A Recap of the Jessie Hill Party; Rebirth, Rads Unite to Aid Allison Miner

Jessie Hill, Professor Longhair Birthday Bashes; the Wolfman, Johnny Adams Reissued

The great Jessie “Ooh-Poo-Pah-Ooo” Hill will celebrate his 62nd birthday at Tipitina’s on Friday, December 9th, with an all-star cast of family and friends that includes Ernie K-Doe, Tommy Ridgley, […]

Remembering Lee Allen (1926-1994), the Great New Orleans R&B Tenor Saxophonist

An OffBeat Interview with Michael Ray

The stage comes ablaze with color and light as Michael Ray & The Cosmic Krewe take their places amidst a bewildering array of instruments and pulsing neon sculptures of strange […]

Second-Line Season Arrives; New Sets from Rebirth, Frogman, Oliver Morgan, Snooks

Legends of Specialty Records Reunite for Concert; Soul Rebels Release Their Debut

New Discs from WWOZ, Derek Shezbie, Danny Barker and the Wild Magnolias

Various Artists, Best of New Orleans Gospel, Volume 2 (Mardi Gras)

Tommy Ridgley, Chuck Carbo, Ernie K-Doe, Deacon John and Other R&B Stars Get Busy

Harold Battiste: One For All

Harold Battiste is a sax player, a record maker, a jazz educator. His story, as told to John Sinclair, is an oral history of a life in New Orleans music. […]