Issue Articles — Plan A
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at Boudin, Bourbon & Beer
“They got a lot of singers coming out today that say they do R&B, soul and funk,” Sharon Jones told OffBeat ahead of her Jazz Fest set back in April. […]
Plan A: Buddy Guy at Tipitina’s
Buddy Guy may have been born in Lettsworth, Louisiana, but his name will forever be associated with the Chicago style of blues. The seven-time Grammy winner has called the Midwestern […]
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Who can forget seeing Steve Earle shot in the face on HBO’s “Treme”? That bone-chilling, art-imitating- local-life scene of the mugging-turned-murder of Earle’s character Harley Watt ended a two-season stint […]
Drive-By Truckers
The impeccable quality of Drive-By Truckers’ artistic arc now spans 20-plus years. Their blistering two-night Tipitina’s stand the weekend of Katrina’s arrival is the stuff of local legend. And the […]
Plan A: Landing Festival
Praise hallelujah and join the jubilee when the Landing Festival takes flight along a rechristened South Shore Harbor, long languishing in the wake of Katrina but now bringing back among […]
