Issue Articles
Jazz Fest Style: Photos of Fashion at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
OffBeat contributor Cree Mc Cree caught fashionable festers at Jazz Fest this year. Here are a few of her favorites. Below is a little more info about the subjects in […]
Bas Clas: Back to Work
The Beatles in Hamburg in ’61. The Stooges’ 1967 Halloween debut at their State Street house in Ann Arbor. The Velvet Underground’s living room gigs in Austin, documented on Live […]
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue: Jazz Fest Focus
When Vanessa Niemann takes the Fais-Do-Do Stage with her Honky Tonk Revue, she’ll be wearing Gal Holiday’s signature “fancy” cowboy boots. But don’t expect the classic vintage western wear that […]
Voodoo 2009: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning with R. Scully
Ryan Scully’s got the cure for what ails you. But he’s also part of the disease that afflicts your “sin-sick soul.” On Halloween night, he closes out Voodoo’s Bingo! Parlour […]
Craig Caffall, Hold Me Up (GRA)
During his five-year stint in the Crescent City, Craig Caffall earned his Ph.D in New Orleans music, playing back-up for Irma Thomas and gigging with everyone from Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. […]
Wilco, Wilco (the album) (Nonesuch)
Wilco (the band) didn’t preview any songs off Wilco (the album) when it played at Jazz Fest a couple months before the CD’s release. But from Jeff Tweedy’s porkchop banter […]
Lucinda Williams, Little Honey (Lost Highway)
Last year during an unprecedented live tour, Lucinda Williams recreated five of her classic albums in their entirety. Were she to try that concept again, Little Honey wouldn’t make the […]
Blues Traveler, Cover Yourself (C3)
Longtime Blues Traveler fans baffled by the band’s detour into faux ’70s prog rock on the Jay Bennett-produced Bastardos! (2005) should welcome their latest effort with open arms—and open ears. […]
