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Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 27): TBC Brass Band’s Unstoppable Groove

“The fight for Bourbon Street is not over,” says To Be Continued Brass Band trombonist Edward Jackson III in this week’s episode of OffBeat Magazine’s Look-Ka Py Py Podcast. In […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 26): Michael Doucet, Intercontinental Cajun

“When I was a teenager [sic] or college-age, there were maybe maybe five people my age playing this music,” say Cajun musician Michael Doucet, who, along with his band BeauSoleil, […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 25): Bobby Rush, Back on the Chitlin’ Circuit

There isn’t any question that Homer, Louisiana bluesman Bobby Rush will go down as one of the most colorful and electrifying musicians the genre has ever seen. Still kicking at […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 24): Tom Sancton’s Hallowed Be Thy Swing

“The first time I went to Preservation Hall he was playing the clarinet, and I was just enthralled,” says clarinetist Tom Sancton of his late mentor, George Lewis, a revered […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 23): Smoking Time Jazz Club, Hot Steppin’

Without question jazz stands as America’s most significant musical contribution, an emerging music form born in the freewheeling streets of New Orleans, brought to life in the spirit of improvisation […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 22): Bruce Daigrepont, Enter Waltzman

“I would have never thought in my wildest dreams that I would go record totally by myself — and [sic] in of all places Copenhagen, Denmark,” says venerated Cajun musician […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 21): The Roots of Music, Marching Tall

In 2007, Rebirth Brass Band snare drummer Derrick Tabb founded the Roots of Music, a non-profit-based, after-school music education program that, in addition to tutelage, furnishes its attendees’ instruments. Soon […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 20): Jean Knight, Sister Big Stuff

“Let me tell you something: They tried to shop that song to so many people, and nobody wanted it,” says New Orleans soulstress Jean Knight of her signature tune “Mr. […]

Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 19): Ernie Vincent’s Dapper Strut

“After the storm, it came back; I decided to just go for it, again,” says soulman and guitarist Ernie Vincent in this week’s episode of OffBeat’s Look-Ka Py Py Podcast […]

In The Studio with Bo Dollis Jr. and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

“I can’t sing like I used to sing, but I’m-a try one more thing,” sang Bo Dollis Sr. before the launching into the chorus of “Hey Now Baby (One More Time)” […]