Issue Articles
December 2016 Letters to the Editor
Be Different. He Is. The following letters are in response to Sam D’Arcangelo’s news post about Bob Dylan being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The fact Dylan is now […]
Joan Marie Johnson, 1944-2016
Dixie Cups founding member Joan Marie Johnson passed away in New Orleans on October 5, 2016 of congestive heart failure. She was 72. The Dixie Cups were formed at a […]
November 2016 Letters to Offbeat
Radiators Collection I’ve been spending the past couple of months wading through many boxes of Camile’s [Boudin] and my memorabilia. I’m now in the last sorting stage, editing down our […]
September 2016 Letters to OffBeat
Follow Your NOLA The following letter is in response to Sam D’Arcangelo’s web post, “’Follow Your NOLA’ Takes Over a New York City Subway Station,” talking about the New Orleans […]
Ascona Jazz Festival
Held June-July in Ascona, Switzerland each year, the Ascona Jazz Festival aims to capture the music and culture of New Orleans through jazz, blues and funky vibes. Find more photos […]
August 2016 Letters to OffBeat
Tbone Seeing y’all play [Treme Funk: Corey Henry’s Universe, July 2016] in Missoula, Montana, was such a treat. I’ve picked up the Tbone after 50 years and am working on […]
Old Soul: Jonté Mayon’s pillars of sound
Of all the things to slice through New Orleans summer heat, the sweet sound of Jonté Mayon in vocal flight spilling out onto Decatur Street from B.B. King’s Blues Club […]
10 Prince Songs that Local Artists Should Cover
Much as we love “Purple Rain,” we’d hate to see it become the one Prince song everybody starts covering—not when there are so many dozens of buried treasures in the […]
July 2016 Letters to OffBeat
Minos the Saint I loved your feature about one of my favorite Baton Rouge bands, Minos the Saint [May 2016]. John Wirt’s reporting of the band’s creative process was fascinating […]
2016 Jazz Hero Award: Germaine Bazzle
The New Orleans chapter of the Jazz Journalists Association honored vocalist and veteran music educator Germaine Bazzle with the 2016 JJA Jazz Hero Award on April 20 at the Prime […]
