Issue Articles
Obituary: Allison Miner
Allison Miner, a major contributor to New Orleans music for over 25 years, passed away Saturday, December 23, 1995, after battling multiple myeloma, a form of bone cancer. There are […]
Carnival Tales: A Multitude of Local Minstrels Spin Tales of Mardi Gras of Yore
A multitude of local minstrels spin tales of Mardi Gras of yore. SEWING FEVER: BO DOLLiS AND MONK BOUDREAUX Big Chief Monk Boudreaux tries to describe the sewing fever […]
OffBeat’s Best of the Beat Music Awards
Ever since we started publishing OffBeat in 1988, we’ve wanted to do something special to honor the great musicians and music industry people here in New Orleans-an awards event where […]
One Wedding and A Funeral
The Marriage of Ernie K-Doe and the Funeral of Record Ron “This is history being made again,” said Ernie K-Doe as he was about to get his second mother-in-law. […]
Brass Bands After World War II: A Crossroads
Editor’s note: Although no one has pinpointed when the music we now can jazz coalesced into an idiom, a September 1995 symposium held in New Orleans celebrated the 100-year mark. […]
Henry Butler’s Split Personality
New Orleans born pianist Henry Butler is both R&B and jazz, teacher and student, local and expatriate, disciplined and spontaneous – in other words, a player For All Seasons. […]
