Issue Articles
20 Years of Satchmo SummerFest: How It All Began
It was 2000, the first year of the new millennium, and just like in years past, tourism during the summer in New Orleans was dismal. At the time, OffBeat had […]
Back To Square One, Uh, Phase Two
Live music in New Orleans is screwed.
Not To Be A Debbie Downer, But…
It’s been a while since I wrote a Mojo Mouth. I was hopeful and waiting for this virus thang to slack off, and was thinking by now, we would have […]
What Will Be The New Normal?
What will be the new normal for people who want to go out to listen to live music?
A Conversation with Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe and OffBeat’s Jan Ramsey
Ben Jaffe, bass and sousaphone player with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, is not on the road as he usually is with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He’s in his […]
Patience Is A Virtue
This has been a hard week. The passing of Ellis Marsalis smacked me in the face with the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic’s power. Mr. Marsalis was 85, but to […]
Music and COVID-19
Just like everyone else, I check the latest grim statistics daily; I listen to the latest news to see if any progress has been made in the fight against COVID-19. […]
WHY IS MEMPHIS DOING THIS, AND NOT NEW ORLEANS?
What a great idea! On the morning of March 25, I got this press release from Memphis: Memphis Tourism’s Music Hub Launches “Get Live! Memphis” Online Music Festival with Facebook […]
Battered, But Not Out
From last week to this week, everyone’s world has changed drastically. The entire state of Louisiana—indeed, the whole of the US—is on lockdown. We’re being battered healthwise, financially, economically, culturally […]
Killing The Goose
As I climbed into my office chair overlooking Frenchmen Street, right before we closed the office for the Mardi Gras holiday, I was taken aback by the view of two […]
