Music
Bas Clas, Meteorite! (Serfdom Records)
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a Meteorite! blazing across the cosmos to announce that Bas Clas is back with a vengeance. On their fourth release since 2011, when Lafyette’s […]
A Different Kind of Mardi Gras Story: How the Krewe of Red Beans Founder Devin De Wulf became a Covid relief superspreader
It all started with a Halloween bean suit. In 2007, newly arrived New Orleans transplant Devin De Wulf (née Meyers) was brainstorming costume ideas with a friend at Pal’s Lounge […]
Leigh Harris, Waking Up in Dreamland (Deeva Records)
The irrepressible Leigh “Little Queenie” Harris was New Orleans to the bone and left an enduring musical legacy when she flew away in 2019 and took her rightful place in […]
Rickie Lee Jones puts down roots in New Orleans, and touches fans worldwide with intimate live-stream shows
When OffBeat asked me to write the April cover story on Rickie Lee Jones for their French Quarter Fest issue, she was scheduled to appear for the first time ever […]
Stoo Odom Indefensible, Too Long to Chew Music (Independent)
There’s a fine linguistic line between “indefensible” and “indispensable,” and Stoo Odom likes to work that edge. On his first solo album, the nimble-fingered bassman unveils his considerable talents as […]
Malevitus Celebrates While We Incinerate
Tiana Hux is a force of nature, a long-stemmed rose studded with thorns that draw blood. A gifted performance artist, she frequently sheds skins and has appeared in many different […]
The Rakers, Five (Independent)
Forget Area 51 and Roswell—those hotbeds of paranormal activity ain’t got nothin’ on the psychedelic swamp- gas hoodoo of “Gonzales Lights,” Five’s comically cosmic first track. Launched with a lusty […]
Michael Cerveris and Loose Cattle celebrate “The Day it Snows on Christmas”
It’s a bright sunny afternoon in late October at Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, and with temps in the mid-70s, the line of folks waiting for sno-balls would normally stretch around the block. […]
Hangover Power-Pop: Notel Motel bites back
The Devil may live in Gentilly, as the first track on Heavy & Sweaty tells us. But tonight he and his minions are cavorting a couple of miles down the […]
VOODOO MUSIC + ARTS EXPERIENCE: Highlights to the 21st festival
You going to Voodoo? During the first decade or so of the Halloween-weekend festival, the answer for most local music fans was almost invariably yes. In those heady years, Bingo […]
