Issue Articles
A Disappearing Breed: Breton Sound’s Classic Pop-Rock
A few hours before I was set to interview Breton Sound frontman Jonathan Pretus, I happened to run into him on a Facebook thread. Nothing unusual there, except that it […]
Holiday Playlist
It’s time once again for our holiday playlist, featuring 10 seasonal songs with a distinct local slant. Fats Domino: “I Told Santa Claus”: Fats’ 1999 Christmas album was an […]
Dash Rip Rock, Wrongheaded (Drag Snake)
With 2012’s Black Liquor, Dash Rip Rock proved that they could make a strong and recognizably Dash album with very little of their trademark humor. This follow up (with their […]
Ten Buried Dr. John Treasures
Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, who turns 75 on November 21, has given the world more good music to keep track of. You already know the hits, but there’s a few […]
Amzie Adams, Hurricane Katrina (Independent)
Amzie Adams is most renowned as a visual artist, so it’s ironic that his homemade CD has such a slapdash graphic layout that the back cover credits are unreadable (perhaps […]
Dr. John, The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974 (Omnivore)
Among other things, this terrific set serves as a reminder of how open-minded the music business once was: Yes, there was a time when every more-or-less-pop artist, no matter how […]
Colin Lake, One Thing That’s For Sure (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
If John Mayer had any actual soul, he’d be the Seattle–bred, New Orleans–based Colin Lake. That may be an easy comparison, but it’s a hard one to resist: Both are […]
Spreading Awareness: Tab Benoit’s Voice of the Wetlands re-educates while having fun.
It didn’t take a lot of people to turn Tab Benoit into an activist for wetlands preservation. In fact, it took very few people— which was exactly what he saw […]
The Earl Palmer Playlist
The father of all New Orleans rock ’n’ roll drummers—and maybe all rock drummers, period—Earl Palmer was born October 25, 1924 in New Orleans. This month’s playlist includes ten favorite […]
Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, Under the Savage Sky (Bloodshot)
Barrence Whitfield has quite a few famous fans, among them Robert Plant and Los Lobos (not to mention OffBeat‘s John Swenson, who wrote this disc’s liner notes), and I’ll say […]
