Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of May 16 – May 22, 2013 featuring: Christian Serpas, Kelcy Mae, the Cliff Hines Quintet, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Jason Marsalis and the New Orleans Nightengales. May 16May 17May 18May 19 [...]
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Jazz Fest TV
May 6, 2013 – 10:43 am
Years ago, Jazz Fest was shot for television broadcast, some of which we saw, mostly not. All that has changed with the entry of AXS TV. Every night when I got home from the Fest, I had the opportunity to relive it, and also to see acts that I couldn’t get to on AXS, available [...]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 35): Walter Wolfman Washington, Soul Shepherd
May 1, 2013 – 4:47 pm
Long before his trademark howl echoed in the Crescent City’s streets, Walter “Wolfman” Washington was a hungry, young guitarist cutting his teeth on the Dew Drop Inn stage. In the mid-Sixties, he fell in line with New Orleans soul-funk pioneer Lee Dorsey and found his strut, stirring “Ride Your Pony’s” slinky groove with his stinging [...]
Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s Spiritual Vibrations
May 1, 2013 – 12:20 pm
The funky blues guitarist they call the Wolfman only let opportunity pass him by once. One night in the early ’60s, Joe Tex, soul master and fixture of R&B scenes across the South, walked into a tiny club in Thibodeaux called the Sugar Bowl and found the teenage Walter Washington onstage with his group. So [...]
OffBeat Cover Artist Karen Ocker Brings Work to Jazz Fest
May 1, 2013 – 12:05 pm
Karen Ocker, who painted Monk Boudreaux and Walter “Wolfman” Washington for the two covers we’re doing for our Jazz Fest Bible this year, is a veteran Jazz Fest artist. This will be her fourth year selling her work at the Fest. “Jazz Fest was the first arts market I ever did. I bring 40-50 pieces [...]
IRMA, CLEARY, WOLFMAN & MORE AT AMERICAN ROUTES 15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW 4/19
April 17, 2013 – 1:39 pm
For the past 15 years, American Routes has bucked the trend of great music disappearing from the radio. For cities that don’t have a great college station or a WWOZ—which, sadly, means most cities in the country—American Routes has also been one of the few dependable places to hear New Orleans music. Host Nick Spitzer, [...]
Louisiana Music Timeline: December 20
December 20, 2012 – 1:43 pm
DECEMBER 20 1943: Happy Birthday to guitarist and vocalist Walter “Wolfman” Washington born in New Orleans. 1960: Happy Birthday to Dirty Dozen Brass Band trumpeter Efrem Towns born in New Orleans. 1983: Happy Birthday to singer and producer Daniel Torregano known as Dappa born in New Orleans. 2010: Magnolia Shorty born Renetta Yemika Lowe was [...]
New Orleans Live Music Tonight: Wednesday, December 5
December 5, 2012 – 1:24 pm
Hungry for live music… Look no further. Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top shows for tonight, Wednesday, December 5, 2012: Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Kipori “Baby Wolf” Woods and Colin Lake. Who: Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters Where: d.b.a. (map) When: 10:00 p.m. Why: When the Wolfman is on the prowl, [...]
Joe Krown, Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste: A Meeting of the Minds
April 1, 2012 – 12:16 am
The Joe Krown Trio with Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste is what New Orleans is all about: Three musicians, none a worldwide celebrity but each a master of his own discipline and a bandleader in his own right, all calling on a lifetime of musical knowledge and experience whenever they perform, and all playing [...]
