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NewsBeat February 1992

THE DAYS THE MUSIC DIED… A pair of longtime musical greats with strong ties to the Crescent City—“Champion” Jack Dupree and James ”Thunderbird” Davis—passed away in January. “Champion” Jack, the […]

NewsBeat March 1991

New Orleans is cranking up again after Mardi Gras: there are so many concerts and special events in the city this month that the Crescent City is a veritable orgy […]

NewsBeat December 1990

New Orleans puts on one of her most beautiful faces during the holiday Season: just take a stroll down Canal Street and into the French Quarter to enjoy the lights […]

NewsBeat November 1990

Ah, November. We can finally sigh with relief after an enormously hot summer in New Orleans and get on with enjoying what this city has to offer in abundance: music, […]

NewsBeat October 1990

Of note this month: the Louisiana Jazz Federation kicks off Jazz Awareness Month in October with events all month long, including performances at the Contemporary Arts Center, clubs around town, […]

NewsBeat September 1990

All the news that’s fit to print…where have we heard that before? Unfortunately, it doesn’t apply in August in New Orleans. It’s just too damn hot to think, much less […]

NewsBeat August 1990

The biggest news we can possibly proffer here is the veto of the record labeling law in Louisiana. Thank God for progressive government! You “outsiders” who read this mag—please don’t […]

NewsBeat July 1990

It’s hot. It’s very hot in New Orleans and environs—and we ain’t just talkin’ figuratively, baby. But we aim to lower the temperature a bit in our annual “cool” issue […]

NewsBeat June 1990

Even though we thought this would be a lazy month—things usually slow way down after Jazz Fest in New Orleans—there are quite a few things going on in the music […]