Archive | December, 2009
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December 2009 Contents

Cover Story

What Will Santa Say?

Alex Rawls

Features

A Homegrown Christmas

Alex Rawls

Keys to the City: OffBeat’s Top 40 CDs of 2009

OffBeat Staff

Music from Thin Air

Jason Hutter

What’s in the Bag, Santa?

Alex Rawls

BackTalk

Harry Shearer

Alex Rawls

OffBeat Eats

Dining Out: Lakeview Harbor

Rene Louapre

Rik Slave Hits the Spot at Herbsaint

Elsa Hahne

The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Sophie Lee

Elsa Hahne

The Maestro: Patrick Van Hoorebeek, Maitre d’ of Restaurant August

Rene Louapre

Fresh

Back to the Country

John Swenson

Con the Con

Kathleen McCann

First HAMP Knowledge

Lauren Noel

Simien, the Mouse and the Frog

Juli Shipley

We Write the Songs

Kyle Shepherd

What Hall?

Clifton Lee

Obituaries

Clarinet Player Ralph Johnson Passes Away

Alex Rawls

RIP Ernest “Skipper” Skipper, Jr., Funeral Services to be held Friday, December 18, 2009

Ben Berman

Reviews

Ben Maygarden, Come On, If You’re Coming (Shortstack)

Jeff Hannusch

Bob Dylan, Christmas in the Heart (Columbia)

Alex Rawls

Bonerama, Hard Times (High Steppin’)

Alex Rawls

Carla Bley: “Carla’s Christmas Carols”

Alex Rawls

Charlie Miller, Christmas in New Orleans (Independent)

Alex Rawls

Chuck Carbo, Life’s Ups and Downs (504)

Jeff Hannusch

Corey Ledet, A Matter of Time (Independent)

Dan Willging

David Greely, Sud de Sud (Give and Go)

Dan Willging

Fred Anderson, 21st Century Chase (Live at Anderson’s 80th Birthday Bash at the Velvet Lounge) (Delmark)

David Kunian

Garage a Trois, Power Patriot (Royal Potato Family)

Alex Rawls

I, Octopus, I’d Rather Be a Lightning Rod Than a Seismograph (Independent)

Mark LaMaire

Kermit Ruffins, Have a Crazy Cool Christmas (Basin Street)

Alex Rawls

Kristin Diable, Extended Play (Speakeasy)

Briana Prevost

Lindsay Mendez, Reaching Out (Rabadash)

Alex Rawls

Mia Borders, Southern Fried Soul (Independent)

Briana Prevost

Mike Zito, Pearl River (Electro Groove)

Aaron Lafont

Neil Diamond, A Cherry Cherry Christmas (Columbia)

Alex Rawls

Onward Brass Band, The Tradition Continues (OBB)

John Swenson

Paul Sanchez, Farewell to Storyville (Threadhead)

John Swenson

Ray Charles, The Spirit of Christmas (Concord)

Alex Rawls

Shane Theriot, Dirty Power (Shose)

David Kunian

Sugarland, Gold and Green (Mercury)

Alex Rawls

Various Artists, A Family Christmas (Putumayo)

Alex Rawls

Various Artists, A Very Threadhead Holiday (Threadhead)

Alex Rawls

Various Artists, Christmas with Sinatra and Friends (Concord)

Alex Rawls

Various Artists, Fire in My Bones: Raw, Rare and Other-Worldly African-American Gospel 1944-2007 (Tompkins Square)

Andrew Hamlin

Wayne Toups, Live 2009 (Swallow)

Dan Willging

Bookmark

Thomas L. Morgan, Historic Photos of New Orleans Jazz (Turner Publishing)

Tom McDermott

Mojo Mouth

Vote for Culture

Jan Ramsey

Plan A: Upcoming Shows

Christmas Concerts

Alex Rawls

John Prine

Alex V. Cook

Letters

December 2009 Letters

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