Into a New Decade, Subscribers Win, Time Out & Loyola’s Music Symposium

It’s nice to be appreciated. Just before we went to press, we received a wonderful letter from Timothy White, the editor of Billboard Magazine (it’s published in its entirety in […]

Letters June 1998

On A Scale Of One To Ten…   While down yonder yearly for Jazz Fest, I have become an avid reader of OffBeat. Kudos for a cohesive publication.   As […]

Best and Worst of Jazz Fest 1998, The Fans’ Perspective

Once again this year, the Internet and, especially, the World Wide Web proved an invaluable tool for Jazz Fest visitors as well as an open forum for music fans to […]

Jazz Fest ’98: Our Annual Review

Our baby done grown up! The Jazz and Heritage Festival is the world’s now, it ain’t ours no more. In looking back at this year’s record-breaking festival, our columnists and […]

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Stanton Moore, All Kooked Out (Fog City)

Stretching out from his role as funk band Galactic’s in-the-pocket drummer, Stanton Moore teamed up with electric guitar/bass virtuoso Charlie Hunter and saxophone deconstructionist Skerik for his first solo record, […]

Various Artists, Jazz: The Language of New Orleans, Volume 2 (Louisiana Red Hot)

This compilation features some of the finest recent work by New Orleans jazz musicians, many of whom — Kevin Clark, Astral Project, Tom McDermott, Victor Goines, Charlie Miller, Steve Masakowski, […]

NOCCA Celebrates 25 Years, the Armed Forces Festival, Cox Cable, Loyola’s New Music Dean & the Dew Drop Inn

The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) will celebrate its silver anniversary with a gala fundraiser on Sunday, May 17 from 6-10:30 p.m. at the New Orleans Downtown Sheraton. […]

SXSW, The TopCats, Summer Lyric Theatre, Show Me Your Funk, the Zion Harmonizers & More

Hailed by the New York Times as “the domestic pop and rock music industry’s most important gathering,” SXSW gets underway in Austin, TX, March 18-22. Discounts for the conference are […]

The Best Music of 1997

Whether it was a show, a CD or a simple moment, our staff and a host of others looked back at their musical calendars and culled the best of 1997. […]

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Second Annual Best of the Web

While the amount of growth in Web presence among local bands, businesses and organizations seemed to taper a bit in 1997, the overall quality of sites improved dramatically. Apparently, as […]