MAKING A DIFFERENCE
My wife and I would like to thank y’all for an absolutely amazing time at the Best of the Beat Awards.
Took us a few years to make it and man what a year to finally do so. We both are quite proud to count ourselves as members of the Threadheads and to be [...]
BITTERSWEET POTLUCK
Just wanted to let you know that I received the “Super Potluck” box you sent me last week, and am enjoying looking through all the old issues. I moved to the New Orleans area in 1994 but didn’t really start getting into the music scene until 1997 or 1998. I haven’t missed a [...]
MANTRA MUSIC
Thanks a lot for the positive review of our new album Devaloka (Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band, Nutone Music) in the October issue. We’re grateful to be included. One correction to share is that we didn’t intend for the album to be a soundtrack for practicing yoga exercises, though it can certainly [...]
NOLA BIBLE
My wife and I live in Baltimore and have been coming to Jazz Fest since ’93. Absolutely love it and we make it most years. Fell in love with NOLA music and food as a result but we limited ourselves to our once-a-year trip.
Well, in November, 2007 a NOLA friend gave me an OffBeat [...]
WETLANDS
Excellent article on Tab Benoit and the Voice of the Wetlands, in fact, the best I’ve seen—thanks for “getting” it, and helping to tell a story that needs to be spread and re-told. I was fortunate to be at the recording session [John Swenson] so ably described. It was an awesome experience watching that [...]
ARMSTRONG PARK
You are right on with your (“Weekly Beat”) article on Armstrong Park. I moved here eight years ago and opened a bed & breakfast. I had been active in neighborhood associations in other cities I had lived in and jumped right in here. The pettiness you describe about people who didn’t get their way [...]
SEA CRUISE
First let me state: I am forever grateful to Huey Smith for writing and giving “Sea Cruise” to me. This letter is a rebuttal to false or misunderstood information. Never did I hear anyone else sing “Sea Cruise” except the time at Cosimo’s studio on Governor Nicholls. Huey sat at the piano and sang [...]
WHY NOT ESSENCE?
I go to Essence at the Convention Center every year. It is fabulous.
Artists, fashion designers and crafts persons, come literally from all over the world. And the food, fabulous! I don’t understand why everyone in the city doesn’t show up. And that part of Essence is free! Of course, I always spend [...]
FANTASTIC
We enjoyed the 40th anniversary edition of the Jazz Fest very much. It was my seventh time around, and if money permits there certainly will be an eighth in two-years’ time. Biggest discovery: the Red Stick Ramblers. Biggest surprise: Doc Watson (long may he run!). Greatest regret: that I missed a John Boutté performance. Biggest [...]
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. I come to New Orleans to hear local and regional music, and I was upset that the Hot 8 was not invited because they could not [...]
