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Saints in the News by Alex Rawls

Here’s a quick round-up of how the Super Bowl played around the country.

The Louisville Mojo believes in karma more than talent.

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Erika Goldring Gallery Show Opens by Alex Rawls

Photographer Erika Goldring is a regular contributor to OffBeat, and tonight she opens a show of her work, “Performance Portraiture,” at the …

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Galactic

Ya-Ka-May
Anti-
When Galactic parted ways with Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet, there was a lot of concern about what the Read more...
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Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole

L'Ésprit Créole
Valcour
When Cedric Watson’s eponymous debut dropped in 2008, only the astute realized that this was not just a Read more...
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Snooks Eaglin

Teasin' You
Hep Cat
This Black Top Records reissue takes us back to 1991 when Snooks Eaglin was at the apex of his career. Th Read more...
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Boo Boo Davis

Ain't Got a Time
Blank and Tan
If you’re into the striped down, North Mississippi/Fat Possum sound, then Boo Boo Davis might just be f Read more...
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Spirit of New Orleans

Mahogany Hall Stomp
Spirit of New Orleans
Leroy Jones joins Helsinki natives Spirit of New Orleans for some “traditional New Orleans jazz with a Read more...
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Miss Sophie Lee

Tallulah Moon
SophieLeeMusic
Tallulah Moon, the latest from singer Miss Sophie Lee, sees her accompanied by a band culled largely from Read more...
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High Performance

Live From Breaux Bridge Pt. 2
Swallow
As promised, Live from Breaux Bridge Pt. 2 (Live from Breaux Bridge was released in March, 2009) is the s Read more...
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Blair

Die Young
Autumn Tone
In Die Young, Blair presents a sonorous indie-pop gem five years in the making. The New Orleans native’ Read more...
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Soul Rebels

No Place Like Home
Independent
I’ll never understand live albums. They may have been cut on hot nights, but they rarely sound hot. Ins Read more...
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Don Rich

You're Mistaken
Jin
By now it’s a safe bet that Don Rich won’t gallop into any virgin territory. With another platter of Read more...
Mark Darnell Marquez - Lunar Year

Mark Darnell-Marquez/9 Ghosts

Lunar Year
11:11 Music
With Lunar Year, multi-instrumentalist/composer Mark Darnell-Marquez adds singer/songwriter to his musica Read more...
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Earl King and Roomful of Blues

Glazed
Hep Cat
This is the return of a very good old friend as Hep Cat has reissued one of the earliest albums from the Read more...
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Juvenile

Cocky & Confident
Atlantic
Has Juvenile ever not sounded cocky and confident? If the title of his new album tells us anything, it’ Read more...
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Bryan Lee

My Lady Don't Love My Lady
Justin Time
Bryan Lee might have come into this world a cheesehead up in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, but as soon as he hea Read more...
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B.G.

Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood
Koch
In 1993, B.G. released his first solo album on a fledgling label called Cash Money Records. Since then, h Read more...
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Linzay Young & Joel Savoy

Linzay Young & Joel Savoy
Valcour
Based on their longstanding musical association, it’s only fitting that Linzay Young and Joel Savoy uni Read more...
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Preservation Hall Hot 4

St. Peter Street Serenade
Preservation Hall
This iTunes-only music-and-video release is the clearest document of Ben Jaffe’s vision for the Preserv Read more...
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Julia Lashae

Eadem Mutato Resurgo
Independent
The title phrase—if you substitute “mutata” for “mutato”—translates in Latin to “Although c Read more...
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Let the Devil Take Tomorrow
Catahoula
I’ve surprised many friends over the years by saying that Cindy Scott’s debut album from 2002, Major Read more...
Johnston Freedy - Rain On the City

Freedy Johnston

Rain on the City
Bar None
I've long believed that you can measure an artist by the duration of the period during which he or she is Read more...
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Davy Mooney

Ghosts of Music, Past
Independent
En route to becoming one of the most promising and captivating guitarists in the jazz world, seven-string Read more...
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Will Thompson Quartet

WATIV
Independent
Pianist/composer Will Thompson—William A. Thompson IV—first turned heads with his 2006 debut Baghdad Read more...
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