From Coco to Satchmo to Keb’ Mo’

Since there are no topless Buddhist bass-playing former porno stars coming to New Orleans this month, I figured I’d clear my desk (and computer) of urgent press releases and/or flagrant […]

French Quarter Fest 2011: A-Z Guide

Louisiana music comes to the Vieux Carre during the French Quarter Fest, April 7-10, this year adding music on Thursday. With so many musicians and 20 stages, it’s hard to […]

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Jazz Fest 2010 Performers: A-Z

Not even the diehards know everybody. You can have a deep passion for New Orleans and Louisiana music, and there’s still somebody performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage […]

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Jazz Fest: From “A” to “Z”

We’re raised not to act like know-it-alls, and nothing reminds you that you really don’t know it all like looking at the Jazz Fest cubes. No matter how much of […]

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FQF: A-Z: F.Q.F IQ

There’s a lot going on during the French Quarter Festival, and it takes a big brain to keep track of it all. OffBeat wants you to be that big brain, […]

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2007 Jazz Fest from A-Z

Years ago, a radio announcer asked, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” then answered, “The Shadow knows.” Big deal. Evil’s easy. Does the Shadow know who’s […]

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Jazz Fest 2003 A to Z

Compiled by Bunny Matthews, Geraldine Wyckoff, Christopher Blagg and James Bailey.   If being outside in the fresh air with thousands of other human beings in the center of a […]

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Jazz Fest 2000: From A to Z

When you want to make a complicated thing simple, you break it down to the ABCs. When you want to get a handle on an event as sprawling as Jazz […]

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Nothing’s Changed That Much… R&B Soon Gone?… ‘Bye To Lo

It’s amazing, what you find when you go through your old files. Recently, I went through every file I had in my office in my (periodic) attempt at organization. Boy, […]