Every Friday morning at about 8:45 a.m., OffBeat editor Alex Rawls goes on Fox 8 Morning News with Rob Masson to talk about the weekend’s musical offerings. This morning he gave a recap of the Voodoo Experience, explaining the Odd Future photo pit incident, and previewed Frank Ocean‘s Saturday night concert at House of Blues, [...]
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Dale Hawkins Died Sunday
February 15, 2010 – 10:42 am
Dale Hawkins, famous for 1957′s “Suzie Q”, passed away Sunday in a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was undergoing treatment for colon cancer. He was 73.
Preservation Hall Goes Uptown for Lundi Gras
February 15, 2010 – 10:11 am
Preservation, the star-studded new album from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, will be released around the country tomorrow. The album featuring guest vocalists Tom Waits, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Ani DiFranco, Paulo Nutini, Andrew Bird, Dr. John and more goes on sale in New Orleans today, and the band will [...]
Video du Jour: Quintron at NOMA
February 12, 2010 – 11:17 am
Quintron and Miss Pussycat have settled into “Parallel Universe,” their retrospective show on the second floor of New Orleans Museum of Art. Here Quintron and Curator of Contemporary Art Miranda Lash discuss the portraits in Quintron’s studio.
Preview: Nouvelle Vague at the Republic Sunday
February 12, 2010 – 10:29 am
You’re never quite prepared to have a breathy, mysterious vocalist sing, “God save the queen / the fascist regime,” but it happens when French band Nouvelle Vague gives punk and new wave classics the lounge and bossa nova treatment. Marc Colin and Olivier Libaux have incorporated a number of international female singers on their albums, [...]
A Lil Toothache
February 10, 2010 – 9:18 am
On Tuesday, February 9, Lil Wayne was expected to be formally sentenced to a one-year prison sentence – which could be reduced to as little as eight months for good behavior – for gun possession. Yesterday, his sentencing was postponed until March 2 so that Lil Wayne can undergo dental surgery. His latest album, Rebirth, was released February 2 [...]
Saints Victory Parade Today
February 9, 2010 – 10:25 am
City officials in Indianapolis considered it bad karma to plan a season-ending parade before the season was over, which tells us all we need to know about Indianapolis and karma. New Orleans city officials, Mardi Gras krewe captains and Blaine Kern Studios planned a parade win or lose for this afternoon at 5 p.m. in [...]
Saints in the News
February 8, 2010 – 1:42 pm
Here’s a quick round-up of how the Super Bowl played around the country. The Louisville Mojo believes in karma more than talent. The New York Times gives us an image of Sean Payton we won’t soon forget. NPR.com looks at the good, the bad and the commercials of this year’s Super Bowl. MonstersAndCritics.com give us the [...]
