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Horn Adjustments
Dubbed the Horn Doctor, Mike Corrigan is a master repairman and craftsman of brass instruments who owns B.A.C. Horn Doctor, a repair shop and horn manufacturer in Olathe, Kansas. In […]
Bobby Lonero: Did He or Didn’t He?
Days after our May issue hit the stands, we received an email from Gia Prima, Louis Prima’s widow. “Our Web site, LouisPrima.com has a page (“The Witnesses”) on the complete […]
Top 10 CD Sales during Jazz Fest at Louisiana Music Factory
1. Trombone Shorty: Backatown (Verve Forecast) 2. Anders Osborne: American Patchwork (Alligator) 3. Galactic: Ya-Ka-May (Anti-) 4. Honey Island Swamp Band: Good To You (Threadhead Records) 5. Big Sam’s Funky […]
Mary McBride’s Home Tour
Beginning June 1, singer Mary McBride kicks off “The Way Home Tour” at Angola Penitentiary. The tour coincides with the release of her new album, The Way Home, which drops […]
Seafood Makes A Stand
The oil spill in the Gulf cast an uncomfortable pall over Jazz Fest last month. As the spill makes landfall and expands, it threatens to cast an even greater shadow […]
Jazz Fest on Your iPhone
If you’d like to experience New Orleans and OffBeat all year long, any time you want, download the newest addition to our media family: our OffBeat Mobile app on your […]
Phil Anselmo: Let’s Play House
Philip Anselmo compiled his past and present side projects into his new record label, Housecore Records. Anselmo signs bands that he feels “are extreme in their own way, a fresh […]
Band Camp
The New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp will convene for the first time this summer, from August 1-6 at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter. Campers will learn from […]
Terrance Simien and Buckwheat Zydeco: Together at Last
Buckwheat Zydeco and Terrance Simien have been part of two Grammy wins, six Grammy nominations, an Emmy, three Presidential inaugurations, 10 movie soundtracks and dozens of national TV shows and […]
Rapping is Fundamental
Author/musician/teacher Michael Patrick Welch has co-written the alternative to typical guides to the Crescent City. New Orleans: An Underground Guide (UNO Press) covers places that he found vital to New […]
