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Stanton Moore-New Orleans’ Sexiest Drummer?
There is one instrument that immediately conjures up images of New Orleans-the drum . Yes, the piano has produced some of the city’s brightest artists including Jelly Roll, Champion Jack […]
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 […]
French Quarter Festival: The Greatest Free (Music) Show on Earth?
When the French Quarter Festival debuted in 1984, it was easy to take in the entire scope of the event. One simply headed to Jackson Square to munch on the […]
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 […]
Squeezing Out Sparks at Jazzfest 30
This year’s festival featured the best weather and the most fun in memory, a nonstop II-day house party thrown by an entire city for its friends around the world. OffBeat […]
Edgar Blanchard & the Gondoliers: Let’s Get It
One of the most talented, but sadly underrated rhythm and blues musicians in New Orleans was the late guitarist Edgar Blanchard. Blanchard played and arranged hundreds of recordings, working ‘with […]
