Equipped with one of the best blue-eyed soul voices around, Gregg Martinez flirted with stardom in the ‘80s when Philly soul masterminds Victor Carstarphen and Keith Benson nearly launched him as the white Teddy Pendergrass. The Lafayette native returned home in 2006, where he, among other things, crooned with the legendary Boogie Kings and was [...]
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The Grammys: Behind Closed Doors
August 1, 2011 – 12:04 am
[OffBeat gave NARAS’ Bill Freimuth a chance to respond to some of the questions raised in the story below. They didn’t arrive in time to be included in the physical magazine, but they’re included at the end of the story.] Did you hear the one about the guy that went to a fight and a [...]
Johanna Divine, Mile-High Rodeo (Independent)
September 1, 2010 – 12:45 am
Johanna Divine did what any aspiring singer-songwriter does—she wrote a batch of songs with plans to eventually record them on voice and guitar. But when producer Dirk Powell heard them and realized the Nouveau String Band front gal’s affinity for ’30s Western swing, ’50s torch jazz and rockabilly, not to mention early ’60s country, genre-hopping [...]
Costello, DiFranco Help Lil’ Band o’ Gold Celebrate Bobby Charles
May 1, 2010 – 8:39 am
When an all-star lineup performed Bobby Charles’ songs at Jazz Fest in 2007, you couldn’t help but feel that they showed the songs off better than Charles would have. The same held true Thursday night when C.C. Adcock and Lil’ Band o’ Gold paid tribute to the Louisiana songwriting legend who died last January. It’s [...]
YouTube du Jour: “Friends of Bobby Charles” Show, Jazz Fest 2007
January 14, 2010 – 12:38 pm
We just received the news that Bobby Charles passed away this morning. Charles stayed out of the spotlight as much as possible, but was truly one of a select few of Louisiana’s greatest songwriters. His most famous songs, “Walking to New Orleans” and “See You Later Alligator” are standards, and his 1971 self-titled album is [...]
Promises, Promises
May 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
On the surface, The Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey is the tale of Lil’ Band O’ Gold trying to make a splash in a world of fads and mud puddle-shallow products. It contrasts this struggle to making music with the joys of standing in front of a Saturday night crowd. The film collects snapshots [...]
