Offbeat Cover for December, 1996

December 1996 Contents

Cover Story

1996 CD Year in Review

Features

A Dozen Questions with the Dirty Dozen

A High Watermark for Floodgate

Fertile Ground

BackTalk

Maria Muldaur

Dis 'n' Dat

Musician Magazine’s Best Unsigned Band Competition, the Website “y’all,” Ultrasonic Studios, A Tibetan Benefit & More

Bluesworthy

Junior Wells and Mitch Woods Draw Inspiration from Louisiana

Dirty Rice

French Music: From Dancehall to Wall to Web

Eye Music

Minimalism and Mephistopheles

Fat City

The 24-Hour Breakfast

Feedback

FSQ, HOB’s Rex Ballroom and News in Passing

Film & Video Bits

Ransom, The English Patient, Special Effects at IMAX, Cinema 16 Award and the LA Screenplay Contest

Grapevine

Music/Business Books Review

Plugged In

It’s A Commercial Christmas or CD Shopping on the World Wide Web

Street

Donnell Jones, WYLD Talent Contest, D. Faulk and Some Soundtrack Work

Strictly Jazz

Cameo Appearances by Jazz Stars, Mose Allison and More

Talkin' 'bout New Orleans

A Close Look at Al Jackson and A Few, New Releases

Reviews

Balfa Toujours, Deux Voyages (Rounder)

Doyle Bramhall II, Doyle Bramhall II (Geffen)

Sam Bush, Glamour & Grits (Sugar Hill)

The Insteps, Eleven Steps to Power (Another Planet/Stubborn)

Live Wire

Sam Butera and the Wildest, Caribbean Showroom Treasure Chest Casino, November 5-9, 1996

Letters

Letters December 1996