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Letters July 1999
Retroactivity Please see my subscription request form included with this fax for two years first class. Would it be possible for my two-year subscription to begin retroactively with the October […]
Louisiana Music: State of Siege?
With recent crackdowns on New Orleans street performers by the City Council, the Catholic Archdiocese, French Quarter residents and now the state itself, it is alarmingly clear that the music […]
Essence Fest
On July 4th weekend, over 150,000 music lovers will converge on New Orleans for the country’s pre-eminent black music festival— a festival locals shouldn’t miss. Believe it or not, […]
N.O. Jazz Tops Charts, Fest Highlights & New Ellis Marsalis CD
The big news at press time is that, as of May 15th, five New Orleans artists have records in the top 25 on Billboard Magazines “Top Jazz Albums” chart. The […]
Man, Am I Ever Gassed to Be on This Gig!
As someone whose first journalistic experiences were with the underground magazines of the 1960s, it is a remarkable privilege to edit a publication that celebrates the truly unfathomable pleasures of […]
Folks Scramble Jazz Classics
Egg Yolk Jubilee paid the price for their artistic vision: $800. That’s how much it cost the avant garde Dixieland band to license the 10 cover songs on their newly […]
100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs, Part 9
In late 1997, the Offbeat staff began developing the list of the 100 Essential Louisiana CDs. Our goal was to pick the 100 compact discs that, Individually, represented influential and/or […]
Squeezing Out Sparks at Jazzfest 30
This year’s festival featured the best weather and the most fun in memory, a nonstop II-day house party thrown by an entire city for its friends around the world. OffBeat […]
No More Honey in the Horn: Al Hirt 1922-1999
A riot of colors swirled around the parade start area next to the Gospel Tent of the final day of Jazzfest 30. The afternoon sun gently smiled down on the […]
BackTalk: George Wein
If you’re lucky enough to be at the Fair Grounds this year on the first Friday, you can see and hear one of those musicians, under the billing of George […]
