Issue Articles
Twin Set
The older I get, the less I am surprised by anything. It takes a lot to impress me. I have been listening to Louisiana music for over 50 years and […]
Al Green
Rev. Al Green, at home in Memphis, was not quite ready for his telephone interview. Apologetically, Rev. Green’s New York publicist explained that there would be a delay of approximately […]
Sex and Tom Violence
Guitarist/Vocalist Chris Posner of the band Tom Violence, like many a suburban Metairie musician before and undoubtedly after (yours truly included), fights the good fight on behalf of rock-a battle […]
Amanda Shaw
Like another, equally ambitious, slightly more famous Louisiana girl named Britney, Amanda Shaw has been in the spotlights most of her life. She began playing violin at four and at […]
Have Organ, Will Travel
The E-Z-Organ is a strange and curious musical beast, inspired says its creator by megatherium, the giant (elephant-sized) ground sloth, extinct since the Ice Age. The creator, a Ninth Ward […]
An Ode to Carnival Joy
Mardi Gras is the most important day in the New Orleans calendar, 24 hours that epitomize the city’s splendid culture. Mardi Gras teaches the city’s children that fantasy is more […]
Chris Owens
Entering Chris Owens’ luxurious French Quarter home, visitors first encounter her highly territorial Maltese terrier Bousi (Arabic for “Kissy”), diligently guarding the Celebrity Wall of framed photographs. The hostess, in […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business Award: Jim Russell
Jim Russell, the recipient of OffBeat’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Music Business and the “youngest” 84-year-old in New Orleans, is my surrogate father. I began working at his Magazine Street […]
