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Mirliton Festival: Photos
On Saturday, the Bywater’s Markey Park saw more than its usual audience of dogs and their owners, filling with folks for the 22nd-annual Mirliton Festival in celebration of the vegetable, […]
YouTube du Jour: Tinariwen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2B8wIOIeO8[/youtube] Tonight, North African blues band Tinariwen plays the House of Blues with Sophie Hunger. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s Gregory Davis and Roger Lewis make guest appearances on the […]
The Maple Leaf’s Carl Brown Passes
Carl Brown, Jr., the co-owner of the Maple Leaf Bar, died this morning. He had been in and out of the hospital, and reportedly died of heart failure. At this […]
Alex Rawls Talks Frank Ocean, Mirliton Festival and More on Fox 8
Every Friday morning at about 8:45 a.m., OffBeat editor Alex Rawls goes on Fox 8 Morning News with Rob Masson to talk about the weekend’s musical offerings. This morning he […]
YouTube du Jour: Hot 8 Brass Band
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXcad_Qx7aM[/youtube] Tonight, the Hot 8 Brass Band plays its 16th anniversary party at the Howlin’ Wolf. Here the band is live in Paris in 2008 performing its cover of Marvin […]
Mirliton Festival: In Praise of the Bywater and Mirlitons
“The key to the Mirliton Festival and the musical lineup is the fact that it is very ‘Bywater-centric’”, says attorney Andrew Bizer, who booked the 22nd annual Mirliton Festival. The annual […]
Chandler Travis on the Honeymoon and After
Chandler Travis is on tour. This is not at all unusual, as he has been a traveling “writer/song-singer” (his words) for the better part of 30 years, with varying levels […]
YouTube du Jour: Lionel Loueke
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNXcpsGbcjM[/youtube] Tonight, jazz guitar master Lionel Loueke plays Snug Harbor with two local jazz musicians: Herlin Riley and David Pulphus. As usual at Snug, the band plays two sets at […]
Live Music NOLA/OffBeat Compilation, Volume 1
German/Jewish poet Berthold Auerbach said “music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Live music is a source of vital nourishment that replenishes the soul, a regular […]
YouTube du Jour: Ledisi
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGI-4laiYb0[/youtube] Ledisi (sounds like “Lettuce-y) left New Orleans’ Hollygrove neighborhood when she was nine, moving with her family to Oakland, but she has been raising her New Orleans profile in […]
