Music
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship, No Blood No Blooms (Domino Sound)
Too often New Orleans indie releases lack that innate sense of place that clings to so many of the recordings by the city’s defining artists. Listening to No Blood, No […]
A Century of Zulu
The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and to commemorate the occasion, Zulu and the Louisiana State Museum have created “From Tramps to Kings: […]
the subdudes, Live and Acoustic (Biographica DVD)
This two-DVD set presents the subdudes in conversation and playing around the living room (disc one); and in concert at the Ram’s Head in Annapolis, Maryland (disc two). Since the […]
Top 50 CDs: A Very Good Year
What Katrina? It’s not that Louisiana musicians have forgotten about Hurricane Katrina—certainly not Dr. John, for instance—but looking at OffBeat’s selections for the top CDs of 2008, it’s notable how […]
Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: Antoinette K-Doe
On a recent Tuesday morning, OffBeat’s Elsa Hahne visited Antoinette K-Doe at the Mother-in-Law Lounge as she cooked gumbo, red beans, jambalaya, stewed turkey, stuffing and baked macaroni for a […]
A Grand Reopening
New Orleans lost its theaters to Hurricane Katrina, with the Orpheum, the Saenger and the Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts all suffering extensive damage. On January 8, the […]
Pine Leaf Boys, Homage au Passe (Lionsgate)
The Pine Leaf Boys have gone through a few changes since last year’s Grammy-nominated Blues De Musicien. Fiddler Cedric Watson left to pursue his own music, which resulted in the […]
