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Make Levees, Not War
It’s strange to be perched again in my window overlooking Frenchmen Street. We just moved back into OffBeat’s office less than a week ago, as I write this. Katrina blew […]
Dear Landlord
Man, it’s been so hot. Did you ever notice that everything in New Orleans just stops during the summer? One of OffBeat’s first editors, the esteemed D. Eric Bookhart, once […]
Surrendering To The Trumpet
Nicholas Payton The Satchmo SummerFest’s Club Strut (Friday, August 5), Frenchmen Street’s nighttime musical banquet, is always a blast. This year it boasts some of New Orleans’ very finest who, […]
Shannon Powell: A Decidedly Different Drummer
“I had a hell of an upbringing in New Orleans—rich, rich, rich,” declares Shannon Powell. The drummer, who shows off his prowess as vocalist on his recording debut as leader, […]
Ballzack
In 1831, the father of French literary realism Balzac wrote, “There is nothing left for literature but mockery in a world that has collapsed.” 164 years later, the father of […]
Miller’s a Team Player
Two nights’ worth of sets by pianist Mulgrew Miller with his trio, bassist Derrick Hodge and drummer Karriem Riggins, were recorded at Yoshi’s, Oakland, California’s much touted and highly respected […]
Around the Clock with Kermit Ruffins
“I have to light up the rainy day grill,” observes Kermit Ruffins on a cool, wet Wednesday morning in early April. “I love this weather,” the trumpeter and vocalists declares […]
The Power of Music
The staff at OffBeat works hard to get all our publications to you; sometimes we’re here ’til late at night, very often on weekends. We work so damn hard that […]
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 […]
Pass the Curmudgeons
I may be old (never, in my mind, anyway), and I may be jaded, but I still love the Jazz Fest. There are a few curmudgeonly types who don’t appreciate […]
