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Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 37): Having a Good Time at the Bayou Boogaloo

Displaced in New York nine years ago following Hurricane Katrina, Mid-City evacuee Jared Zeller, inspired by the Mardi Gras Indian’s Super Sunday tradition and the legacy of Bayou St. John, […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 36): Tony “Oulabula” Bazley, Rhythm King

“All my life, I been a jazz, bebop drummer,” says 79-year-old Pigeon Town native Tony “Oulabula” Bazley in this week’s episode of OffBeat’s Look-Ka Py Py Podcast. Over the course […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 35): Walter Wolfman Washington, Soul Shepherd

Long before his trademark howl echoed in the Crescent City’s streets, Walter “Wolfman” Washington was a hungry, young guitarist cutting his teeth on the Dew Drop Inn stage. In the […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 34): Terence Blanchard, Behind the Scene

“We’ve all had that moment in our lives where we’ve had to ask ourselves, ‘Who am I? What am I doing,’” says trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard in this week’s […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 33): House of Dance and Feathers Takes Flight

Upon retiring in 2002, Lower 9th Ward resident Ronald W. Lewis opened the House of Dance and Feathers, a DIY museum and cultural exhibit chronicling Mardi Gras Indian history, in […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 32): Spencer Bohren’s Lap Steel Leger

A folkie in spirit and a bluesman at heart, six-string sage Spencer Bohren made the Big Easy his home in the mid-70s. In the time since, Bohren’s songbook has sewn […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 31): Cutting Up with the Session

With the sound of New Orleans forever linked to the rambling cacophony of traditional jazz, getting a leg up on the city’s contemporary scene presents a unique challenge to its […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 30): Searching for James Booker

Save for New Orleans music aficionados, few are familiar with the music of James Booker — arguably the most prodigiously talented and unquestionably the most misunderstood and overlooked musician to […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 29): Jazz at the Sandbar Marks the Spot

In 1990, venerated New Orleans jazz musicians Ellis Marsalis and Harold Batiste founded Jazz at the Sandbar, a weekly spring concert series held at the Cove on the University of […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 28): Anders Osborne, Right at Home

Swedish-native Anders Osborne first set foot in New Orleans in 1985, and almost instantly, the city compelled the young, wayward drifter to change his course. After landing a spot opening […]