July 1999
BackTalk
Bluesworthy
- The W.C. Handy Awards Celebrate 20 Years
The 20th annual W.C. Handy Awards, the Grammys of the Blues, have come and gone, and once again, the winners were…
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- Bad Moon Rising
Surviving punk is a tough business. The inflammatory statements that make bands sound revolutionary eventually sell them out. Johnny Rotten said…
Chassez De Faim
Cover Story
- Zachary Richard: A Tale of Two Cultures
A man caught between two cultures, Cajun Renaissance man Zachary Richard readies two retrospectives as Cap Enragé eyes double platinum. You…
Dis 'n' Dat
Features
- New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra
From the Orient to New Orleans: Over the last 27 years, the 18-piece New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra has become one… - 100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs, Part 10
- Essence Fest
On July 4th weekend, over 150,000 music lovers will converge on New Orleans for the country's pre-eminent black music festival— a… - Louisiana Music: State of Siege?
With recent crackdowns on New Orleans street performers by the City Council, the Catholic Archdiocese, French Quarter residents and now the… - Ten Years Ago in OffBeat
A decade ago, the temperature in New Orleans was more or less the same as it is this July: torrid. To…
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Letters
- Letters July 1999
Retroactivity Please see my subscription request form included with this fax for two years first class. Would it be possible for…
Mojo Mouth
- Street Musicians on The Defensive…OZ and OffBeat Join Forces…Bunny Bops In
This month, OffBeat tackles a thorny issue: why and how are the powers-that-be— the city, the state and (God help us…
Straight, No Chaser
- IAJE Conference Coming To N.O., Quintology & New World Funk Ensemble
The International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) will hold its 27th conference in New Orleans next year, January 12-15, at The…
Talkin' 'bout New Orleans
- C.P. Love Power
Vocalist C.P. Love has the rare distinction of being better known for a song he didn't record than one he did.…
Reviews
- Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots, Sunpie (Record Chebasco)
- Jimi Hendrix, Live at the Fillmore East (Experience Hendrix)
- Various Artists, Putumayo Presents: Cuba (Putamayo World Music)
- Professor Longhair, Ball the Wall (Night Train International)
- New World Funk Ensemble, Little Live Record (Mermaid Records)
- Ernie K-Doe, The Best of Ernie K-Doe (Mardi Gras Records)
- Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band, Acoustic Swing & Jug (Vanguard)
- Ned Sublette, Cowboy Rumba (Palm Pictures)
- Ian Moore, Ian Moore's Got the Green Grass (Hablador)
- Sweet Pea's Revenge, Bloodfire (Independent)
- Various Artists, Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of '50s Rock (Rhino)
- Bill Evans, Bill Evans, Homecoming (Milestone)
- Deacon John, Live at the 1994 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (RedBone)
- Patrick O'Flaherty, Andrea's Brown Eyes (Irish Bayou Music)
- All That, The Whop Boom Boom (Rounder)
- J. Monque' D Blues Band, Chitlin' Eatin' Music (Real to Reel)
- Sidney Bechet, Greatest Hits (RCA/Victor)
- La Bande Feufollet, La Bande Feufollet (Swallow)
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Ameican Music, Texas Style (Blue Thumb)
- Rockin' Jake, Badmouth (Zuluzu)
- James Booker, United Our Thing Will Stand (Night Train International)
- Leigh Harris, House of Secrets (Ten Birds)
- Harry Connick, Jr., Come By Me (Sony)
- Jon Cleary, Moonburn (Pointblank)
- Various Artists, Putumayo Presents: Brasileiro, Putumayo Presents: Cuba (Putamayo World Music)
- Wynton Marsalis, Various Marsalis Projects (Columbia/Sony Classical)
