Issue Articles
Creole Reunion
Creole jazz banjo player Don Vappie is the central figure in American Creole: New Orleans Reunion, a documentary that airs August 29 at 9 p.m. on Louisiana Public Broadcasting and […]
Jazz Fest Announces Musicians’ Application Guide
Bands wishing to play the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell need to submit press kits between September 1 and October 15, 2006. In an attempt to […]
Hazard County Girls meet the Hands of Doom
Hazard County Girls recently released their new CD, Divine Armor, produced by Grant Curry, formerly of Pleasure Club. They’ll will perform September 16 at the Outer Banks—the new heavy rock […]
Back to the Fest
This year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was probably the most anticipated in the event’s 36-year history. For months after Hurricane Katrina, worldwide fans of Jazz Fest wondered if […]
OffBeat Jazz Fest Louisiana Top 10
To compile our Jazz Fest Louisiana Top 10, OffBeat contacted the managers of three local record stores (Louisiana Music Factory, Tower Records and Basin Street Records’ tent at the Fair […]
