Issue Articles
2003 Best of the Beat Award Winners
OffBeat’s ninth annual Best of the Beat awards honor Louisiana’s finest musicians, as nominated by their fellow musicians and music industry professionals with the final balloting determined by the public […]
Critics’ Choice: Top 50 Louisiana CDs of 2003
Selected from nearly 300 Louisiana releases, our 2003 Critics’ Choice of the year’s finest musical offerings was a joint effort of OffBeat’s editors and writers, with all Louisiana-oriented recordings afforded […]
10 x 10
It’s the toughest annual assignment OffBeat proposes to its select cadre of ten regular contributors: a list of their ten favorite CDs from the past year (no fudging on the […]
Clubhouse: The Circle Bar
The Circle Bar, formerly known as Fleur de Lee, the Colonial Room, Traveler’s Post (after Robert E. Lee’s faithful steed, Traveler) and Lee’s Bar (back in the days when a […]
Gift Wrapped: The Tricou Treasures
The lovely damsels in red on our Yuletide cover are the Tricou Treasures, who perform at the Tricou House on Bourbon Street. The Treasures include bassist/vocalist Jodi Adair, saxophonist/vocalist Lindsey […]
Clubhouse: The Howlin’ Wolf
“It’s been about three years since I took over from Jack Groetsch,” Howie Kaplan, the ever-amiable proprietor of the Howlin’ Wolf explains. “A little piece came out in Keith Spera’s […]
