June 2010
BackTalk
- Patti Smith
“I love the 19th Century amateurs. That’s who I aspire to in photographs,” Patti Smith said. The musician/poet was speaking in…
Bookmark
- Michael Patrick Welch with Alison Fensterstock, New Orleans: The Underground Guide (UNO Press)
New Orleans has long fostered an underground scene unlike any other. Our tendency to prefer life a little quirkier is one…
Cover Story
- Trombone Shorty Gets Bigger
[UPDATED] In a scene from the premiere episode of Treme, Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn) asks Kermit Ruffins the question all fans…
Features
- Jazz Fest 2010: Hardly a Blue Moment
[UPDATED] Art Garfunkel’s voice, Aretha Franklin, oil and rain were the topics of conversation during Jazz Fest, and speculation was rampant… - Hardly a Blue Moment: Jazz Fest Sound Meteorology
“They call us the sound police,” explains Juan Lobostrie, a festival staffer who makes his way around the grounds on foot… - Bunk Johnson: History is Bunk
When writers Bill Russell and Fredric Ramsey tracked Bunk Johnson down in New Iberia, Louisiana in 1938, they found him toothless… - Soundclash: Community Action
Most musicians thrive on companionship. The camaraderie of bandmates can make even the bleakest gig worth it. But many rappers toil…
Fresh
- Imagination Movers Come Alive
When alternative rock kids group Imagination Movers were featured on the cover of OffBeat’s December 2006 issue, their notoriety was rising.… - Superfest!
When floodwaters rose in Nashville, musicians were among the hardest hit—Kenny Chesney among them. His house may be condemned, but he’ll… - Horn Adjustments
Dubbed the Horn Doctor, Mike Corrigan is a master repairman and craftsman of brass instruments who owns B.A.C. Horn Doctor, a… - Bobby Lonero: Did He or Didn't He?
Days after our May issue hit the stands, we received an email from Gia Prima, Louis Prima’s widow. “Our Web site,… - Top 10 CD Sales during Jazz Fest at Louisiana Music Factory
1. Trombone Shorty: Backatown (Verve Forecast) 2. Anders Osborne: American Patchwork (Alligator) 3. Galactic: Ya-Ka-May (Anti-) 4. Honey Island Swamp Band:… - Mary McBride's Home Tour
Beginning June 1, singer Mary McBride kicks off “The Way Home Tour” at Angola Penitentiary. The tour coincides with the release… - Seafood Makes A Stand
The oil spill in the Gulf cast an uncomfortable pall over Jazz Fest last month. As the spill makes landfall and…
Letters
- June 2010 Letters
DON’T GET HBO When we were in New Orleans for French Quarter Festival, the HBO series Treme was the talk of…
Mojo Mouth
- Memories and Opportunities
It’s so hard for me to believe that I will have been publishing OffBeat for almost 25 years. Damn! That’s a…
Obituaries
- Obituary: Roy Carrier (1947-2010)
Roy Carrier, who performed at the recent New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, died unexpectedly from a heart attack at Opelousas,…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Dong Phuong Restaurant & Bakery
Before I-10 made a trip to Florida a three-hour affair, the road east began on Chef Menteur Highway. You can still… - Micah McKee Hits the Spot at Parasol's
Parasol's Restaurant 2533 Constance St. (504) 899-2054 How often do you come to Parasols? Whenever I get the chance. I…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Dong Phuong Restaurant & Bakery
Before I-10 made a trip to Florida a three-hour affair, the road east began on Chef Menteur Highway. You can still…
The Spot
- Micah McKee Hits the Spot at Parasol's
Parasol's Restaurant 2533 Constance St. (504) 899-2054 How often do you come to Parasols? Whenever I get the chance. I…
Reviews
- 101 Runners, New Orleans Funk 101 (Meantime Lounge Records)
Conga master Chris Jones grew up listening to the Mardi Gras Indians at Second and Dryades. Jones remembers “beating on a… - Ensemble Fatien, Ensemble Fatien (Threadhead Records)
Composer, multi-instrumentalist and Ivory Coast native Seguenon Kone wanted to create a new kind of musical ensemble. To that end, he… - Dee-1, I Hope They Hear Me (mixtape)
Dee-1’s newest mixtape isn’t called You’re Going To Hear Me! or You Hear and Love Me Because I’m the Best Rapper… - D.L. Menard, Happy Go Lucky (Swallow Records)
Cajun honky tonker DL Menard is best known for his immortal “La Porte Dans Arriere” (“The Back Door”) that sold 500,000… - Little Freddie King, Gotta Walk with Da King (MadeWright Records)
I guess if B.B. King can record a half-dozen or so live albums, our own King—Little Freddie—is entitled to record his… - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone Records)
Previous Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings albums have gotten by on the concept—a raw soul singer backed by a band of… - Johnny Horton, The Ballads of Johnny Horton (Bear Family Records)
Even though Louisiana Hayride product Johnny Horton scored big with the rockabilly shuffle “Honky Tonk Man” and patriotic productions such as… - Walter Jr., Standing on the Word (Independent)
Lafayette’s Walter Jr. has covered a lot of ground with his last few releases: greasy, slippery funk; raucous blues; jazz and… - Dark Dark Dark, Bright Bright Bright (Supply and Demand Records)
“Don’t send me away upon this wild goose chase for freedom, for money, for love,” pleads Dark Dark Dark’s Nona Marie… - The Treniers, Rock (Bear Family Records)
One of the great mysteries of classic R&B is that despite being one of the most exciting live acts during the… - Brother Dege, Folk Songs of the American Longhair (GolarWash Labs & Records)
The days of singing about the hardscrabble life made famous by many a bluesman are over, so why keep reinventing the… - Jo Jo Reed, My Time to Shine (Happy Hill Records)
It’s getting to be a familiar story. If you want a zydeco CD that sounds slamming good, just head on over…
