Podcasts
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 33): House of Dance and Feathers Takes Flight
Upon retiring in 2002, Lower 9th Ward resident Ronald W. Lewis opened the House of Dance and Feathers, a DIY museum and cultural exhibit chronicling Mardi Gras Indian history, in […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 32): Spencer Bohren’s Lap Steel Leger
A folkie in spirit and a bluesman at heart, six-string sage Spencer Bohren made the Big Easy his home in the mid-70s. In the time since, Bohren’s songbook has sewn […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 31): Cutting Up with the Session
With the sound of New Orleans forever linked to the rambling cacophony of traditional jazz, getting a leg up on the city’s contemporary scene presents a unique challenge to its […]
Tommy Sancton & Lars Edegran with the New Orleans Quartet, Hymns & Spirituals (New Orleans Legacy Records)
The stained-glass motif of the cover photo of Tommy Sancton and Lars Edegran’s Hymns & Spirituals is modeled on that of George Lewis’ 1954 Jazz at Vespers. Buy on AmazonSix […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 30): Searching for James Booker
Save for New Orleans music aficionados, few are familiar with the music of James Booker — arguably the most prodigiously talented and unquestionably the most misunderstood and overlooked musician to […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 29): Jazz at the Sandbar Marks the Spot
In 1990, venerated New Orleans jazz musicians Ellis Marsalis and Harold Batiste founded Jazz at the Sandbar, a weekly spring concert series held at the Cove on the University of […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 28): Anders Osborne, Right at Home
Swedish-native Anders Osborne first set foot in New Orleans in 1985, and almost instantly, the city compelled the young, wayward drifter to change his course. After landing a spot opening […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 27): TBC Brass Band’s Unstoppable Groove
“The fight for Bourbon Street is not over,” says To Be Continued Brass Band trombonist Edward Jackson III in this week’s episode of OffBeat Magazine’s Look-Ka Py Py Podcast. In […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 26): Michael Doucet, Intercontinental Cajun
“When I was a teenager [sic] or college-age, there were maybe maybe five people my age playing this music,” say Cajun musician Michael Doucet, who, along with his band BeauSoleil, […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 25): Bobby Rush, Back on the Chitlin’ Circuit
There isn’t any question that Homer, Louisiana bluesman Bobby Rush will go down as one of the most colorful and electrifying musicians the genre has ever seen. Still kicking at […]
