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Book Review: Katy Hobgood Ray, Snoozer Quinn: Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer (Out of the Past Music)
Update: Katy Hobgood Ray will sign copies of Snoozer Quinn: Freestyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer on Thursday, June 16, at 3 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Avenue. […]
Lomax Digital Archive features seven decades of roots-music research
The Association for Cultural Equity (ACE) has launched of the Lomax Digital Archive, a website that provides free access to audio/visual collections compiled across seven decades by folklorist Alan Lomax (1915–2002) and his father John […]
Blues Foundations rescinds Award Nomination for Kenny Wayne Shepherd over Confederate flag imagery
The Blues Foundation has rescinded the 2021 Blues Music Awards (BMA) nomination for Kenny Wayne Shepherd as Best Blues/Rock Artist over a racist Confederate flag emblem on a guitar presented […]
The Psychedelic Furs’ 20th anniversary of the band’s reunion tour
This interview was conducted before the Psychedelic Furs’ April 21 show at Tipitina’s was canceled – ED. It’s been 29 years since the Psychedelic Furs released an album of new […]
Newly Introduced K-12 Curriculum Celebrates Louisiana Musicians
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) has introduced a new curriculum that will use Louisiana music and culture as a supportive element for teaching core curriculum concepts. The new […]
My Music with Michael Liuzza
“When my mama sang when I was a baby, I responded to her. My grandma told her, ‘That’s your singer.’ Singing was always around. Singing came instinctively to me. The […]
Old Riley and the Water, Biting Through (Independent)
Before succumbing to ALS, Lead Belly recorded an original “Old Riley” that refers to his protagonist walking on water while fleeing to freedom. Hence the inspirational namesake for guitarist Sean […]
Various Artists, “American Epic: The Collection” (Lo-Max/Third Man/Legacy)
American Epic: The Collection seems destined to win a Grammy award for best historical album. A box set in a bound book format containing five CDs and 100 recordings, The […]
Woody’s Rampage, Tip Jar (Sound of New Orleans Records)
Some of you more faithful OffBeat readers may remember the name of Woody’s Rampage and its star guitarist, Ryan Hall, from this writer’s review of Patrick Williams and His Blues […]
Expanding Our View of the Blues
It seems that we may have gotten the blues all wrong. Instead of the taproot of American popular music, drawing on work songs, spirituals, and juke joint rhythms, the blues […]
