Issue Articles
2007 Jazz Fest from A-Z
Years ago, a radio announcer asked, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” then answered, “The Shadow knows.” Big deal. Evil’s easy. Does the Shadow know who’s […]
Love is in the Air
Literature and real life are full of characters that have fallen in love in the French Quarter, many with the French Quarter. Since Katrina, reconnecting to the French Quarter has […]
French Quarter Fest A-Z
The French Quarter Festival is free, with 15 stages dotted throughout the Quarter. That’s a lot of stages and a lot of musicians from here and around the world. As […]
The Big Beat
Art Neville, Dr. John and Mayor Nagin January 27, OffBeat held its Best of the Beat Awards at the House of Blues, and Mayor Ray Nagin showed up to declare […]
And The Winners Are…
You have spoken. New Orleans music fans from around the world voted for the artists they thought had the best year at WWLTV.com, and they named Troy Andrews Performer of […]
The Top 50 Louisiana CDs of 2006
Selected from nearly 300 Louisiana releases, Hurricane Katrina hasn’t slowed us down, our 2006 Critics’ Choice of the year’s finest musical offerings was a joint effort of OffBeat’s editors and […]
Lost In Music
OUR SPACE Bob Dylan: Modern Times (Sony) Chandler Travis: Tarnation & Alastair Sim (Iddy Biddy) Sonny Rollins: Sonny Please (Doxy) Tom Russell: Love and Fear (Hightone) Kidd Jordan. Hamid Drake, […]
Obituary: Timothea Beckerman
Timothea Beckerman, 55, known professionally as Timothea, the “Siren of Soul”—and to her friends as “Timi”—passed away on Thursday evening November 14, 2006 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York […]
The Beat Goes On
At OffBeat’s tent at the Voodoo Music Experience, T’Shanda Baldridge of Gonzales, Louisiana subscribed to “The Weekly Beat,” thus entering a drawing for a brand new Fender Stratocaster courtesy of […]
