Issue Articles — Features
Music That Makes You Want To Move: Trumpeter and singer Doyle Cooper leads the Doyle Cooper Jazz Band at Satchmo SummerFest
Doyle Cooper loves playing music that makes people move. For this 28-year-old singer and trumpeter, that music is traditional New Orleans jazz. He leads both the Doyle Cooper Jazz Band […]
Brice Miller: A Man of Many Talents
It’s difficult to shortlist Brice Miller’s myriad musical endeavors. A singer and trumpeter born and raised in New Orleans jazz tradition, Miller performs with the Mahogany Brass Band and Ecirb […]
Queen of the In-Between: Singer songwriter K.C. Jones is driving and doesn’t need to watch her speed
It’s a Friday afternoon in May and K.C. Jones, the artist formerly known as Kelli Jones, is hanging out at a friend’s pad in Brooklyn. It’s the eve of Swamp […]
Emperor of the Universe: Remembering the funeral and wake of Ernie K-Doe
July 13 marks the 20th anniversary of the funeral and wake of Ernie K-Doe, the larger-than-life, self-proclaimed “Charity Hospital baby” and R&B phenomenon best known for his 1961 hit song […]
Cultural Emissary: Composer Tree Adams pivots from NCIS: New Orleans to Dagnasterpus
During his tenure as composer for NCIS: New Orleans, Tree Adams enjoyed extended stays in the TV series’ namesake city. For the first three of his four seasons with the […]
My Music with Oscar Rossignoli
Fresh off the release of his debut album, titled Inertia, pianist Oscar Rossignoli spoke with OffBeat about the musical odyssey that has led him from his native Honduras to New […]
My Music with Mahmoud Chouki
In March of 2021 the 2020 OffBeat Best of the Beat Awards were announced. OffBeat staff and writers nominated Bad Operation, Courtney Bryant, Mahmoud Chouki, Saint Amethyst and SaxKixAve for […]
Tell It Like It Is: A look back at Aaron Neville’s career and life
Aaron Neville posted the following to Facebook and his official website on Thursday, May 6, 2021: Dear Friends… I have had such an incredible and blessed journey as a musician, […]
Shapeshifting with Prog Rocker Beth Patterson
It’s a post-sunshower Tuesday afternoon in the Vieux Carre when I meet Beth Patterson at a coffee shop. Someone wearing an Elmo head pedals by on a bike, flip-flopped tourists […]
The Tasmanian Devil: Brandon “Taz” Niederauer returns to New Orleans
In the spring and fall of 2012, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer sat in with George Porter Jr., Troy Turner and other local performers at New Orleans music venues. The nine-year-old guitar […]
