Music
Harry Shearer, Songs Pointed & Pointless (Courgette)
Actor/comedian Harry Shearer translates his gift for mimicry to the musical realm on Songs Pointed & Pointless. Most of the songs on the album were recorded for his radio […]
The Happy Talk Band, THERE There (Independent)
If there’s one band that doesn’t do happy talk, it’s the Happy Talk Band. Luke Allen’s songs deal with loss, but not in a depressing way. He writes with […]
V is for Victory
Famous women including Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek, Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Rosario Dawson and many more will be in New Orleans April 11 and 12, 2008 for “V to the […]
For the Love of Thorny
On August 21, friend of New Orleans music Thorny Penfield passed away after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage at his summer home on Lake George in New York. For many, their […]
Party for Two
On December 7, OffBeat continued its 20th anniversary celebration with a party at the Hard Rock Café, who were also commemorating their 20th anniversary. Theresa Andersson played a one-woman show, […]
Two Nights of Stomp
The Ponderosa Stomp returns to the House of Blues April 29 and 30, and it returns to the two-night schedule it traditionally had before Katrina. Once again, both the main […]
Cowboy Mouth, The Name of the Band is Cowboy Mouth (Valley DVD)
Sometimes you’ve just got to be there. The Name of the Band is Cowboy Mouth is a DVD of the band at the Roxy in Los Angeles, and it […]
Various Artists, Fulton Street Live (Harrah’s)
From the sound of things, absolutely nothing in the world can get Benjy Davis rattled—not Katrina, not obsessive love, not life on the road, not the Iraq war. At least […]
Levon Helm, Dirt Farmer (Vanguard)
Levon Helm’s time in New Orleans went about as wrong as you can imagine without someone getting shot. He opened a bar that he expected would be a clubhouse for […]
