Issue Articles — Cover Story
The Peculiar Reality of Dr. John
Mac Rebennack, known and loved throughout the galaxy of music as Dr. John, is the recipient of OffBeat’s 1999 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement award. Born Malcolm John Rebennack, […]
Nicholas Payton: Reinventing the Tradition
Steeped in the legacy of New Orleans music, Nicholas Payton comes of age with a new generation’s vision for the future. “I wanted to do something more personal than anything […]
Jo “Cool” Davis: The Gospel According to Cool
The irrepressible Jo “Cool” Davis is one of the guiding lights of the New Orleans gospel scene. He hosts the tremendously popular House of Blues Gospel Brunches every Sunday and […]
Tab Benoit: Fish Don’t Just Jump In Your Boat
Tab Benoit becomes his own man, finally. Tab’s fifth CD, The Blues Are All Mine, is his first studio release in four years, with Benoit embarking on a complete redefinition […]
Kim Prevost and Bill Solley: Good Chemistry
The surreal madness of Saturday night in the French Quarter was only a few steps away, but inside the Chateau Sonesta Hotel, where budding jazz diva Kim Prevost and Guitarist […]
Germaine Bazzle
Germaine Bazzle, called New Orleans’ “First Lady of Jazz,” is in her element. And she is not, as one can often find her, at some popular nightclub singing on stage, […]
George Porter, Jr.: Here Comes the Meter Man
George Porter, Jr. is one of the most influential rhythm and blues players from the post-1950s generation of musicians that engineered the revolution in soul music that became known as […]
Deacon John: New Orleans’ Creole Chameleon
Deacon John Moore is talking about his new CD, Live At The 1994 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and reflecting on his career in the spacious kitchen of his […]
Zachary Richard: A Tale of Two Cultures
A man caught between two cultures, Cajun Renaissance man Zachary Richard readies two retrospectives as Cap Enragé eyes double platinum. You wouldn’t think it would al1 add up. But more […]
Astral Project
What’s behind Astral Project? What’s behind the longest standing, most consistently innovative and compelling modern jazz band in New Orleans? Over twenty years playing together for one thing. That in […]
