Podcasts
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 46): 9th Ward Opera Company, Nouveau Theatrical
Nearly a year ago, classical vocalist and adjunct UNO professor Kathleen Westfall debuted the 9th Ward Opera Company, holding public performances of Burnand and Sullivan’s Cox and Box and Gilbert […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 45): Honey Island Swamp Band, Singing for Supper
On July 30, the Honey Island Swamp Band‘s Cane Sugar is set to receive its national release courtesy of the recently revived Louisiana Red Hot imprint and thanks in part […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 44): Sweet Home New Orleans, Raising the Bar
Earlier this year, musicians’ advocacy group Sweet Home New Orleans announced the Empower Musicians Seal of Approval program which commends local music venues that provide its performers with an equitable wage […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 43): Tom McDermott’s Bamboula
Since his move to New Orleans in the mid-’80s, pianist Tom McDermott has come to be known as one of the finest purveyors of the city’s signature sound. Few rival […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 42): Ben Sandmel and Ernie K-Doe’s Next Big Hit
Last April, the Historic New Orleans Collection published Ben Sandmel’s Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans, a biography which chronicles the flamboyant New Orleans icon’s turbulent and tremendous […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 41): The Legend of Clarinetist George Lewis
Along with trumpeter Bunk Johnson, New Orleans clarinetist George Lewis rose to prominence during an era jazz historians have deemed the Second Trad Jazz Revival: a period from the mid-40s […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 40): Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, Zydeco Spirit
This weekend (June 8-9), the 2013 Cajun Zydeco Festival takes place on the grounds of the Old U.S. Mint, and in this week’s edition of OffBeat’s Look-Ka Py Py Podcast, […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 39): Cindy Scott, Heart to Heart
Every Sunday evening in the month of June at Cafe Istanbul, jazz singer Cindy Scott will host Heart to Heart, a unique concert series that will feature the chanteuse live […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 38): Marine Corps Band New Orleans, Ready for Action
Memorial Day weekend brings with it the coronation of summer as well as a time to commemorate the country’s men and women who have served in its military. This Memorial […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 37): Having a Good Time at the Bayou Boogaloo
Displaced in New York nine years ago following Hurricane Katrina, Mid-City evacuee Jared Zeller, inspired by the Mardi Gras Indian’s Super Sunday tradition and the legacy of Bayou St. John, […]
