Offbeat Cover for April, 2004

April 2004 Contents

Cover Story

Theresa Andersson Shines Through

Features

Fest Focus: Jack Maheu & the Fire in the Pet Shop Callithumpian Band

Fest Focus: Jo-El Sonnier

Fest Focus: Michael White’s Liberty Brass Band

French Quarter Festival: Music A-Z

Masters of Louisiana Music: The Boswell Sisters

SXSW 04

BackTalk

Amanda Shaw

Dis 'n' Dat

Sex and Tom Violence

Feed Me Something, Mister

Downtown and Down Home Cooking

Hidden Charms

Lil’ Alfred: Feel So Good

Jazzin'

The Romantic Ellis Marsalis

St. Rock

He’s Your Pusher

Reviews

21C-B-Boyz, Now or Never (21st Century Blues Records)

Andy J. Forest, Deep Down Under (In the Bywater) (Appalosa Records)

Blackie Fruge/Milfred Simon & The Hicks Wagon Wheel Ramblers, Rolling On (Acadiana Records)

Bobby Butterfield, Still Alive and Kickin’ In New Orleans (Independent)

Charlie Musselwhite, Sanctuary (Real World Records)

Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin’, Save the Last Dance (J&S Records)

David Stover and Bad Mayo, Side One (Independent)

Dennis Berner, Dancin’ and Dreamin’ with Dennis (Independent)

Dirk Powell, Time Again (Rounder Select)

Duke Heitger, Krazy Kapers (Jazzology)

Each Sold Separately, Each Sold Separately (Independent)

Eddie Boh Paris & The Funky Seven Brass Band, Eddie Boh Paris & The Funky Seven Brass Band (Sound of New Orleans Records)

Ellis Marsalis, On the First Occasion (ELM)

Hound Dog Taylor, Release the Hound (Alligator Records)

Howlin’ Wolf, The Howlin’ Wolf Story (Bluebird)

Ike & Tina Turner, Every Hit Single:1960-1974 (AIM Records)

Ingrid Lucia, Almost Blue (Independent)

Jaz Sawyer, Itz Time (Pursuance Records)

Joe Barbara, One Man Guitar (Independent)

Juke Boy Bonner, Ghetto Poet (Arhoolie)

Particle, Launch Pad (Or Music)

Pinetop Perkins, Heritage of the Blues (Complete Hightone Sessions)

Raul Malo, Patrick Flynn, Rob Ickes, David Pomeroy, The Nashville Acoustic Sessions (CMH Records)

Savoir Faire avec Paul Daigle, Renaissance (Swallow Records)

Slaid Cleaves, Wishbones (Philo/Rounder)

The Fessters, Live and Unheard of (Independent)

The Flatlanders, Wheels of Fortune (New West Records

The New Orleans Serenaders, Sweet and Hot: The Music of Louis Armstrong and Kid Ory (GHB Records)

The Orange Band, The First Day of School (Independent)

The Pfister Sisters, Change in the Weather (Mambo Goddess Records)

The subdudes, Miracle Mule (Back Porch Records)

Tom Coerver, Backwater Tales (Groove House Records)

True Man Posse, Creole Reggae (Totally Swamped Recordings)

Various Artists, Best of the Blues (Sanctuary)

Various Artists, White Line Flyers: Mile Melting Road Raves/Bare Blues: Instrumental Gems/If This Is Love I’d Rather Have the Blues: Wry Tales of Sweet Love Gone Sour (Blind Pig Records)

Wynton Marsalis, The Magic Hour (Blue Note)

Mojo Mouth

Festing in The Quarter

Live Wire

Aaron Neville with the Adonis Rose, Irvin Mayfield, Peter Martin and Jason Stewart, Snug Harbor, March 6, 2004

Andre Williams Gets It Up

Archie Shepp/Roswell Rudd Quartet, Contemporary Arts Center, March 13, 2004

Gillian Welch, Tipitina’s, March 9, 2004

Ivan Neville’s Dumpsta Funk and Bonerama, Howlin’ Wolf, February 27, 2004

Kaki King, House of Blues, March 7, 2004

Lucinda Williams, House of Blues, February 29, 2004

Movie Night, The Mermaid Lounge, March 8, 2004

Otra, Cafe Brazil, March 13, 2004

SXSW, The Vibe, March 19, 2004

The Girls, Beerland, Austin, March 19, 2004

Letters

Letters April 2004