Issue Articles — Features
Jazz Fest Survival Guide 1991
Okay, so you think you’re ready to hit the Fair Grounds for your latest Jazz Fest experience. Locals know what it takes to enjoy the Fest. Unfortunately, we’ve seen many […]
The Dew Drop Inn
On May 1st the Jazz and Heritage Festival will present a concert titled “Dew Drop Inn Revisited: The Toussaint Legacy” at Riverboat Hallelujah Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Though not […]
Jazz Art
In case you haven’t noticed, we live in a time and country where everyone is supposed to be a specialist—cosmetologist, urologist, dietician, mortician—you name it. In the U.S. of A. […]
Feasting Beyond the Fest: The Soul (Food) of New Orleans
The best restaurants in New Orleans, be they Creole, Continental, Cajun or Down Home, all use the same pantry. They all reach into a box packed with peppers, smoked sausages […]
Swamp Island Discs
Every New Orleanian has a top five list of acts to catch at Jazz Fest, and every visitor a list of dishes to sample, but here’s a real doozie for […]
Side Trips: Cajun Backroads
The highlight of my visit to the Cajun Mardi Gras celebration in the tiny town of Church Point this spring was a record hunting stop at the Sound Center Record […]
Exotique: OffBeat’s Guide to the Jazz Fest’s African & Latin Music
Sub-Saharan Africa is well represented, along with varied genres of music from the Diaspora and Caribbean. The first weekend’s highlights include one must-see, Thomas Mapfumo, and Loketo. Mapfumo emerged from […]
Club Scouting
Music die-hards with enough energy left after a long day at the Fair Grounds will want to check out New Orleans’ music clubs. Besides the many special events the clubs […]
Jazz Cats
New Orleans. The birthplace of jazz. But like all children must grow to leave the nest, so too has jazz all but left its mother city. It did not, however, […]
Food Festing
While most people look forward to the music that the Jazz Fest provides, many people also are licking their chops at the prospect of devouring the “fest food” that’s available […]
