Happy Holidays

The OffBeat staff—myself, Joseph Irrera, Alex Rawls, Craig Guillot, Elena Reeves, Eric Broad, Sarah Lockwood and Richard Giraldi—wishes you all a very happy and blessed holiday season. Thank you all […]

The Best of the Beat

In 1996, OffBeat’s very first Best of the Beat Awards recognized the best in Louisiana music for 1995. The awards show, held at House of Blues, wasn’t called the “Best […]

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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 […]

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Words on Film

New Orleanians know longtime resident John Sinclair more as a multi-tasking guardian of the arts than a counter-culture warrior. The wide swath he cut after moving to Louisiana in the […]

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Go By Your MOMS and ‘Em

With Halloween comes MOMS Halloween Party, this year taking place at the Howlin’ Wolf Saturday, October 27. The theme this year is “Pass the Joint of No Return,” with music […]

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Lucky?

Yesterday I went to a memorial service for my friend and business colleague George Brumat. Known for his crusty, no-nonsense ways, his love of local music and musicians, and his […]

The Houseman’s Truth

“Where do I start?” laughs Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet ruefully over the phone from Chicago, “I lost everything I had accumulated in many years of living in New Orleans—and then I […]

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Classic Songs of Louisiana: “Suzie Q”

Classic songs of Louisiana: Suzie Q

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2007 Jazz Fest from A-Z

Years ago, a radio announcer asked, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” then answered, “The Shadow knows.” Big deal. Evil’s easy. Does the Shadow know who’s […]

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Fest Focus: Henry Butler, New Orleans Social Club

When Harry Shearer was asked what he misses most about post-Katrina New Orleans, he answered in two words: Henry Butler. Butler is one of many of the city’s great musicians […]

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