Issue Articles
November 2010 Letters
NOT JUST MUSIC Just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed the current issue. I think that there has been a subtle transformation at OffBeat to include all […]
October 2010 Letters
SCHOOLED BY NEW ORLEANS Great article on the great soul known as Ed Blackwell. I first heard Blackwell play in New York City in the late ’70s and not knowing […]
September 2010 Letters
PLAY ON THE STREETS I once was a street musician before and when you could buy a permit. I remember meeting John Phillips of the Mama and Papas, and he […]
August 2010 Letters
Sense of History Bravo and congratulations to Jason Marsalis for his frank and insightful piece in the July 2010 issue of OffBeat. His emphasis on the importance of a sense […]
July 2010 Letters
BUNK’S SAINTS Hank Cherry’s piece on Bunk Johnson in your June 2010 edition is quite interesting and to the best of my knowledge completely accurate, but it leaves out one […]
June 2010 Letters
DON’T GET HBO When we were in New Orleans for French Quarter Festival, the HBO series Treme was the talk of the town. People who didn’t get HBO were going […]
May 2010 Letters
DISAPPOINTED WITH NOLA Your [Jan Ramsey] Mojo Mouth “Reviving Music in the Quarter” in the March issue was interesting because the problem hit me, too. I am Fritz Neidlinger, a […]
April 2010 Letters
STRANGE CHOICE OF WORDS I found the March cover to be in questionable taste considering the origin and references of the Billie Holiday song. A bunch of white guys yukking […]
March 2010 Letters
MAKING A DIFFERENCE My wife and I would like to thank y’all for an absolutely amazing time at the Best of the Beat Awards. Took us a few years to […]
February 2010 Letters
BITTERSWEET POTLUCK Just wanted to let you know that I received the “Super Potluck” box you sent me last week, and am enjoying looking through all the old issues. I […]
