Offbeat Cover for September, 2011

September 2011 Contents

Cover Story

Meschiya Lake: Worms, Light Bulbs, Champagne!

Features

Camile Baudoin’s Blues

Terence Higgins: Strings and Skins

BackTalk

Ira “Dr. Ike” Padnos

Photo Op

Dancing Man 504

OffBeat Eats

A Day in the Life of Chef Scott Boswell

Beer on the Bayou: Louisiana Craft Breweries

Ben Jaffe Hits the Spot at K-Paul’s

Dining Out: Banana Blossom

Hollygrove Market: Room to Grow

The Gravy: In the Kitchen with 10th Ward Buck

Windfield Farm Bakery’s Bread Lines

Fresh

Better Than Ezra and The Ezra Open

Bistreaux: The Taste of Music

Cedric Watson’s Creole Kora

J.R. Fields and Blackfire Revelation

Quiet Time at the Red Dragon Listening Room in Baton Rouge

We Live to Eat: New Orleans Restaurant Week

Reviews

Au Ras Au Ras, Au Ras Au Ras (Independent)

Bobby Charles, Bobby Charles (Rhino Handmade)

Curren$y, Weekend at Burnie’s (Warner Bros. Records)

Dave Easley, A Time of the Signs (Independent)

Jonathan Freilich, Electric Eggplant (Independent)

Lil Wayne, Sorry 4 the Wait (mixtape)

Mary Broussard and Sweet La-La, Creole Royalty (Independent)

New from Piety: Faithfull and Laurie

Trombone Shorty, For True (Verve Records)

Zazou City, Liar’s Moon (Jumping Man Records)

Bookmark

The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock and Roll by Preston Lauterbach (W.W. Norton & Co.)

Mojo Mouth

A Shot in the Park

Plan A: Upcoming Shows

Wye Oak at Tipitina’s September 16

Letters

September 2011 Letters