April 2014
BackTalk
- Back Talk: Conversing With Stanton Moore
Say the name Stanton Moore and most music fans, especially those outside of New Orleans, would probably respond something like “hard-funkin’…
Bookmark
- Thomas Brothers, Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism (W.W. Norton & Company)
Thomas Brothers’ second volume in his massive Louis Armstrong biography begins in 1931 with Satchmo singing “I’ll Be Glad When You’re…
Cover Story
- The DUKES of Dixieland: A New Take on a New Orleans Institution
On any given night, a festive crowd will find its way to the Mississippi River and aboard the Steamboat Natchez, where… - The Dukes of Dixieland: The Assuntos Start a Musical Legacy
Anniversaries aren’t always happy affairs and this one has more than its share of melancholy. Forty years ago, on February 25,…
En Route
- 2014 Vendy Food Truck Awards Return to the French Market
The New Orleans Vendy Awards—a competition for local food trucks—will be back for its second installment on Thursday, April 3 at…
Features
- Andrew Duhon Returns to the French Quarter Fest Songwriter Stage
Andrew Duhon doesn’t know if any of his new songs will be ready for the French Quarter Fest audience when he… - Chris Mulé Stretches Out his Solo Sound With the Perpetrators
Chris Mulé really gets around. In the past decade, the Honey Island Swamp Band guitarist, singer, and songwriter has played with… - Nigel Hall Plays His New Neighborhood at French Quarter Fest
Spirited keyboardist and vocalist Nigel Hall, a Washington, D.C native, lived in Harlem before heading south and finally making his home… - Baby Bee: From the Walking Dead to French Quarter Fest
Fans of smash-hit AMC show “The Walking Dead” have already heard Baby Bee, a pair of Houma brothers making their French… - French Quarter Festival 2014 A to Z Guide
Are you ready for French Quarter Fest 2014? We are! We put together a comprehensive list of every artist on every… - The Real PS: Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes Tours With Paul Simon and Sting
One Sunday afternoon, a few months after my CD Island Man came out, I turned on my National Park Service cell… - Soulful Collaborations: South Louisiana Musicians Team Up for Success
Put south Louisiana musicians together in impromptu jams and the Grammy Awards may break out. Such was the case two years… - Sweet Maegan: Fiddler Al Berard’s Legacy Lives On
"The greatest thing about us is that we love each other so much, there are no egos,” Maegan Berard says about… - All For Harold: Jazz Journalists Honor Jazz Hero Harold Battiste
Harold Battiste has been named a “Jazz Hero” by the New Orleans chapter of the Jazz Journalists Association and will be… - Photo OP: Hanging Around in the French Quarter
Photographer Sébastien Chaillot snapped these pictures wandering around the French Quarter. He captured some of the sites you can see on…
Fresh
- Creating Something Beautiful: Professor Longhair's House is Restored
Professor Longhair’s newly renovated house on Terpsichore Street was officially unveiled to the public on Feb. 21. Fess’ daughter Pat Byrd… - It's Five Somewhere With Lena Prima
As the youngest daughter of Louis Prima, Lena Prima has been immersed in the dual doctrines of music and New Orleans… - Talking About Music at the New Orleans International Music Colloquium
The history and heritage of New Orleans music will be discussed during the French Quarter Festival at the annual series of… - For a FEU Dollars More: Feufollet Turns to Indiegogo
Feufollet needs your help to deliver their record to the masses: Though named after a mythical fire, Feufollet is really about… - My Music: Jerry Jumonville
I’m an Uptown boy. I grew in the Carrollton area near St. Charles; I guess we call it Riverbend now. My…
In The Spirit
- In the Spirit: "The Davenport Old Fashioned" by Zoe Solis of Patrick's Bar Vin
"This drink is basically all liquor. It’s a little dangerous. I like to make drinks like that, that are all alcohol,… - All Bottled Up: New Orleans Gin Euphrosine #9 Wins a Medal
New Orleans might be most associated with bourbon and rum, but local small-batch distillery Atelier Vie, located inside the Art Egg…
Letters
- April 2014 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
CULTURE OF PERMISSIVENESS This letter is in response to Jan Ramsey’s February 21st blog post “Local attorney Stuart Smith tactics revealed…
Mojo Mouth
- Who Benefits From Festivals?
Festivals are a huge part of life in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana. They celebrate our culture, music, food, customs and…
Obituaries
- Obituary: Valentine K. Scheurich, III (1948-2014)
Valentine Kropp Scheurich III, who also went by Val or Ric, passed away Sunday, the 12th of January, from stroke complications.…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: Cam Boudreaux and April Bellow Spice Up Dis Taco
Decatur Street is home to some of the city’s finest tourist traps hawking New Orleans trinkets made in China or serving… - In the Spirit: "The Davenport Old Fashioned" by Zoe Solis of Patrick's Bar Vin
"This drink is basically all liquor. It’s a little dangerous. I like to make drinks like that, that are all alcohol,… - All Bottled Up: New Orleans Gin Euphrosine #9 Wins a Medal
New Orleans might be most associated with bourbon and rum, but local small-batch distillery Atelier Vie, located inside the Art Egg… - 2014 Vendy Food Truck Awards Return to the French Market
The New Orleans Vendy Awards—a competition for local food trucks—will be back for its second installment on Thursday, April 3 at…
Dining Out
- Dining Out: Cam Boudreaux and April Bellow Spice Up Dis Taco
Decatur Street is home to some of the city’s finest tourist traps hawking New Orleans trinkets made in China or serving…
The Spot
- Travers Geoffray of Mississippi Rail Company Hits the Spot at Cochon Butcher
What do you like about Cochon Butcher? I love this place because of the meat, being completely surrounded by meat. It's…
Reviews
- Tim Laughlin, The Trio Collection Vol. 1 (Gentilly Records)
After having several house parties/concerts at his house in the Vieux Carré, clarinetist Tim Laughlin decided that he should record his… - Jealous Monk, I Love, I Hustle (Independent)
I Love, I Hustle, the sophomore album by hip-hop duo and 2013 OffBeat Best of the Beat award winners Jealous Monk,… - Evan Christopher’s Django a la Creole, Live! (Fremeaux & Assoc.)
Now this is a fun record that never falters in its energetic vibe or superior musicianship. Recorded at the end of… - Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Howlin’ Live at d.b.a., New Orleans (Frenchmen Street Records)
Over the past few years, d.b.a. has been selling tickets to heaven on Wednesday nights, when two long-running residencies take place:… - The Longtime Goners, The Longtime Goners (Independent)
The Longtime Goners are probably the most authentic sounding of the local bands signing up for the Americana Revolution, more Hank… - Debbie Davis and the Mesmerizers, Linger Til Dawn (Independent)
Debbie Davis stands out in the crowd of vocalists like a bird-of-paradise in a roomful of parakeets. Her voice is a… - Street Songs: Nathan Rivera, Nathan Rivera (Independent) and Shine Delphi, Something Good… (Independent)
When they’re playing and performing together, which is often, these two seasonal NOLA street musicians call themselves the Black Resonators, after… - Roxie Watson, Songs from Hell’s Hollow (Independent)
Progressive country fans tend to regard Nashville as the devil, but here’s an album that would have benefit from a little… - Minos the Saint, Minos the Saint (Independent)
One of the things making music in New Orleans interesting at this point in time is the ways that musicians are… - Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin’ Cajuns, Live Like Dat!! (KC Entertainment)
It’s crazy but in the 14 years that Jamie Bergeron & the Kickin’ Cajuns have been in existence and built cred… - The Holmes Brothers, Brotherhood (Alligator Records)
The latest record from the Holmes Brothers reminds listeners what makes this longtime band is one of the best in the… - Magic Sam, Live at the Avant Garde (Delmark)
Any discerning, seasoned blues aficionado can tell you the jaw-dropping instant they heard Magic Sam for the first time. A possessor… - Hurray for the Riff Raff, Small Town Heroes (ATO Records)
With the release of Small Town Heroes, the buzz around Alynda Lee Segarra’s Hurray for the Riff Raff has exploded into… - Chapel Blues, Chapel Blues (Independent)
The Chapel Blues EP came to me in a plain brown sleeve. This fits the music as this is a good… - The International Trio & Olivier Franc, Delta Mood (New Orleans Jazz Productions)
Drummer Trevor Richards, who now splits his time between New Orleans and Germany, has led the International Trio for 33 years… - The Iguanas, Juarez (Piety Street)
“Let’s make that magic happen one more time,” goes the chorus of this album’s second-best song. That’s a good prescription for… - Moses Patrou, Can’t Stop, Vol. 1 (Independent)
Moses Patrou is a jazz drummer from Nashville, but even that odd teaser doesn’t begin to describe the depth and breadth… - The Parishioners, Blame It on the Weather (Independent)
This five-piece likes to call what it does “Gothic Americana”—but dark punkabilly it ain’t. Even more so than last year’s full-length…
