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Katrina Genius
Most New Orleans music lovers know her as Katrina Geenen, the smokey-voiced hostess for over 20 years of “Tudo Bem,” the Saturday afternoon Brazilian radio show broadcast on WWOZ. You’ve […]
Troubled Times and a Spiritual Assembly
Just as they do when their fellow artists find themselves in troubled times, New Orleans musicians turned out in force to raise money for the victims of last month’s vicious […]
Masters of Louisiana Music:
William Geary “Bunk” Johnson
Born: December 27, 1879 or 1889 New Orleans, LA Died: July 7, 1949 New Iberia, LA In this month’s installment of OffBeat’s “Masters of Louisiana Music” series, historian Jerry Brock […]
Juke (Box) Joints
One night I saw two lawyers in lust trying to read the road map to their forbidden desires. The red wine out of the bar’s single-serving screwtop bottles was […]
Letters August 2001
ERRONEOUS TIGERS This is a brief note regarding Jerry Brock’s article [Notes On New Orleans Brass Bands] in the July [2001] issue on the brass bands. There is a bit […]
Swinging Sundays
New Orleans loves to have a good time when it’s not supposed to. Take the “Blue Monday” jam session led by Bob French at Donna’s, for example. Or the ReBirth […]
Masters of Louisiana Music: Smiley Lewis
Born: July 5, 1913DeQuincy, LA Died: October 7, 1966 New Orleans, LA In this month’s installment of offBeat’s “Masters of Louisiana Music” Series, writer Jeff Hannusch tells the story of […]
Jazz in Norway… Grammy for New Orleans
It may be hot as hell in July, but it looks as though enough folks come to town to sweeten up the tourism pie a bit: the Essence Music Festival, […]
Jazz Fest 2001 Redux
ARMSTRONG EVERYWHERE Armstrong—Armstrong everywhere! It was beautiful finally to see and hear everyone playing Pops in all his incarnations and ideas. He was the best and most influential musician of […]
Nicholas Payton, Dear Louis (Verve)
“He’s the closest to Louis Armstrong that I’ve ever heard,” Doc Cheatham used to say of Nicholas Payton, and anyone who’s experienced Payton’s wondrously expressive trumpeting—equally explosive in a modern […]
