Offbeat Cover for December, 2001

December 2001 Contents

Cover Story

Irene Sage: Devil or Angel?

Features

Masters of Louisiana Music: Chris Kenner

Matt Lemmler: It’s A Wonderful World

New Orleans Christmas Recipes

The Best Live Shows of 2001

BackTalk

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Obituaries

Obituary: Julius Farmer

Dis 'n' Dat

I’m Your Puppet

Bayou Boogie

Bidding on Clifton

Feed Me Something, Mister

Blue-Collar Steaks

Kickin' It Live

2001: Spicy Odyssey

Know What It Means

Hot Time in Cow Town

St. Rock

Tools To Succeed

Reviews

Alison Krauss and Union Station, New Favorite (Rounder Records)

Amanda Shaw, Little Black Dog (Swampadellic Records)

Andre Williams, Bait and Switch (Norton)

Andy J. Forest, Sunday Rhumba (Appalosa Records)

BeauSoleil, The Best of the Crawfish Years 1985-1991 (Rounder Records)

Ben Hunter, Voodoo Reggae (Independent)

Boozoo Chavis, Down Home on Dog Hill (Rounder)

Cedar Walton, The Promise Land (High Note)

Cool Coyote, Y2Kajuns (Cool Coyote Records)

Egg Yolk Jubilee, Brunch with Rocco Fancypants (Spatula Productions)

Frankie Ford, Christmas (Louisiana Red Hot)

Habib Koite and Bamada, Baro (Putumayo)

Harry Connick, Jr., Songs I Heard/30 (Columbia)

James Mathus and His Knockdown Society, National Antiseptic (Mammoth Records)

Melissa Sigler, Secrets (Louisiana Red Hot Records)

Money Mark, Change Is Coming (Emperor Norton)

Paulette Wright-Davis, Psalmstress (Rampart Street Music)

Ramsey & Vaan, In Search of a Cheap Hotel (Jumping Man Records)

Richard Carr, American Reflection (REC’D Music)

Schatzy, Macaroni & Bees (Independent)

Shelby Lynne, Love, Shelby (Island Records)

Smithfield Fair, The Winter Kirk (Stevenson Productions)

Telefon Tel Aviv, Fahrenheit Far Enough (Hefty Records)

The Campbell Brothers, Sacred Steel on Tour!/Sacred Steel for the Holidays (Arhoolie Records)

Theresa Andersson, David Doucet & John Fohl, Peace Stories (Independent)

Various Artists, 20 to Life-Prison Blues: Songs from the Angola State Penitentiary (Fuel 2000)

Various Artists, Blue Xmas: Christmas Blues Instrumentals (Evidence)

Various Artists, Maxjazz Holiday (Maxjazz)

Wardell Quezergue, A Creole Mass (Creole Records)

Zydeco Force, You Mean the World to Me (Maison de Soul Records)

Mojo Mouth

The Times They Are A-Changin’ We Hope

Letters

Letters December 2001