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Jazz Fest 2013 Schedule Cubes, New “Celebration of Native America” Village at Jazz Fest
The annually-anticipated Jazz & Heritage Festival “cubes” were unveiled with proper flourish at the New Orleans Fairgrounds this morning, in the area that Fest-goers will know as the site of […]
January 2013 Letters to OffBeat
BOB FRENCH’S LESSON I met Bob French at WWOZ and mentioned that I have a son, Mike, who is a young trumpet player. He looked at me and said, “Bring […]
The BEAT Goes On: A 25 Year Retrospective of OffBeat Magazine
OffBeat Magazine, the foremost authority on Louisiana music and one of the world’s longest-running jazz and roots music publications, celebrates its 25th anniversary with this issue. Here, we give a […]
The Scene at Voodoo Day 1
1 p.m. Your correspondent is always down for a music festival, but let’s be real here: Voodoo’s lineup this year is weiiiiird. OffBeat celebrates eclectic, idiosyncratic music taste as much […]
Jazz Fest Friday: Mystikal, Theresa Andersson, Feufollet & Ani DiFranco
Friday at Jazz Fest was a good day for a lot of interesting music, even though little that I saw was wholly successful. Yvette Landry’s honky tonk and western swing […]
Say It Isn’t So
I still do read the newspaper (old school, more info) and I always read the Letters to the Editor. Most of the stuff the T-P publishes reflects the obsession with […]
Jazz Fest Weekend One: Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Seun Kuti and More
Technical difficulties prevented my daily Jazz Fest report online this weekend. Here’s the weekend in one lengthy post. Thanks for your patience. Friday Saturday’s Times-Picayune included a photo from […]
French Quarter Fest 2011: A-Z Guide
Louisiana music comes to the Vieux Carre during the French Quarter Fest, April 7-10, this year adding music on Thursday. With so many musicians and 20 stages, it’s hard to […]
Voodoo Day 3 – Will Anybody Stay Onstage?
Sunday was a short day for me, starting 2-ish for Janelle Monae and ending during MGMT because the Saints game called. Here are the highlights: Janelle Monae was at least […]
Ann Savoy and Her Sleepless Knights, Black Coffee (Memphis International Records)
Through 12 standards about love’s tricky turns and soft whispers, the sound on Ann Savoy’s latest release is sweet, but rarely sugary, a good album for the deep summer. Tin […]
