Issue Articles
Costuming in New Orleans
Costuming, in New Orleans, is a religion. This religion has two high holy days–Halloween and Mardi Gras. Halloween is reserved for scary, outrageous and/or sexy costumes while Mardi Gras is the time when devotees opt for the simply outrageous and/or sexy. At Halloween, one can be a slutty cheerleader with a slashed jugular vein; at Mardi Gras, being a slutty cheerleader (if you’re male) is enough to satisfy the tenets of doctrine.
An Ode To Mardi Gras with Parade Schedules
Mardi Gras is the most important day in the New Orleans calendar, 24 hours that epitomize the city’s splendid culture.
December 2000: Livin’ La Vida Tuba
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and reached that milestone with our November 2017 issue. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from features […]
March 1, 1949: Louis Armstrong’s Reign As King Zulu
In June of 1926, when Louis Armstrong was 24-years-old, the trumpeter and his Hot Five entered the Okeh recording studio and cut “The King of the Zulus,” a tribute to […]
Robert Mercurio
Galactic, arguably the most popular New Orleans band in the contemporary galaxy, celebrates its tenth anniversary on September 9 and 10 at Tipitinas’s, augmented by a universe of guest stars, […]
Various Artists, Swing Around The World (Putumayo)
This is certainly one of the odder Putumayo compilations, featuring 12 selections of broadly defined “swing” music from the planet Earth, including three tunes from Louisiana: the New Orleans Jazz […]
The Peasall Sisters, Home To You (Dualtone)
Hannah, Leah and Sarah Peasall are three young sisters from Tennessee, the oldest of which just graduated from high school. Their big break came when they were featured on the […]
Ivan Neville: The Return of the Prodigal Son
“If Keith Richards tells you you’re a little too out-of-control, you’re in bad shape.” When Ivan Neville was born in New Orleans on August 19, 1959, his mother Joel’s family […]
Holy Trinity: Paul Prudhomme
CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME Without a doubt, Chef Paul Prudhomme is the most famous Cajun cook in the world—scratch that, the most famous Cajun in the world. After introducing the planet […]
