Issue Articles
Obituary: Harold Andrew “Duke” Dejan
HAROLD ANDREW “DUKE” DEJAN (1909-2002) “Duke” Dejan, who led the Olympia Brass Band and performed at Preservation Hall for more than 30 years, died July 5 at St. Charles […]
2001 Best of the Beat Award Winners
OffBeat’s seventh 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 […]
The Best Louisiana CDs of 2001
Culled from over 300 Louisiana releases, our Critics’ Choice of 2001 were a joint effort of OffBeat’s editors and writers. It is difficult—nearly impossible—to get a consensus of opinion from […]
The Best Live Shows of 2001
OffBeat’s contributing writes and columnists, like most music fans, are not shy about expressing their musical opinions. Their quandary was being asked to name one—and only one—musical performance of 2001 […]