Issue Articles — Features
Lifetime Achievement in Music Education: Bruce Boyd Raeburn
Dr. Bruce Boyd Raeburn’s work turning the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane into a resource for students, researchers and fans of New Orleans music is a remarkable achievement that ensures […]
Party of the Year: The Best of the Beat Nominees
OffBeat’s annual Best of the Beat Awards started 22 years ago, in 1995. Better Than Ezra was the big winner and took home Artist of the Year, Album of the […]
Send Him a Friend: Anders Osborne’s road to sobriety
Anders Osborne’s status as a musician in recovery is well known. In many of his songs he’s dealt with the spiritual and emotional issues related to the journey back. But […]
Where the Wild Things Are: ROAR! rocks like a lion, jams like a lamb
“Coming from Colorado, it was interesting for me to learn how many lines are drawn from both the punk and jazz scenes in New Orleans,” Carly Meyers says while sitting […]
Back to Basics: Mike Zito is himself again
Guitar, bass, drums and the blues. It’s back to basics for Mike Zito. He’s returned to the riff-fueled blues-rock that inspired him to make music in the first place. It’s […]
Khari Allen Lee is an eager and disciplined student of the arts
“I like to say that I’m as old as this universe and as new as this moment,” offers saxophonist Khari Allen Lee, a philosophical reply that sounds like one his “kindreds,” […]
Secret Longings: Musicians’ Holiday Wish Lists
In the summer of 2009, before the football season had even begun, trumpeter, vocalist, composer and mighty New Orleans Saints fan Kermit Ruffins sat down and wrote “A Saints Christmas.” […]
Little Maker: Identity Cohesion
In many ways, the modern indie artist is diametrically opposed to the standard “working musician.” One toils away on original music and only plays consistently when on tour, with years […]
Sam Price: True Believers
Since his teenage years, Sam Price has been insatiably curious about all kinds of music. He’s spent his career avidly following the muses wherever they happen to take him, and […]
Larry Sieberth: Man of Many Projects
Lawrence Sieberth continuously remains involved with multiple projects. “Yeah, from the very beginning,” agrees the pianist, composer and arranger, who began playing piano at age five and throughout his school […]
