Jazz Fest 2010 Performers: A-Z

Not even the diehards know everybody. You can have a deep passion for New Orleans and Louisiana music, and there’s still somebody performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage […]

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Jazz Fest Daily Lineup Announced

See the schedule for each day of Jazz Fest below…but first a few announcements. We’ll start with the good news: Dominican superstar Juan Luis Guerra y 440 has been added […]

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2010 Lineup: Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket Head List of Newcomers

Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket, Anita Baker, Jeff Beck, Levon Helm, the Dead Weather and Drake lead the list of newcomers to the 41st New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival […]

June 2009 Letters

MUSICAL MORONS Wow, I am dismayed to hear that the crowd booed Dr. John. I was not impressed that Bon Jovi was playing and was not interested in seeing him. […]

Jazz Fest: From “A” to “Z”

We’re raised not to act like know-it-alls, and nothing reminds you that you really don’t know it all like looking at the Jazz Fest cubes. No matter how much of […]

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Sunday at the Fest: Where I’ll Be

  Today, Orishas has cancelled. Locos Por Juana moved into their slot on Congo Square and Vivaz! moved into the slot vacated by Locos Por Juana. Here are my plans: […]

Jazz Fest 2009 Schedule: Turning 40

For the first time, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has announced it schedule not just before Mardi Gras, but before Christmas. At a December 16 press conference, festival […]

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Jazz Fest Notebook Dump, day 1

Jazz Fest started at the Figs, the all-female Lafayette string band, who wore great, retro, summer dresses. I saw them at the Ogden a few months back, where they played […]

The Best of the Beat 2007

For the second year in a row, you love Trombone Shorty. At the Best of the Beat January 12, we again presented the Performer of the Year Award to Troy […]

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Best of the Beat Nominations: Simply the Best

Every January, OffBeat throws the year’s first great party with the Best of the Beat, a celebration of New Orleans food, music and culture. The show is a benefit for […]

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