Issue Articles — Features
Jelly Roll Johnson: Playing in a Low Key
He’s been called “The Sinatra Of Country Harp,” (among other accolades), but only in terms of musicianship and overall feel, not any sort of massive egotism. Jelly Roll Johnson isn’t […]
Mem Shannon: Tonight, Members Only
The second weekend of the ten-day Montreal Jazz Festival was coming apart at the seams. One of the scheduled headliners, Ruth Brown, was hospitalized back in the United States. Another […]
Beatin’ The Heat-Big Easy Style
Yes, it is summertime, and the temperature is rising, the humidity is stifling, the daze-like stupidity is almost overwhelming, and everyone doesn’t feel like getting out of bed, let alone […]
100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs: A Roundup
One evening in 1998, OffBeat’s Managing Editor Joseph Irrera was perusing an article in a classical music magazine. The subject of the article was the formulation of a basic library […]
New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra
From the Orient to New Orleans: Over the last 27 years, the 18-piece New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra has become one of the most dedicated and provocative champions of traditional […]
Ten Years Ago in OffBeat
A decade ago, the temperature in New Orleans was more or less the same as it is this July: torrid. To the rescue came OffBeat with an entire issue dedicated […]
Louisiana Music: State of Siege?
With recent crackdowns on New Orleans street performers by the City Council, the Catholic Archdiocese, French Quarter residents and now the state itself, it is alarmingly clear that the music […]
Essence Fest
On July 4th weekend, over 150,000 music lovers will converge on New Orleans for the country’s pre-eminent black music festival— a festival locals shouldn’t miss. Believe it or not, […]
Squeezing Out Sparks at Jazzfest 30
This year’s festival featured the best weather and the most fun in memory, a nonstop II-day house party thrown by an entire city for its friends around the world. OffBeat […]
