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[Updated] Curren$y puts one weed stereotype to shame; it does nothing to his work ethic. In the last year and a half, he has released two albums and three mixtapes, is […]
YouTube du Jour: Dee-1 – “Blue”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXsH7saTPwY[/youtube] It’s been a good week for Dee-1. The rapper, who has been steadily building buzz in recent months, opened at Maison last night for Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan. […]
YouTube du Jour: Raekwon
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53AEW_HZZE0[/youtube] Had Corey Woods, aka Raekwon, simply been one of the Wu-Tang Clan rappers featured on the group’s classic debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, his place in hip-hop […]
Guitar Wolf at Siberia, June 6
The only time I thought I was in the presence of superheroes was in the late ’90s at a Guitar Wolf show. The trio appeared suddenly on stage with a […]
Soundgarden First Act Named to Voodoo 2011
The Voodoo Experience Presented by Stephen Rehage returns for its 13th year to City Park October 28-30, and Soundgarden will be a part of it. The show will be the Seattle-based […]
Greek Festival New Orleans 2011: Photos from Sunday
Friday-Sunday this past Memorial Weekend, the Greek-Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral on Bayou St. John hosted the 38th Greek Festival New Orleans, an annual celebration of local Hellenic heritage. The festival […]
Download New Dr. Michael White: “West African Strut”
Clarinetist Dr. Michael White is releasing his tenth album, Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1, on June 21, and to promote the new CD Basin Street Records, his label, […]
New Atlantis Author John Swenson on TV
OffBeat consulting editor John Swenson recently came out with his first book about New Orleans music, New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans. Friday, Swenson made an […]
YouTube du Jour: Martin Krusche
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBEVgXVX9To[/youtube] Martin Krusche (bald and on saxophone in the video) leads the pocket brass band the Magnetic Ear, here shown performing a version of Nirvana’s “In Bloom.” Krusche will perform […]
Mr. Ghetto Defends “Walmart”
[NSFW] Say what you will about the Internet; it has definitely sped up the process of dropping jaws. No longer do you need to murder a few family members or […]
