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2001 Best of the Beat Award Winners
OffBeat’s seventh annual Best Of The Beat awards honor Louisiana’s finest musicians, as nominated by their fellow musicians and music industry professionals with the final balloting determined by the public […]
The Best Louisiana CDs of 2001
Culled from over 300 Louisiana releases, our Critics’ Choice of 2001 were a joint effort of OffBeat’s editors and writers. It is difficult—nearly impossible—to get a consensus of opinion from […]
Juke (Box) Joints
One night I saw two lawyers in lust trying to read the road map to their forbidden desires. The red wine out of the bar’s single-serving screwtop bottles was […]
Swinging Sundays
New Orleans loves to have a good time when it’s not supposed to. Take the “Blue Monday” jam session led by Bob French at Donna’s, for example. Or the ReBirth […]
Jazz Fest 2001 Redux
ARMSTRONG EVERYWHERE Armstrong—Armstrong everywhere! It was beautiful finally to see and hear everyone playing Pops in all his incarnations and ideas. He was the best and most influential musician of […]
Mayfield Puts “Bling” in Swing
For most young men, turning 23 is a relatively low key affair, but not for trumpeter Irvin Mayfield. He’s masterminded a massive event at House of Blues on December 22nd […]
Love, The Psychedelic Way
Approximately two decades ago, the Psychedelic Furs first performed in New Orleans. The gig was at the Oak Street club then known as Jed’s. As was typical 20 years ago […]
Letters August 2000
THE REAL BIRTHDAY Recently, myself and other members of The Living Folklore Medicine Show were contracted to create an opening second-line parade for Dr. John at the High Sierra Music […]
Kermit Ruffins
“Hey, Ronald, turn that up. I like to hear those big band arrangements,” shouts Kermit Ruffins, referring to his juke box selections at Joe’s Cozy Corner. The barkeep gladly obliges, […]
