Culled from over 300 Louisiana releases, our Critics’ Choices of 2000 were a joint effort of OffBeat’s editors and writers, including Joseph L. Irrera, Bunny Matthews, Cristina Diettinger, Robert Fontenot, Roger Hahn, Michael Hurtt, Rick Koster, David Kunian, Alex Rawls, Kathleen Rippey, John Swenson, Jonathan Tabak and Dan Willging. If we’ve overlooked your favorites, letters to the editor are welcomed.

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