Issue Articles
31 and Counting
Tipitina’s has its 31st anniversary celebration starting Wednesday January 14 with the Midnight Disturbers, Stanton Moore’s big brass band, with the 504 Brass Band opening. Thursday night presents co-headliners Good […]
Po-Boy Fest Returns
The second annual Po-Boy Preservation Festival returns to Oak Street and South Carrollton November 23. There will be po-boys from the Parkway Bakery, Jacques-Imo’s, Drago’s, Crescent Pie & Sausage, Saltwater […]
Roller Derby Moves
Nothing said “Good times” like roller derby amid the leftover float parts at Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World. There’s no question; the prows removed from floats of yore added ambiance […]
Jazz Fest 101
“Dirt plus water equals mud. Okay, I already knew that. But now I really know it,” OffBeat contributor Brett Milano wrote. Other Jazz Fests have been adversely affected by bad […]
Top Ten Jazz Fest CDs
Here are the top sellers at Borders’ Retail Tent at Jazz Fest and at the Louisiana Music Factory: Borders Jazz Fest Tent 1. Alison Krauss & Robert Plant: Raising Sand […]
Down by the Riverside: French Quarter Festival 2008
Every year, we return to the banks of the Mississippi River for the French Quarter Festival. This year’s festival takes place April 11-13, with music on 16 stages dotted throughout […]
Obituary: John Brunious (1940-2008)
We were saddened by the passing of trumpeter John Brunious of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. On February 12, he suffered a heart attack in Orlando, Florida, his home since […]
The Best of the Beat 2007
For the second year in a row, you love Trombone Shorty. At the Best of the Beat January 12, we again presented the Performer of the Year Award to Troy […]
