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Jazz Fest: A Decade of Delights
New Orleans lives for its music, never more dramatically than the two weekends of sustained merrymaking that constitute the New OrIeans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Spring is full swing, magnolias […]
New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Shrines: A Guided Tour
Ernie K-Doe once declared, ”I’m not sure, but I’m almost positive, that all music came from New Orleans.” While some might debate K-Doe’s blanket observation, it is a fact that […]
They Play. You Dance. That’s It. The World According to ReBirth
There are a lot of things about New Orleans that outsiders find odd-that St. Patrick’s Day is a de facto postal holiday, for example, or that the recently deceased must […]
Pah-Rade!
Sitting one hot afternoon for an interview at the former Lu and Charlie’s jazz club in August of 1974, James Black, one of the great unsung drummers of modern New […]
Zydeco!
A new collaboration by photographer Rick Olivier and journalist/musician Ben Sandmel, Published by the University Press of Mississippi covers the musical phenomenon of zydeco. From Creole folk roots to the […]
Blues Bests at The Fest
Ernie K-Doe may have only been half-serious when he uttered his now-famous remark, ”I’m not sure, but I’m almost positive that all music came from New Orleans,” but some-folks take […]
Kim Prevost & Bill Solley, Astral Project’s “VooDooBop”
“I was shocked,” says vocalist Kim Prevost, describing her reaction when her and her duo partner, guitarist Bill Solley, were recently told that, out of hundreds of top emerging talents […]
100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs, Part 7
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 […]
’99 New Orleans 30th Jazz & Heritage Festival
The 30th anniversary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will be held April 23-May 2. Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Branford Marsalis, Willie Nelson, Santana, The Isley Brothers, Widespread Panic, The […]
The Story at Tipitina’s, Results Of Loyola’s Music Survey & More
Just a few Carnival seasons ago, Tipitina’s was playing up The Big Room in the Warehouse District as a premier venue for large concerts during Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest and […]
