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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 […]
Zigaboo, Trombone Shorty Help Re:Generation
Recently, Preservation Hall played host to a late night show with producer Mark Ronson, Zigaboo Modeliste, Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty and members of the Dap-Kings. The occasion was the wrap […]
Bounce X at Republic: Photos
Republic hosted its biggest New Orleans bounce revue yet on Thursday, October 27. The show—Bounce X: Legends of Bounce—featured a mix of the old and new generations of bounce, with […]
Voodoo Experience Photos: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Frequent OffBeat photo contributor Kim Welsh was on hand at the Voodoo Experience this weekend in City Park to capture some of the many performances from both local and international […]
Other Accounts of Odd Future vs. the Photo Pit
[Updated] Photographer and OffBeat contributor Skip Bolen was in the photo pit at Voodoo when Odd Future’s Left Brain struck out at photographers. Here’s his account from his Facebook page: […]
YouTube du Jour: The Meters
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNzilDmPpCg[/youtube] One of the high points of this Meters reunion at Voodoo was the inclusion of Cyril. Here they are with Cyril in 1974 on a Dr. John special playing […]
