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Tony Jackson: The man of a thousand songs.
Now known as the most innocent of standards, “Pretty Baby” is really an artifact from the heyday of Storyville. And it’s virtually all that survives from the career of […]
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 35)
This month’s installment of Vintage Vinyl highlights five artists who each gave us a great tune or two about the rain. And given the weather as of late and a growing list of rainy-day favorites in my record collection, I should have enough for another entry or two as long as the creek don’t rise in 2024. Hope that you enjoy it and for your reading pleasure, selections are listed in chronological order of release.
Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 22)
Trains hold a special, nostalgic place in the lives of many and so it stands to reason, to me anyway, that there is nothing better than a good train song. From Elvis singing Junior Parker’s classic “Mystery Train” with its sixteen coaches long to the Clash’s lovelorn “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” and a job that “don’t pay,” I am reminded of standing on a depot platform waiting with family for a loved one to arrive. Given everything going on in the world today, it is nice when music allows us to close our eyes and step back in our minds if just for the length of a tune. If all goes according to plan pursuant to my current vintage vinyl collection, this will be the first of several train-related installments.
Music Quest: Vintage vinyl treasures are out there for the scoring (Episode 15)
There is so much great vinyl out there that I always feel like a kid in the candy store when I step into a record shop, especially the ones that […]
OffBeat team shares list of local (and gift-worthy) albums we love
Oscar Wilde quipped that music is “the perfect type of art” and the OffBeat team does not disagree. As 2021 comes to a close and the gift-gifting season is once […]
In Memoriam: Dale Triguero (1953-2021)
Dale Triguero made New Orleans better. On both sides of the Mississippi River, he transformed rundown bars into destination music venues where New Orleans musicians, both well known and unknown, […]
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 […]
Various Artists, Cover Me: The Eddie Hinton Songbook (Ace)
In reissuing the crème de la crème from Eddie Hinton’s catalog, Ace has again mined the Muscle Shoals music catalogue. A talented songwriter, producer and guitarist, the late Hinton might […]
Jacye, That Was Then (Crazy Chester Records)
Jacye Guerin, a skilled songwriter and passionate singer from Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, goes all out for her album debut. That Was Then presents 13 mostly Southern soul–style original songs […]
The Wanting, “Dark Road” (Planetary Magnetics)
While Dark Road is their debut release, The Wanting have already garnered considerable attention in their hometown New Orleans with a performance at this year’s Crescent City Blues & BBQ […]
