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OffBeat started “Backtalk,” its monthly Q&A in January 1996, when Michael Tisserand interviewed BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet with brothers Sid and Nathan Williams—the former, the proprietor of El-Sid-O’s; the latter, the […]
Obituary: Wilson “Willie Tee” Turbinton
World famous jazz musicians “Cannonball” Adderley and Weather Report counted him as one of their favorites. The Geto Boys and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs sampled his songs. He’s Willie Tee, […]
Christian Scott: A Turbulent Anthem
When Christian Scott took the stage of the Jazz Tent during the 2006 Jazz Fest, the short trumpeter in the trim afro was wearing a white shirt and jacket, like […]
Letters December 2005
STILL TICKINGI took time to read the magazine [WeeklyBeat] this morning. I see where a lot of the locals are playing in New Orleans, this weekend. But as usual, no […]
Blues Hound: Anders in Tradition
People have been asking about Anders Osborne, whose band of several years is no longer working together regularly. Osborne has been producing and writing in 2003 after embarking on a […]
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 […]
Muhammad Comes Home
Great drumming ruled February. A predominant cause for this excess in a city blessed with a superb rhythmic tradition was the homecoming of Idris Muhammad. While the internationally acclaimed drummer […]
James “Sugar Boy” Crawford
Whether you call it “Jock-A-Mo” or Chock-A-Mo” or “Iko-Iko,” it’s one of the greatest of all New Orleans Carnival songs. James “Sugar Boy” Crawford, who recorded the original version in […]
The Best Louisiana CDs of 2001
Culled from over 300 Louisiana releases, our Critics’ Choice of 2001 were a joint effort of OffBeat’s editors and writers. It is difficult—nearly impossible—to get a consensus of opinion from […]
