Issue Articles — Mojo Mouth
What’s The Jazz Fest Gonna Do?
Got a call from a local musician, who was plenty, plenty steamed right after the Festival, claiming that local musicians weren’t being paid for the rain day, and artists from […]
Jazz Fest is the Best
Funky. If you wanted to characterize what makes New Orleans music unique in the world, it’s all that. Funky and soulful and real. We pride ourselves on the authenticity of […]
Festing in The Quarter
I love French Quarter Festival. The weather is great, I get to experience the French Quarter in all its glory—it’s pretty spiffed-up for this event, with all the Mardi Gras […]
Legitimacy
I have been involved in music in New Orleans for the majority of my business career. OffBeat is the longest job I’ve ever had (17 years). Before that I worked […]
The Beat Generation
Here they are: the winners of the ninth annual OffBeat Best Of The Beat Music Awards. I sort of hesitate to call them “winners” because that implies that the other […]
Burned Out and Upbeat
Once you reach my ripe old age, sometimes you get tired and think, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could just win the lottery and get rid of all this […]
Moving and Changing
Some really exciting news was emailed to us last week: Preservation Hall, the legendary traditional jazz venue in the French “Quarters” is launching a new label in late January 2004, […]
We’re Here…Get Used to It
In just a few weeks from the time I write this, and a few days after this issue hits the street, Louisianians will have the opportunity to make an historic […]
Progress Is As Progress Does
For as much as everyone in New Orleans complains (including yours truly) about how nothing seems to happen in local music industry, I was astounded to see that there was […]
Mayoral Music
Thank God it’s September, and we can see an end to the physical heat and a rising temperature in the music scene. If you’re reading this as a visitor to […]
