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Scratchin’ at the Blues
Bluesworthy: Scratchin’ at the Blues
Jazz Fest is the Best
Funky. If you wanted to characterize what makes New Orleans music unique in the world, it’s all that. Funky and soulful and real. We pride ourselves on the authenticity of […]
Letters April 2004
JOHNSON & CLAPTON I dug the double review of Eric Clapton’s latest travesty (somebody slap me!). I could just hear myself ranting some of your [Bunny Matthews] lines. —Spencer Bohren, […]
Legitimacy
I have been involved in music in New Orleans for the majority of my business career. OffBeat is the longest job I’ve ever had (17 years). Before that I worked […]
World Champion
The term “world music” is a curious designation since, other than the sounds of Yma Sumac and Juan Garcia Esquivel, most music we encounter comes from somewhere in the world. […]
Backtalk: Irma Thomas
No other city can lay claim to as many unsung musical geniuses as New Orleans. It’s caused by the same combination of provinciality and miscegenation that makes the city such […]
Fest Focus: Clarence “Frogman” Henry
When asked if he’d been performing much of late, the affable Clarence Henry—who is one of the few artists performing at the Festival and the Ponderosa Stomp, replied, “I haven’t had time because of all the awards I’ve been receiving.” Henry listed a Big Easy Award, two awards from the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (including a lifetime achievement award) and being honored by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: Art Neville
2002 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award: Art Neville
Masters of Louisiana Music: Robert Pete Williams
BORN: March 14, 1914, Zachary, Louisiana DIED: December 31, 1980, Rosedale, Louisiana Despite its proximity to the state of Mississippi—the birthplace of the blues—Louisiana has produced few […]
Fifteen Years of OffBeat: 1988-2002
A trip through OffBeat’s back pages, or as Louis Armstrong once sang: “All that meat and no potatoes!” For those readers with scant knowledge of New Orleans music and Louisiana […]
