December 1989

Cover Story

Gospel! Religious Music in New Orleans
New Orleans has long been famous as a get-down music city of the first magnitude, but this party town is also… – D. Eric Bookhardt

NewsBeat December 1989
''Make a Joyful Noise!" ...a paean to the gospel music that permeates New Orleans' neighborhoods during the holiday season, and all… – OffBeat Staff

Toward the Essential New Orleans Collection
In a place where music means so much—and where so much of it has been recorded—what visitor or resident hasn't entertained… – Vincent Fumar
Return of The Cold
"Book 'em Dano...er, Jimmy." And he has, Jimmy Anselmo of Jimmy's club on Willow Street, that is. He's booked 'em again,… – Marcia Kavanaugh
Inside Zydeco, Part One
"Honey, in a bar on in a church, it doesn't make no difference—it's all the same." Zydeco. More than just South… – Katrinna Huggs
Brass Band Jazz, Part Two: A Modern Tradition
(The second of a three part series on Modern Brass Band music. Read parts one and three.) Jazz historian and clarinetist… – Kalamu Ya Salaam
Gallery Scene: Magazine Street, Art on the Street of Dreams
At one time just about all the serious art galleries in New Orleans were in the French Quarter. Now, most of… – Derek Bogart

Open All Night
Open all night. Those words convey a certain mystique; of the life that exists beyond the ordinary margins, of revelry unabated… – M. Gourmand