Everything

John Boutté

All About Everything
Independent
Though a new season is on the horizon, we might consider ourselves residents of a post-Treme culture. Read more...
Kristi Guillory and the Midtown Project, Broken Glass

Kristi Guillory and the Midtown Project

Broken Glass
Bassette
Kristi Guillory is known throughout Acadiana as a precocious Cajun-French musician with formidable ac Read more...
Hurray For the Riff Raff, Look Out Mama (Born to Win Records)

Hurray For the Riff Raff

Look Out Mama
Born to Win
On Look Out Mama, Hurray for the Riff Raff expands its sonic palette while maintaining the simple, ba Read more...
Various Artists, Treme: Music from the HBO Original Series—Season Two (Rounder Records)

Various Artists

Treme: Music from the HBO Original Series—Season Two
Rounder
The musical numbers are a divisive component of HBO’s Treme. On one hand, they’re essential. When Read more...
Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show, Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper (Threadhead Records)

Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show

Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper
Threadhead
For those of you who aren’t on the Paul Sanchez tip, he may be the best songwriter in this town cho Read more...
The Courtyard Kings, Douces Wild

The Courtyard Kings

Douces Wild
Independent
The Courtyard Kings know what they’re doing when it comes to melodic, velvety, Gypsy-tinged swing. Read more...
Gypsyphonic Disko, Nola-Phonic, Volume Two (mixtape)

Gypsyphonic Disko

Nola-Phonic, Volume Two
mixtape
How will bounce be reinterpreted, embraced and marketed by the (sorta) mainstream? The question linge Read more...
Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball (Columbia Records)

Bruce Springsteen

Wrecking Ball
Columbia
A friend of mine likens marriage to a Bruce Springsteen show—goes on too long, the story gets corny Read more...
Ryan Montbleau, For Higher (Blue's Mountain Records)

Ryan Montbleau

For Higher
Blue's Mountain
By now there’s nothing unusual about seeing heavy hitters like Ivan Neville, Anders Osborne, and Ge Read more...
Dr. John, Locked Down (Nonesuch Records)

Dr. John

Locked Down
Nonesuch
Dr. John’s Gumbo is one of the great New Orleans albums, but it made Dr. John subtly smaller. It ma Read more...
Paul Sanchez and Colman deKay, Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans (Mystery Street Records)

Paul Sanchez and Colman deKay

Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans
Mystery Street
[Updated] Here we have the complete “score” for Nine Lives: A Musical Story of New Orleans, combi Read more...
Joe Krown, Exposed

Joe Krown

Exposed
Independent
Just in time for festival season, local club stalwart Joe Krown has a new release. While many are fam Read more...
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