June 1993
Blues News
- Touching Base with Joe Louis Walker; A Platter of Music from Antone's
We survived another year of Jazz Fest, and now it's time to get back to work after two weeks of quietly…
Dig It Up
- A Punch of Sugar, A Little Blood and Grits, A Ceremony and A Belly
What with Jazz Fest and all (see my wag-tongued babblings, re: same, elsewhere in this ish), I shall now take this…
Dis 'n' Dat
- Miniature Jazz Fest Goes on Tour; Big Sun Celebrates New Disc
If it works here, why not everywhere? Producers of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival have teamed up with San…
Features
- Jazz Fest '93 Revisited
Michael Tisserand Who is the R&B diva making a surprise appearance in the gospel tent? What Canadian songstress is jamming with… - Carnaval Latino '93
From humble beginnings, Carnaval Latino (June 17-20), a project of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, has grown into a month-long series of… - A Little Bit of Little Richard
It was a lovely May afternoon in Hollywood and Little Richard was in no mood to dwell on the past. No… - Reggae Riddums Festival
With the arrival of June comes notice of the impending 7th Annual Reggae Riddums Festival, to be held in City Park’s…
Food For Thought
- The Search for Caribbean Dining: Margaritaville and Palmer's
Though often considered the northern-most city of the Caribbean, New Orleans lacks in its offerings of traditional island fare. While there…
Letters
- Letters June 1993
NON-TOURIST NEEDS OFFBEAT Picked up an issue of OffBeat (May '93) while in New Orleans for the Jazz Fest. Not only…
Live Wire
- Blues Traveler: Just Passing Through
John Popper and the rest of Blues Traveler, the New York-based gang of jam-happy road warriors that he fronts, are tied…
Dining Out
- The Search for Caribbean Dining: Margaritaville and Palmer's
Though often considered the northern-most city of the Caribbean, New Orleans lacks in its offerings of traditional island fare. While there…
Street
- Colin England Is Out of Control; Meet the Don Rousell Band
New Orleans native Colin England has a new album on Motown Records called Out of Control. The first single from the…
Strictly Jazz
- Tomato Festival and Carnaval Latino Jazz; New Release from Greg Tardy
International is the catch word for jazz in June with two important festivals holding down the first and third weekends. The…
Ten West
- Octa Clark Released; Potato Dance at the Mamou Cajun Music Festival
New releases are at the top of the column this month, because there are so many of them and they're so…
