The Right Bait

Keilen Williams perches on the tailgate of his truck, leans into the traffic streaming down Claiborne Avenue and dangles a massive shrimp from a line. He wears a sharp Cabela’s […]

Dinner Music : Favorite Restaurants of Local Musicians

New Orleans, in addition to its being a music mecca, is also dominated by food and the “dinner music” local musicians experience when they go to their favorite restaurants. “If […]

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Letters March 2006

YOU LIKE US! YOU REALLY LIKE US! Enclosed please find my check as my donation to OffBeat. This is just a small way to say thanks for all your efforts […]

Benny’s Back

YOU LIKE US! YOU REALLY LIKE US! Enclosed please find my check as my donation to OffBeat. This is just a small way to say thanks for all your efforts […]

Letters June 2004

INTOXICATED Congratulations on a truly intoxicating Jazz Fest issue. Your recipe was righteous: Add equal parts pride and passion. Shake with consummate professionalism and a whole lotta rhythm ‘n’ soul. […]

Letters August 2002

LOUISIANA CONTENT Our city is entering an era in which the new mayor plans to encourage business and remove many of the hurdles reputedly placed in the way of those […]

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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The Fest, The Best and More

An official announcement is forthcoming, but Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys are set to name Roddie Romero as their guitarist, taking the place of Jimmy Domengeaux, who died January […]

1997: CD Year in Review

Once again it’s time for our panel of experts to gather and give out the grades to the latest batch of Louisiana releases. 1997 marked a very good year for […]

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