After a short tour supporting blues singer/guitarist Keb’ Mo’, Anders Osborne returned with him to New Orleans for a show at House of Blues Sunday, January 29. Osborne opened the concert with a solo acoustic performance, playing seven new songs and even blowing some tunes on the harmonica (see him play the harp on “Back [...]
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The Blues Music Awards: Who’s the Bluest?
January 1, 2012 – 12:07 am
[Updated] Tab Benoit and Johnny Sansone received four nominations each by the Blues Foundation for their annual Blues Music Awards. The winners will be announced on May 10 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee, where Benoit and his Medicine album face off against Sansone and The Lord is Waiting and the Devil is [...]
Anders Osborne with Luther Dickinson at Tipitina’s: Photos
December 12, 2011 – 2:11 pm
Saturday night at Tipitina’s, Luther Dickinson (of the North Mississippi Allstars) joined Anders Osborne for a concert of blistering blues-rock guitar duels. Osborne’s regular rhythm section of Carl Dufrene on bass and Eric Bolivar on drums filled out the band. Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives opened the show. All photos were taken by Kate [...]
OffBeat, Hahne and Swenson Take Home New Orleans Press Club Awards
July 18, 2011 – 10:15 am
At Saturday night’s New Orleans Press Club Awards, OffBeat Art Editor Elsa Hahne won the award for Best Cover for last September’s issue featuring a rockin’ Susan Spicer. At a party at the Harrah’s Casino Theater, Contributing Editor John Swenson won for Best Critical Review for his review of Anders Osborne’s American Patchwork, and Editor [...]
Johnny Sansone, The Lord is Waiting and the Devil is Too (Shortstack Records)
July 1, 2011 – 12:56 am
In the wrong hands, the blues are a quick trip to Cliché City, a place where there’s no lyrical or musical problem that can’t be solved in the exact same way as thousands of musicians before him or her have done. In the right hands, it helps them tap into something elemental, as is the [...]
YouTube du Jour: Tab Benoit
May 25, 2011 – 11:04 am
Tonight, Tab Benoit plays Lafayette Square as part of the Wednesday at the Square happy hour concert series. Here’s footage of Benoit in the studio with Anders Osborne, Ivan Neville and more cutting tracks for his most recent album, Medicine.
Tab Benoit, Medicine (Telarc Records)
May 1, 2011 – 12:58 am
Almost nobody can beat Tab Benoit for playing raw, dirty-sounding roadhouse blues. There is something about when he gets to rocking that gets everybody going in the way the best blues and rock ‘n’ roll should. Even his guitar tone has that slash-through-your-speakers/earbuds psycho tone that everyone from Travis Wammack to Johnny Guitar Watson to [...]
Jazz Fest Focus: Johnny Sansone
May 1, 2011 – 12:28 am
If New Orleans is home to a new renaissance, Johnny Sansone is ready to be its Da Vinci. “I think there’s a renaissance period coming and I’m really happy to be in this generation at this time,” says the New Orleans- based multi-instrumentalist who is known for maintaining a full and diverse musical schedule. He’ll [...]
Anders Osborne and Honey Island Swamp Band at Wednesday at the Square: Photos
April 21, 2011 – 2:30 pm
The Wednesday at the Square concert series continued yesterday with a double bill of heavy, bluesy roots rock courtesy of Anders Osborne and opener Honey Island Swamp Band. The two artists split this year’s Best of the Beat Awards roots rock category, with Osborne winning Best Roots Rock Album for his American Patchwork record and [...]
YouTube du Jour: Anders Osborne
February 21, 2011 – 9:24 am
Anders Osborne has released the first official video from his American Patchwork album, “Standing with Angels.” Neither the song nor the video throw any curve balls, but their simple elegance is affecting.
