OffBeat’s Official Blues Column Debuts With Notes On Blues Radio and A Blues Hangover

Maceo Parker, House of Blues, June 10, 1995

Letters July 1995

Jazz Words

Jazz fans everywhere may be interested in a pair of new books by New Orleans-based writers.   Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, “The World’. Greatest Bass […]

Tommy Ridgley: The Comeback Kid

Tommy Ridgley’s long wait is over. The vocalist, pianist and songwriter, who cut his first record in 1949 and was among the city’s upper echelon of R&B stars in the […]

Sonny Landreth

Danny Barker’s Birthplace Enshrined; New Phillip Manuel, Ed Petersen Albums

The BRE Convention Arrives in New Orleans; New Music from Ruthless Juveniles, Ms. Tee

Jazz Fest Internet Poll

Kiss of Death, Muriel’s Wedding and China’s To Live on the Big Screen; Corinna on Video