Offbeat Cover for August, 2010

August 2010 Contents

Cover Story

Shamarr Allen: None of the Above

Features

HBO’s Treme: I’ll Be Your Mirror

Hurricane Katrina 5 Years Later: Where Are We Now?

Paul Sanchez on Shamarr Allen

Seeking Satch Competition: The Sons of Satchmo

BackTalk

Mystikal

OffBeat Eats

Dining Out: Meltdown Popsicles

Johnaye Kendrick Hits the Spot at Il Posto Cafe

The Gravy: In the Kitchen with David Doucet

Fresh

A Century of Krazy Kat

Dirty Linen Night: Getting Dirty

La Fete Cultural 2010: Oil and Culture Don’t Mix

OffBeat Wins Big at Press Club of New Orleans Awards

Remembering Fred Anderson

The Three Faces of Allen Toussaint

Tropical Isle: Back on Bourbon

Washboard Rodeo: What’s in a Cowboy Name?

Reviews

Ann Savoy and Her Sleepless Knights, Black Coffee (Memphis International Records)

Big Daddy ‘O’, Used Blues (Rabadash Records)

Brian Quezergue, Reflections (Independent)

Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, Up in Flames (Sound of New Orleans Records)

Janiva Magness, The Devil Is An Angel Too (Alligator Records)

Juvenile, Beast Mode (E1 Entertainment)

Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys, Cravin’ Cajun (Swallow Records)

Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Lucky Devil (Independent)

Metronome the City, Object to be Destroyed (Independent)

Mitch Woods, Gumbo Blues (Club 88 Records)

Renard Poché, 4U 4Me (Re-Fro Records)

Rex Gregory, An End to Oblivion (Independent)

Ryan Brunet and the Malfecteurs, Ryan Brunet and the Malfecteurs (Independent)

Shamarr Allen and Paul Sanchez, Bridging the Gap (Threadhead Records)

Solomon Burke, Nothing’s Impossible (E1 Entertainment)

The Beltway Brass Quintet, From the Streets of New Orleans (Independent)

The Tom Paines, The Rites of Man (Threadhead Records)

TheSekondElement, The Kommencement (Independent)

Various Artists, Classic Sounds of New Orleans from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways Records)

Bookmark

Two Louis

Mojo Mouth

Cultural Economies Need Love, Too

Plan A: Upcoming Shows

Marty Stuart

Letters

August 2010 Letters