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Lil Wayne Previews Tha Carter IV on MTV
Last night, Lil Wayne performed two songs from his new album, Tha Carter IV on the MTV Video Music Awards. One, “How to Love,” has been out for a few […]
Valley of Silent Men Kick Off 2011-2012 Second Line Season Sunday
With the end of summer in sight and the beginning of Saints season in full swing, it’s time for another fall first: the beginning of the 2011-2012 Sunday second lines […]
New Sun Hotel Track “Talks”: Free Download
Last year, Sun Hotel released one of 2010’s better local indie rock records, Coast, which one can still hear emanating from the dark, danky recesses of the OffBeat offices to […]
On the Road to Redemption
“I drank a lot.” That’s how Morgan Simpson says he prepared for his role in the drama Redemption Road, which hits theaters today. Simpson plays a down-in-the-dumps alcoholic Jackson Bailey […]
YouTube du Jour: Bill Kirchen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCo_yXI7ZlI[/youtube] Tonight, honky-tonk guitar hero Bill Kirchen plays Chickie Wah Wah. Kirchen wowed a Jazz Fest audience at the Lagniappe Stage when he quoted 50 years of rock ‘n’ roll […]
YouTube du Jour: Silkk the Shocker
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jpISLDcssI[/youtube] In the late ’90s, when New Orleans hip-hop was hitting the top of national charts, Silkk the Shocker rode the wave of success of his older brother Master P’s […]
YouTube du Jour: Toadies
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwD5rQ-_d4[/youtube] The hunt for the next Nirvana led to the signing of many rock bands with the quiet/loud dynamic, one of which was Forth Worth rock band Toadies. They play […]
Hackberry Rambler Glen Croker Passes at 77
Writer Ben Sandmel was the final drummer and manager of the Hackberry Ramblers. Today, he wrote: Guitarist, singer and emcee Glen Croker, the last surviving old-time member of the Hackberry […]
Big Easy Brides: Life in the All-Night French Quarter Wedding Chapel
“It’s completely crazy, classy and trashy,” said Dana Abbott, describing the French Quarter Wedding Chapel. The new WE TV series, Big Easy Brides, shows the weddings that take place at […]
YouTube du Jour: Sly Stone Documentary
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txRuUJP0rFk[/youtube] Tonight at the CAC, the New Orleans Film Society and DJ Soul Sister are screening a recent documentary, Coming Back for More, about the influential, hit-making, and enigmatic musician […]
