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Jazz Fest 2010: Hardly a Blue Moment
[UPDATED] Art Garfunkel’s voice, Aretha Franklin, oil and rain were the topics of conversation during Jazz Fest, and speculation was rampant as to why the Queen of Soul no-showed. Fear […]
Jazz Fest 2010 Performers: A-Z
Not even the diehards know everybody. You can have a deep passion for New Orleans and Louisiana music, and there’s still somebody performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage […]
Those Warm and Fuzzy Feelings
I cannot believe the weather this week—in between Jazz Fest 2010 weekends. It has been so lovely—just more of those picture-perfect days in New Orleans. Am hoping and praying this […]
Riverboat Creole Queen Shows This Weekend
With the exception of a still-soggy Fairgrounds, or the prospect of more rain this weekend, most of your dancing this weekend will probably be taking place on dry land. It […]
Voodoo 2009: The Noisician Coalition Brings the Noise
Mattvaughan Black is fiddling around. He’s sitting outside of Cafe Rose Nicaud, and while telling stories of his adventures as Mr. the Turk in the New Orleans Bingo! Show, he […]
Jazz Fest: From “A” to “Z”
We’re raised not to act like know-it-alls, and nothing reminds you that you really don’t know it all like looking at the Jazz Fest cubes. No matter how much of […]
Jazz Fest 101
“Dirt plus water equals mud. Okay, I already knew that. But now I really know it,” OffBeat contributor Brett Milano wrote. Other Jazz Fests have been adversely affected by bad […]
Almost Everybody…
OffBeat started “Backtalk,” its monthly Q&A in January 1996, when Michael Tisserand interviewed BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet with brothers Sid and Nathan Williams—the former, the proprietor of El-Sid-O’s; the latter, the […]
The Big Picture
Until the last day, this year’s Jazz Fest was the Return to Normal Fest (whatever “normal” means), the festival that was more or less the festival we recognized with the […]
2007 Jazz Fest from A-Z
Years ago, a radio announcer asked, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” then answered, “The Shadow knows.” Big deal. Evil’s easy. Does the Shadow know who’s […]
