Issue Articles — Mojo Mouth
Best of the Beat…Marsalis, Mooney and Mardi Card
Congratulations to the fifth annual OffBeat Best of the Beat winners! Your musician peers and your fans have voted you the musical best of the best. Musicians in the city […]
IAJE and a New Century of Jazz…Putumayo and Louisiana World Music
In 1989, when this magazine was in its infant (and struggling) years, I heard of an organization called the International Association of Jazz Educators, which was holding its convention in […]
All I Want for Christmas…
This column has always been a means for me to bring to light what I perceive to be the state of the local music scene, both positive and negative. I […]
Whose “Quality of Life”??…Lagniappe for Subscribers
Okay, my usual rant this month on local government being "anti-music"–but with a twist towards a potentially positive result. On Saturday October 2, the Maple Leaf Bar was closed by […]
The Preservatory: Promoting The business and The Show
I have lamented many times about the lack of commitment from the public sector towards developing the local music industry. There’s a lot of lip service, but unfortunately too little […]
Nothing’s Changed That Much… R&B Soon Gone?… ‘Bye To Lo
It’s amazing, what you find when you go through your old files. Recently, I went through every file I had in my office in my (periodic) attempt at organization. Boy, […]
Creating Wealth For Local Musicians
If you know anything about the music business (and there are many in New Orleans and Louisiana who don’t) you know that the real money in music is derived from […]
Street Musicians on The Defensive…OZ and OffBeat Join Forces…Bunny Bops In
This month, OffBeat tackles a thorny issue: why and how are the powers-that-be— the city, the state and (God help us all) the Catholic Church— regulating our musical culture? As […]
