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A New Nick
Yep Roc Records will release Quiet Please … the New Best of Nick Lowe in March, and for once, a best-of could actually make the case, reaching across labels […]
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OffBeat now Twitters. Visit us here to follow our updates.
Help Needed
We received this distressing email yesterday from Adele Dauphin at the Rock ‘n’ Bowl: I wanted to update you on Snooks Eaglin and Harry Ravain. Snooks has been hospitalized […]
Just Added to the Best of the Beat
We finally nailed down the details and can announce that Glen David Andrews will be part of OffBeat‘s Best of the Beat Awards show Saturday, January 31 at the […]
A Long Distance Dedication
Because my stack of Louisiana CDs looking for reviews never gets smaller, and the stack of CDs I’m trying to get to grows exponentially, I’m rarely thrilled when people […]
Romilar on my Back
It’s not really news, but here’s an entertaining take on Lil Wayne and his dark secret. Here’s another.
BeauSoleil Reviewed
Nate Chinen reviews BeauSoleil’s new album, Alligator Purse, from Sunday’s New York Times. Good line: He and his partners have such a clear identity by now — Mr. Doucet […]
A Missing Link
For those like me who were a little surprised that no one thought to match funk and Mardi Gras Indian music before The Wild Magnolias, Dan Phillips at Home […]
Going Three for Four with a Walk
When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees were announced, I made my predictions for the inductees. Today they were announced and I went three for four. Jeff […]
More on Marketing
Last week’s post on the jazz museum and jazz as the city’s marketing identity prompted some comments that merit response. After I wrote, “Centering the marketing of a city […]
