March 2004
BackTalk
- Archie Shepp
In 1960, saxophonist Archie Shepp and trombonist Roswell Rudd combined their instrumental voices to explore the revolutionary language of creative music…
Bayou Boogie
- Bayou Boogie: Belton Richard Has Some New Stuff
Belton Richard has doubts about the future of Cajun music. The legendary Cajun crooner and accordionist says a market flooded with…
Blues Hound
Cover Story
- Wynton Marsalis
After 22 years with Columbia Records that produced over 30 jazz albums and 11 classical albums, many of which have gained…
Dis 'n' Dat
- 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…
Features
- 2003 Best of the Beat
- Legends Who Lunch: Irma Thomas and Tricia "Sista Teedy" Boutte at Antoine's Restaurant
In this issue OffBeat inaugurates a new series of cultural exchanges, Legends Who Lunch, wherein we’ll pair New Orleans musicians of… - Gillian Welch: Brave New Singer
Feed Me Something, Mister
Hidden Charms
Jazzin'
- The Natives Are Educated
Doug Bickel never dreamed he’d hear his composition, “Educate the Natives,” unfold as it did when he first brought it to…
Letters
- Letters March 2004
A SLAMMIN’ TIME I had a slammin’ time at the OffBeat Awards. A buddy from Tucson that did two stints in…
Live Wire
- Erykah Badu, House of Blues, February 3, 2004
- Mark Murphy, Snug Harbor, January 17, 2004
- Suicide Girls with Bloom and the SophistiCats, House of Blues, January 19, 2004
- Bobby Rush, Generations Hall, January 30, 2004
- Willie Metcalf, Ochsner Hospital, January 12, 2004
- Henry Rollins, House of Blues, January 21, 2004
- Hamell On Trial, Mermaid Lounge, January 18, 2004
Mojo Mouth
- Legitimacy
I have been involved in music in New Orleans for the majority of my business career. OffBeat is the longest job…
St. Rock
Urban Legends
Reviews
- Tom Harrell, Wise Children (Bluebird)
- Willie Bobo, Finest Hour (Verve)
- Johnny Winter, Winter Essentials 1960-1967 (Fuel 2000)
- Horace Silver Trio, Horace Silver (Blue Note)
- Various Artists, Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (Northern Blues Music)
- Various Artists, Bar Room Blues: A 12-Track Program (Telarc)
- Robert Lockwood, Jr., The Legend Live (M.C. Records)
- Mark-Anthony Turnage/John Scofield, Scorched (Deutsche Grammophon)
- Jimmy Bryant, Frettin' Fingers (Fuel 2000)
- Various Artists, Back to the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson (Yazoo Records/Shanachie Entertainment Corp.)
- Chet Baker, The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 (Roulette Jazz)
- Eric Bibb, Rory Block, Maria Muldaur, Sisters and Brothers (Telarc)
- Willie Nelson and Ray Price, Run That By Me One More Time (Lost Highway)
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Best of the Early Years/Hot 4 with Duke Dejan (Preservation Hall Recordings)
- Da Hawney Troof, Get Up Resolution: Love (Retard Disco)
- Freddy Fender, Rock 'n' Roll/Interpra De Rock! (Arhoolie)
- Wardell Quezergue, Sixteen Smokin' Soul Senders Vol. 1 & 2 (Soul-Tay-Shus)/Don't Be No Square, Get Hip to Quezergue (Night Train International)
- Ronnie Boudreaux, I Wrote This Song For You (Independent)
- Joe Bennett and the Pirates of Vieux Carre, Le Bon Temps Roule (PH Music)
- Smithfield Fair, Winds of Time (Stevenson Productions)
- Little Richard, Get Down With It! The Complete Okeh Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
- The New Doug Bickel Trio, City of Rhythm (Independent)
- Rotary Downs, Quitters' EP (Rookery Records)
- Tab Benoit and Jimmy Thackery, Whiskey Store Live! (Telarc)
- Jesse Moore, The Hoodoo Man (Independent)
- Eric Clapton, Me and Mr. Johnson (Duck/Reprise Records)
- M.O.T.O., Kill M.O.T.O. (Criminal IQ Records)
- Harry Connick, Jr., Only You (Columbia)
