Offbeat Cover for December, 1995

December 1995 Contents

Cover Story

Davell Crawford Comes of Age

Features

Armstrong Uber Alles

Louisiana Music 1995

Dis 'n' Dat

The Culmination of the FESStival at Tip’s; Remembering Whiteman, Lambert, Burkhamer

Bluesworthy

Get the Blues for Christmas; New Snooks Eaglin, Melvin Taylor, Billy Boy Arnold Discs

Crescent City Bounce

Caught Up in the Holiday Spirit, Our Columnist Gives Thanks for the Music

Dirty Rice

The Times of Acadiana’s 1995 Music Poll Winners; Christmas in the Clubs

Eye Music

The Artist and the FBI, or Nancy Drew and the Strange Case of the Urban Warrior Myth

Fat City

Searching for a Fabulous Holiday Meal at Emeril’s and Mike’s on the Avenue

Feedback

Penalty the Latest Local Hardcore Signee; Meet Mr. Quintron and Satellite

Film & Video Bits

Get Shorty Is To Die For, Dersu Uzala Joins The Wild Bunch

Plugged In

Shopping for Records on the Net; Net Security Concerns; Unofficial Nevilles Site Reborn

Street

Double Your Rapping Pleasure with the Ghetto Twinz and Double Vision; DJ Jubilee Returns

Strictly Jazz

Introducing the Kermit Ruffins Big Band; Warm Daddy to Rejoin Wynton Marsalis Septet

Reviews

Andy Narrell, De Long Time Band (Windham Hill/BMG)

Dash Rip Rock, Get You Some of Me (Sector 2)

Dukes of Dixieland, Bob Cats Remembered: A Salute to Bob Crosby (Leisure Jazz)

Salif Keita, “Folon”…The Past (Mango)

Steve Ferguson, Mama U-Seapa (Schoolkids)

Terry Adams, Terrible (New World)

The Bagdaddies, Borrowed Bones (Y-No’s)

The Velvet Underground, Peel Slowly and See (Polydor)

Treme Brass Band, Gimme My Money Back (Arhoolie)

Various Artists, Planet Squeezbox: Accordion Music from Around the World (Ellipsis Arts)

Various Artists, Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits (Manifesto)

Various Artists, Who Covers Who (Creative Man/Cargo)

Victoria Williams, This Moment in Toronto with the Loose Band (Mammoth)

Live Wire

Bootsy Collins and the New Rubber Band, House of Blues, October 18, 1995

Lee Rocker and Big Blue, House of Blues, October 25, 1995

Sonic Youth, Howlin’ Wolf, November 18, 1995

Letters

Letters December 1995