Reviews
The legendary, collectible Jazz Fest Bible. OffBeat Magazine's yearly comprehensive guide to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, printed since 1988.
April 18th
The moment was triumphant—Mick Jagger inviting Irma Thomas onstage with the Rolling Stones last April at Jazz Fest and then joining her to sing the song they once recorded separate versions of in 1964...
April 18th
This guide should help in choosing from the panoply of cultures, rhythms and sounds available at Jazz Fest to ensure your experience hits all the right marks. It’s arranged alphabetically by band name so you can search when your favorite act is playing...
April 18th
The night Jon Cleary arrived in New Orleans as a teenager, he assumed that he was taking his first steps on American soil—at the Maple Leaf with Earl King on stage. He hadn’t really landed in the United States exactly...
April 18th
Lila Downs, one of Mexico’s most vibrant musical stars for a few decades now and a global ambassador of the nation’s culture, sits in a house in the capital Mexico City, about 250 miles northwest from her home in Oaxaca...
April 18th
If NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest handed out medals like at the Olympics, Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars would have taken home the silver as runner-up in 2024. Since then, the former underground seven-piece band led by singer and songwriter Sal Geloso has taken off...
April 18th
Trombonist Charlie Halloran is best known around town as a first-call traditional jazz musician. But that may change as more and more fans are flocking to performances by his pan-Caribbean band, Charlie and the Tropicales...
April 18th
