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Think We Need This?
Of course I know the city of New Orleans is in a deep financial hole right now, thanks to a previous administration that spent money (that we didn’t have) like […]
Jazz Fest 2010: Hardly a Blue Moment
[UPDATED] Art Garfunkel’s voice, Aretha Franklin, oil and rain were the topics of conversation during Jazz Fest, and speculation was rampant as to why the Queen of Soul no-showed. Fear […]
Jazz Fest 2010 Performers: A-Z
Not even the diehards know everybody. You can have a deep passion for New Orleans and Louisiana music, and there’s still somebody performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage […]
Growing Up Andrews
Check out a slideshow of the full photoshoot accompanying this story here. Jessie Hill’s “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” is one of the great New Orleans singles, and its Mardi Gras […]
The Rest of the Fest
We’d never recommend hard living as a songwriting tool. But it seems to work fine for Anders Osborne, who unveiled yet another set of unflinching, confessional songs at the Acura […]
State of the Culture
Last Thursday, Irvin Mayfield delivered what was referred to as a State of the Culture speech to City Council. Here’s the text of his speech, but for those who […]
Jazz Fest: From “A” to “Z”
We’re raised not to act like know-it-alls, and nothing reminds you that you really don’t know it all like looking at the Jazz Fest cubes. No matter how much of […]
FQF: A-Z: F.Q.F IQ
There’s a lot going on during the French Quarter Festival, and it takes a big brain to keep track of it all. OffBeat wants you to be that big brain, […]
20 in 20: Who Were the Artists Who Mattered Most in the Years OffBeat Has Been Published?
An anniversary is an occasion for reflection. As OffBeat celebrates 20 years of publishing, it’s natural to look back and think about how we’ve spent those years. We’ve covered the […]
Almost Everybody…
OffBeat started “Backtalk,” its monthly Q&A in January 1996, when Michael Tisserand interviewed BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet with brothers Sid and Nathan Williams—the former, the proprietor of El-Sid-O’s; the latter, the […]
