OffBeat Editorial: Once Again, The Cutting Edge Conference Is Not So Sharp

Donald Harrison, Jr. Comes Home

Saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr., 35, a native son of New Orleans, has just been awarded a three-year, New Residencies grant from Meet The Composer, a national composer service organization. The […]

Mark Whitfield Finds His Way Home

After starting his career in New York and experimenting with the dreaded “instrumental pop,” the guitarist settled in Baton Rouge and took a 7th Avenue stroll back to clean, straight-ahead jazz. […]

Dr. John

Updates on Armstrong Stamp Ceremony, Jazz Symposium; Marcus Roberts Coming

MCA Recording Artist Monteco Comes Home; Watch for MC Nero Baby, Sista Teedy

Seeking Out Cajun and Zydeco; The New Drinking Laws; South-West Louisiana-themed Home Pages

A Touch of Tom Hanks, Waterworld and Saying Goodbye to Northern Exposure

Introducing Strawberry Presents; New Myshkin Impossible, Noisecandy Tapes Reviewed

Soul Food Symphony: Catfish for Supper at Barrow’s and Jayde’s Jazzy Shrimp and Okra