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The Price of Parading
In early October, members of the Family Ties Social Aid and Pleasure Club strutted through downtown New Orleans in fresh new blue outfits. Under the day’s hot sun, sweat poured […]
The Boys’ Life: Wilson Savoy and the Pine Leaf Boys
For Wilson Savoy and Cedric Watson, forming the Pine Leaf Boys has helped them reconnect to their roots. On the second Friday of this year’s Jazz Fest, the Pine […]
Will Our Musical Culture Survive?
For years, OffBeat has fought the good fight. Our whole raison d’etre was the promotion and preservation of our musical culture, keeping it alive, and helping it to grow, prosper […]
George Wein
Producer George Wein created the concept of the contemporary music festival more than a half century ago with the Newport Jazz Festival, but his crowning achievement came in 1970 when […]
C.J. Chenier, The Desperate Kingdom of Love (World Village Records)
Even if his dad, king of zydeco Clifton Chenier, hadn’t tagged C.J. to eventually succeed him, inevitably the younger musician would have made his mark in R&B, jazz and funk. […]
Why Jazz Fest Matters
“Most New Orleans Music Has a Recognizable Family Resemblance”: A Conversation with Tom Piazza Writer and critic Tom Piazza talks about Voodoo, country music and timelessness and how they […]
Lillian Boutte’
Lillian Boutté sang at the first French Quarter Festival and will return to kick off this year’s event with a special performance featuring her brother John. The siblings grew up […]
Letters February 2006
BACK ON THE ’BEAT I am a longtime subscriber to OffBeat and Jazz Fest attendee and Louisiana music lover. My heart and positive thoughts are with New Orleans and Louisiana […]
2005 Jazz Fest Redux
The 36th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was blessed with six days of unbelievably perfect weather, with only one day of rain—conveniently ceasing by noon. It was the […]
The Marshall Plan
The Jazz & Heritage Foundation has hired Don Marshall, whose latest job as Director/Professor of the Graduate Program in Arts Administration and previous experience as director of the Contemporary Arts […]
