Saturday was the kind of day that Jazz Fest likes to brag about: The crowds were there in droves, and didn’t seem to be concentrated at any one stage. In fact, an out of town friend hit the Gospel Tent early, saw Tonia Scott & the Anointed Voices, and came back raving that the backup [...]
Tag Archives: Allen Toussaint
TOUSSAINT RECEIVING STELLAR TRIBUTE
April 24, 2013 – 3:18 pm
Just two weekends ago, the great Allen Toussaint made a surprise appearance at Fortier Fest, an annual neighborhood event in the Bayou St. John area. Sitting in with the usual headliner Walter Wolfman Washington, Toussaint did his bit to continue the rejuvenation and beautification of Alcee Fortier Park. So it makes perfect sense that Toussaint [...]
Timecode: NOLA Screens Professor Longhair, Ernie K-Doe, More at French Quarter Fest
April 1, 2013 – 12:25 am
Though we’re sure somebody’s tried, we still haven’t been able to resurrect our late music pioneers like Professor Longhair, James Booker or Ernie K. Doe to play French Quarter Fest live . But this year the indie filmmakers collective TimeCode:NOLA has the next best thing, a series of rare Louisiana music films shown during the [...]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 30): Searching for James Booker
March 27, 2013 – 5:39 pm
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 ever call the Crescent City home. Aside from a strung-together Wikipedia page and spare bag of recordings, pictures and concert clips, little is know about [...]
Never Once Got Whupped: A Look into Lee Dorsey’s Boxing Career
March 1, 2013 – 12:11 am
When Irving Dorsey and his brothers were growing up, their dad, New Orleans soul-funk singer Lee Dorsey, filled the family garage with boxing equipment such as sand bags. “Our father tried to make boxers out of us,” Irving Dorsey recalls with a mix of pride and bemusement. Lee Dorsey rose to fame with classic songs [...]
Louisiana Music Timeline: January 14
January 14, 2013 – 12:43 pm
January 14 1935: Birth of drummer Charles Connor at Charity Hospital in New Orleans 1938: Happy Birthday to songwriter, pianist and vocalist Allen Toussaint, born in New Orleans. 1944: Birth of guitarist Paul “Lil’ Buck” Sinegal 1944: Happy Birthday to Theodore Emile Dollis, know as Big Chief Bo Dollis of Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians. [...]
For the Record: Spinning Through a Quarter Century of Album Reviews
December 1, 2012 – 12:13 am
These are not selected as the best records of each year but as a record that represented the year in New Orleans music and which was written about in OffBeat. Some of the selections were difficult simply because local releases were largely ignored in the early years of the magazine. What I like about this [...]
The Dew Drop Inn: Past, Present and Future?
December 1, 2012 – 12:11 am
Staring out his window onto the reconstructed Magnolia housing development, Roosevelt Randolph can’t help but wonder why he’s the only one left at 2836 LaSalle Street. “Everybody played here. Irma Thomas, Ray Charles, James Brown. This is a historic place […] We can’t let it go to waste,” says Randolph, who’s been living at the [...]
Buffa’s Debuts Music Film Series Sunday
November 28, 2012 – 2:29 pm
This weekend Esplanade mainstay Buffa’s segues from Sunday night showings of Treme to a new 12-part film series, “NOLAsynchroniCITY,” which aims to spotlight the culture of New Orleans and Louisiana’s heritage. Most of the featured artists will attend the screenings and answer questions in between the twice-nightly film presentations (8 and 10 p.m. Sundays). The [...]
