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Healin’ A Comin’…Shim Sham Shapes Up…Zion Harmonizers Celebrate 60
Sometimes it’s amazing what a lot of love exists in our local music community. It’s a town where the likes of Allen Toussaint, Cyril and Gaynielle Neville, The Zion Harmonizers, […]
Best of the Beat Rules; Help For Teedy: Tip’s Expands
I wish you could have all come to OffBeat’s Best of The Beat Awards. It was absolutely the best ever, with over 1,500 musicians and music lovers attending our big […]
McCoy Tyner, Storyville and “Afro-Caribbean Brass Party” at Donna’s
On January 15th, House of Blues will host a rare non-Jazz Fest appearance by a living legend in modern jazz: McCoy Tyner. The renowned pianist and composer first gained notoriety […]
4th Annual Best of the Beat Music Awards
BLUES Best Blues Band or Performer JOHN MOONEY Runner up: Mem Shannon and the Membership Best 1998 Blues Album by a Louisiana ArtistLOUISIANA MEDICINE MAN – COCO ROBICHEAUX (Orleans Records) […]
Obituary: Raymond Myles (1958-1998)
No one would hurt Raymond Myles… But someone did; a coward with a gun snuffed out the life of the 40-year-old gospel singer and all-around entertainer. Last month, just hours […]
Jazz Fest ’98: Our Annual Review
Our baby done grown up! The Jazz and Heritage Festival is the world’s now, it ain’t ours no more. In looking back at this year’s record-breaking festival, our columnists and […]
Aaron Neville, Aaron Neville’s Soulful Christmas (A&M)
Various Artists, A Traditional Jazz Christmas (Priceless Jazz) Allen Toussaint & Friends, A New Orleans Christmas (NYNO) You know it’s going to happen. Sometime long about Christmas […]
Day Tripping: Visiting Cajun Country Between Jazz Fest Weekends
Have you ever tried to leave New Orleans during rush hour on a Friday evening after spending five hours at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, in hopes of […]
Sunday Jams Are Back at Kemp’s; Snug Harbor Loosens Up
Sunday night jazz sessions at Kemp’s (2720 Lasalle St.), which feature saxophonist Fred Kemp at the helm with his musical partner, drummer Smokey Johnson, will kick off again beginning February […]
Fest Time: French Quarter Festival
There’s nothing in the world like springtime in New Orleans…the flowers are in bloom…the weather is ideal…and the city is alive with color. And, there’s nothing more New Orleans than […]
