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Charting: Top Sellers During Jazz Fest Season
Johnny Sansone: Hopeland (Short Stack) Marcia Ball: Shine Bright (Alligator Records) Walter “Wolfman” Washington: My Future is My Past (Anti-) Samantha Fish: Belle of the West (Ruf Records) The […]
My Music: Nathan Williams, Jr. of Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers
“As a kid, it was very inspirational to be part of [my dad’s group Nathan &] the Zydeco Cha Chas. I was basically a sponge absorbing everything I saw. I […]
Five Questions with Nathan Williams of Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
Now in their thirty-third year, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas are a topflight zydeco band with a signature style that’s closer to Buckwheat Zydeco and founding father Clifton Chenier […]
Five Questions with MidCitizen Entertainment Co-founder Reid Martin
Simple Play Presents’ artist-management team of Reid Martin, Tavia Osbey and Max Bonanno has announced the launch of a new firm, MidCitizen Entertainment. With a roster including Big Freedia, Tank […]
Celebrating 30 Years: “I Love Alex McMurray, Everybody’s Favorite Songwriter —Back from Tokyo”
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and reached that milestone with our November 2017 issue. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from features […]
Five Questions with Danny Clinch, Music Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker
What is your connection to New Orleans music? Several years before Katrina, my wife and I were invited down to Jazz Fest. We had the time of our lives, as […]
Celebrating 30 Years: May 1990 “Jazz Fest Survival Guide”
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and reached that milestone with our November 2017 issue. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from features […]
My Music with Mykia Jovan
“I’ve been playing on Frenchmen for about eight years now. I have a residency at the Blue Nile, which started off as a duo for jazz happy hour and has […]
SOUNDCHECK: Five Questions with Chef Kevin Belton
You’re back on WYES-TV/Channel 12 with Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen, following on New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton two years ago. What do you get to do now that […]
Wishbone Ash: Twin-guitar attack
Wishbone Ash may not have invented the twin-guitar attack in rock music, but the British prog-rock band was there from the technique’s early days. In the United States, the Allman […]
