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20 Feet From Stardom: Erica Falls Steps Up

It’s a question that Erica Falls hears often enough: “If you’re this good, how come I never heard of you before?” As a soloist, she’s been performing for the better […]

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John Mooney, Son & Moon (Fatback Records)

John Mooney & Bluesiana plays Jazz Fest on Saturday, April 26—Blues Tent, 1:30 p.m. Delta blues great Son House is not for the chicken-hearted. His songs deal with the most […]

Kelcy Mae, Half Light (Independent)

Singer/songwriter Kelcy Mae has also been published as a prose writer (and OffBeat contributor), so it’s no surprise that the lyrics on her previous releases were the first thing that […]

Roxie Watson, Songs from Hell’s Hollow (Independent)

Progressive country fans tend to regard Nashville as the devil, but here’s an album that would have benefit from a little Nashville polish. The Atlanta-based Roxie Watson is more a […]

The Iguanas, Juarez (Piety Street)

“Let’s make that magic happen one more time,” goes the chorus of this album’s second-best song. That’s a good prescription for the Iguanas, who’ve been decidedly low-key for the past […]

The DUKES of Dixieland: A New Take on a New Orleans Institution

On any given night, a festive crowd will find its way to the Mississippi River and aboard the Steamboat Natchez, where the DUKES of Dixieland play an early-evening cruise, seven […]

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Tandem, Bright Nights EP (Independent)

This fresh-faced Lafayette quartet proudly announces on their CD cover that the disc was “recorded entirely on analogue tape.” And the warm organic sound of the production is clearly a […]

Bas Clas, Love, Food, Sex, Peace (Serfdom Records)

Bas Clas sound like a lot of things on this seven-song mini-album—punk, Celtic, alt-rock and Cajun. What they don’t sound like is a band that originally formed in 1976. And […]

Alexandra Scott, I Love You So Much Always (Independent)

From Cat Power to Joanna Newson, much of indie folk seems to revolve around women with offbeat personalities and technically imperfect voices. Which means that Alexandra Scott is flat out […]

Ingrid Lucia, Living the Life (Independent)

Living the Life’s been a long time coming: Ingrid Lucia already discussed the album in an OffBeat cover story and promised a Voodoo-timed release a full 13 months ago. But […]