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It Takes Two
New Orleans Duets, Tom McDermott’s new album, was over five years in the making. The album is a collection of duets with people you might expect—Evan Christopher, Matt Perrine, Tim […]
Zydeco Everywhere But Here
A radio station in Switzerland features Donna Angelle’s music. A promoter in Brazil is anxious to work with her. Angelle’s travel log includes tours of Africa and France last year […]
Another Troubled Street
For the better part of a decade, Frenchmen Street has become the hot spot for locals and music savvy tourists tired of the gauntlet of identical strip clubs, T-shirt stores […]
It Takes Two
New Orleans Duets, Tom McDermott’s new album, was over five years in the making. The album is a collection of duets with people you might expect—Evan Christopher, Matt Perrine, Tim […]
Little Po-Boys
Although not originally sprung from the swamp of Louisiane nor any true rose of Spanish Harlem, Los Po-Boy-Citos are stirring up dance parties all over our fair city with the […]
A Decade in the Square
This spring, the Young Leadership Council celebrates 10 years of Wednesday at the Square. April 1 kicks off the new season of free after-work concerts in Lafayette Square with the […]
Good News
It was nice to see former OffBeat contributor and WWOZ DJ John Sinclair back in town for the funerals of Snooks Eaglin and Antoinette K-Doe. Sinclair is back in another […]
We Win!
This year’s Grammys were good to Louisiana. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave out its awards February 8 and handed four trophies to Lil Wayne. His album […]
The Missing Link
Admit it. You have needed a Cajun style, European-influenced charcuterie, meat market, sandwich shop, and wine bar in your life. The Link Restaurant Group addressed this need when it recently […]
Where the Winners Go
The Grammys and the south Louisiana town of Maurice (population 642) have as much in common as Lil Wayne and Alison Krauss. But just as Wayne and Krauss are multiple […]