Liz Reyes recently interviewed the legendary Allen Toussaint on WVUE FOX 8 for the station’s Louisiana Legends series. In the segment, he talks about OffBeat‘s Best of the Beat Awards, working with House‘s Hugh Laurie, his current activities and the importance of Treme. // Reyes will co-host the Best of the Beat Friday with her [...]
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Allen Toussaint on the Best of the Beat Awards, Treme, Hugh Laurie and More
January 24, 2012 – 11:06 am
James Booker, The Piano Prince of New Orleans (Black Sun Music)
January 1, 2012 – 12:57 am
reviewed together with James Booker’s Blues & Ragtime from New Orleans. There are around 15 James Booker albums on the market, but in fact the Piano Prince released only five LPs of music during his lifetime. Four of these five should be considered the very best of his work. The easy-to-find ones are New Orleans [...]
James Booker, Blues and Ragtime from New Orleans (Black Sun Music)
January 1, 2012 – 12:57 am
reviewed together with James Booker’s The Piano Prince of New Orleans. There are around 15 James Booker albums on the market, but in fact the Piano Prince released only five LPs of music during his lifetime. Four of these five should be considered the very best of his work. The easy-to-find ones are New Orleans [...]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: George Porter, Jr.
January 1, 2012 – 12:13 am
In George Porter, Jr.’s attic studio, he has a laminated, yellowed page from the 1970s with a story on the Meters from a British music magazine hanging on his wall. He has an ad that Warner Brothers Records bought in Rolling Stone congratulating the Meters for being America’s Best Instrumental Band, and a cassette rack [...]
Papa Grows Funk, Needle in the Groove (Funky Krewe Records)
December 1, 2011 – 12:59 am
Back in the 20th Century when John Gros was enrolled in the George Porter, Jr. Academy of Funk as a member of the Runnin’ Pardners, he also held down a bread and butter gig playing for tourists at Tropical Isle. Gros never complained about playing the hits on Bourbon Street, though. He studied the crowds [...]
YouTube Du Jour: Piano Players Rarely Play Together
November 28, 2011 – 10:00 am
Tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday, a digitally restored version of Stevenson Palfi‘s documentary Piano Players Rarely Play Together will show at the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center (1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.) at 7:30 p.m. Also on the bill will be Palfi’s final finished work, the short The World According to Ernie K-Doe. $40,000 were spent restoring [...]
Ponderosa Stomp Focus: An Interview with William Bell
September 16, 2011 – 7:10 pm
Today, renowned soulman William Bell has come to be known as one of the principal architects of the Stax sound, a sound that defined R&B and soul music from the early sixties through mid-seventies. In his own words, Bell describes the Stax sound as “hybrid sound, rooted in gospel that was a mixture of blues, [...]
Steve Earle, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive (New West Records)
August 1, 2011 – 12:54 am
After 25 years of running and rebelling, Steve Earle’s 14th album, I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive, renders a sobering conclusion: “Doesn’t matter / ’cause there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna leave this town.” Fans of HBO’s Treme will recognize these lyrics as those of street musician Harley Watt, the character portrayed [...]
Ponderosa Stomp on Sale, on the Road
July 26, 2011 – 1:23 pm
The 10th anniversary of The Ponderosa Stomp takes place September 16-17, and it just got cheaper for New Orleanians. While supplies last, the festival is offering discounted tickets to New Orleans residents at Euclid Records and Louisiana Music Factory starting Wednesday. Single day tickets are priced at $45, two-day tickets are $85. The festival is [...]
