March 2012
BackTalk
- Bill Davis of Dash Rip Rock
Dash Rip Rock holds many distinctions, one of which is that they’re reported to be the band that has played every…
Cover Story
- Dee-1: Good Clean Living
The third season premiere of Snoop Dogg’s web series GGN opens with the West Coast rapper—as a character named Nemo Hoes—smoking…
Features
- Ed Volker: Zeke Alone
Members of the Radiators wasted no time forming new bands since the group announced it was calling it quits last year… - DJ RQAway: Behind the Wheels
Throbbing bodies and heavy bass alone do not the life of a DJ make. When money is the object, the profession… - The Revivalists: Cosmic Things
David Shaw laughs into the camera, and points to his New York Yankees ski hat. “Yeah, see, we’re in Connecticut now.… - The Hobart Brothers and Lil' Sis: Welcome to the Machine
Jon Dee Graham, Freedy Johnston and Susan Cowsill have acclaimed solo careers, but in their debut as the Hobart Brothers and… - Louisiana Saturday Night: Fellini and a Cow Skull
OffBeat contributor Alex V. Cook recently finished Louisiana Saturday Night (LSU Press), an exploration of the clubs, bars, roadhouses, dancehalls and…
Fresh
- The Buku Music & Art Project: Never Trust Anyone Over 25?
Amos Barshad of Grantland started a recent piece on Skrillex, “One thing about being 27 is that you’re definitely old enough… - The New Movement Theater: A Laughable Career
It’s a fairly common jeremiad: there isn’t much national-caliber comedy in New Orleans. There is stand-up and a few sketch/improv groups,… - Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival: Congo Rhythms
Rapper Dee-1’s on the cover this month, and he’s performing at SXSW in Austin as well as at the fifth annual… - New Orleans Sacred Music Festival's Sacred Songs
The Sacred Music Festival will bring together pastors, priests, Tibetan monks, Native Americans, rabbis and all things spiritual. The festival will… - Hogs for the Cause: Whole Hog
What: Hogs for the Cause, a music festival built around a pork cook-off. When: March 24 in City Park. Why: To… - C.J. Chenier on the Grammys: A Musical Jambalaya
C.J. Chenier congratulates the Rebirth Brass Band on their win February 12 at the 54th Grammys in Los Angeles, but he's… - The Imagination Movers: Moving on
The Imagination Movers’ journey started in 2003 when four New Orleans friends—Rich Collins, Dave Poche, Scott Durbin and Scott “Smitty” Smith—started…
Letters
- March 2012 Letters
COVER BANDS After our grandchildren moved away we fulfilled our dream of moving to New Orleans. We also love live music…
Mojo Mouth
- Oil and Vinegar
Art and commerce. Like oil and vinegar, they can be shaken together to create something akin to a cultural salad dressing,…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: McClure's Barbecue
Fact: 90 percent of all great barbecue restaurants are (a) difficult to find, (b) have strange hours of operation, or (c)… - Mark Mullins Hits the Spot at Maximo's Italian Grill
Maximo's Italian Grill 1117 Decatur Street (504) 586-8883 What do you usually get here? I get the fire-roasted chicken and sausage,…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: McClure's Barbecue
Fact: 90 percent of all great barbecue restaurants are (a) difficult to find, (b) have strange hours of operation, or (c)…
Photo Op
- Mardi Gras Indian on Super Sunday
Photographer: Alexei Kazantsev I was not interested to go see Mardi Gras Indians that Super Sunday. I had seen…
The Spot
- Mark Mullins Hits the Spot at Maximo's Italian Grill
Maximo's Italian Grill 1117 Decatur Street (504) 586-8883 What do you usually get here? I get the fire-roasted chicken and sausage,…
Reviews
- The Revivalists, City of Sound (Independent)
The Revivalists seem to be the next up-and-coming rock ‘n’ roll band from the Crescent City. Their live shows have an… - Kristin Diable and the City, Kristin Diable and the City (Speakeasy Records)
The South has been a rich source of capital and small-“M” mythology, and it’s that mythic South that Kristin Diable taps… - Little Freddie King, Chasing tha Blues (MadeWright Records)
While Chasing tha Blues gets off to a promising start, it begins to lose steam well before the conclusion of the… - Chris Thomas King, Antebellum Postcards (21st Century Blues Records)
I often think that it must be hard to be Chris Thomas King—to have a restless musical imagination that prompts him… - Bobby Michot, Gone Back (Independent)
When Cajun musicians often talk about playing it the old way, they mean music played in an accordion-fiddle or accordion-fiddle-guitar configuration.… - Ruthie Foster, Let it Burn (Blue Corn Records)
When Ruthie Foster first played Jazz Fest in 2008, I sat next to her as she sang during our interview on… - Gravity A, Renegade Masters (Independent)
On this three-track EP, Gravity A generates an impressive selection of sounds, amalgamated within the tricky livetronica genre. Against the yardstick… - Jimmy C. Newman, Swamp Country (Independent)
When you’re an octogenarian with an illustrious, seven-decade career as a country-charting artist and a regional Cajun icon, you can pretty… - The Dukes of Dixieland and the Oak Ridge Boys, When Country Meets Dixie (Independent)
If it sounds, both to ear and brain, like a no-brainer—country two-beat infused into Dixieland spontaneous jubilation—well friends and neighbors, it’s… - Various Artists, Aimer Et Perdre: To Love & To Lose Songs 1917-1934 (Tompkins Square Records)
Released appropriately and sarcastically enough on Valentine’s Day, this new set of 78s is summed up aptly by Robert Crumb, who… - Los Nombres, Los Nombres (Numero Group)
Lorain, Ohio. Who knew this Lake Charles-size town 30 miles west of Cleveland produced such a microcosm of America in the… - Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band, Hoodoo Man Blues (Delmark Records)
For decades, this set has been considered one of the top 10 post-war blues albums. “Set” is a good way to… - Morris Ledet and the Zydeco Ramblers featuring "Kassy", Swing That Thing (Maison de Soul Records)
Before there was Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, there was Morris Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys. It was only by… - Craig Paddock, Merci (Independent)
Don’t expect this New Orleans-born singer-songwriter’s first CD release to be just guitar and vocals. With a vocal style reminiscent of… - Colleen Savage, Algiers (Independent)
Vancouver-based jazz singer and teacher Colleen Savage joins Tulane Professor John Doheny and a cast of other session musicians from New… - Austin Reed Alleman, Austin Reed Alleman (Independent)
This EP by NOCCA theater student Austin Reed Alleman contains six self-penned songs. “Going Home,” with his brother Ben Alleman on…
