Issue Articles — Letters
July 2012 Letters
NEW MUSIC I just had to finally write and tell you how much I love your magazine/newsletter and all that you do to promote the wonderful culture, music, food and […]
June 2012 Letters
AUDITORY PUMMELING I spend a large proportion of my vacation days visiting New Orleans. Our primary draw is the music, especially traditional jazz. I attended my eighth French Quarter Festival […]
May 2012 Letters
POWERHOUSE I saw this powerhouse band [Royal Southern Brotherhood] at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, Connecticut. Simply amazing is the only way to describe them. I have since booked tickets for […]
April 2012 Letters
MUSIC OR NOISE? The following letters are in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “Cracking Down on Frenchmen Street Begins Anew”. Complaining about music on Frenchmen Street is like going […]
March 2012 Letters
COVER BANDS After our grandchildren moved away we fulfilled our dream of moving to New Orleans. We also love live music (why else would you move here?) and we love […]
February 2012 Letters
JOHNNY AND SCOTT I first came across OffBeat back in the 1990s. I had discovered this new singer,
January 2012 Letters
COCO ROBICHEAUX It was a pleasure to get to know you. What a wonderful person, talented musician, what a character! I would love to see you walking on New Orleans […]
December 2011 Letters
HALLOWEEN SHOOTINGS This is in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “Rotten, Really Rotten Apples” commenting on the Halloween shootings by suggesting to set up random checkpoints in the French […]
November 2011 Letters
REMOVE THE FENCE We enjoyed the free concert in Lafayette Square and went to Rock ’n’ Bowl, Blue Nile, Funky Pirate and some clubs on Bourbon Street. We stopped off […]
October 2011 Letters
ARMSTRONG PARK This is in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “Armstrong Park—Give it Back to the City!” wherein she details how to get Armstrong Park functional and open to […]
