Issue Articles — Fresh
Shell Game: Oyster Festival Provides for Consumption and Conservation
Even more earth-shattering news for Louisiana’s fragile ecology hit home last month. Shell Oil Company discharged nearly 90,000 gallons of its sludge into the Gulf of Mexico after a pipe […]
10 Remarkable Songs Played at Jazz Fest 2016
This month we look back at the 2016 Jazz Fest and revisit ten of the songs that stood out for us. Keep in mind that your own list will depend […]
New Cookbook: The Creole Tomato Festival
John “Spud” McConnell offers up some y’at-tacular wisdom when declaring his preferred way to enjoy South Louisiana’s most celebrated indigenous fruit: “Take the Creole tomato, cut off the stem, sprinkle […]
Five Questions with Kevin Lyman, Producer and Creator, Vans Warped Tour
What is the history behind the Vans Warped Tour? It started out as an offshoot of the skater and punk rock lifestyle in Southern California. I had done Lollapalooza [in […]
Crawfish Tracks
Louisiana never seems to tire of crawfish songs, and there’s plenty of excuses to play them at this time of year, with Crawfish Mambo upcoming and mudbugs coming back into […]
My Music: Dave Easley
“I like doing everything from solo to playing with however many people show up. You are kind of all by yourself solo, but I like to play that way. It usually […]
2016 Jazz Hero Award: Germaine Bazzle
The New Orleans chapter of the Jazz Journalists Association honored vocalist and veteran music educator Germaine Bazzle with the 2016 JJA Jazz Hero Award on April 20 at the Prime […]
Five Questions with Dennis Deboisblanc, Chair of the Fifth Annual Crawfish Mambo
How and why did you become involved for the past two years as chairman of the Crawfish Mambo? I got involved the first year to basically help expand the presence […]
Harmonica Jam: Iron Men
Johnny Sansone knows why he plays harmonica. “It just spoke to me,” Sansone explains while chatting with OffBeat by phone during a break between gigs last month. “In my early […]
My Music: Cole Williams
“One of the reasons I moved to New Orleans was to become a better percussionist. I just love the way the percussion swings down here. And the more that I […]
