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Five Questions with WWOZ Deejay Suzanne Corley
Describe your musical worldview when you moved to town. I moved to New Orleans in 1991 and I didn’t have very much of a musical worldview, other than curiosity to […]
Five Questions with the Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCCNO)
We’ve seen several street performers arrested this year because of a law previously deemed unconstitutional. How can we protect the rights and safety of the city’s cultural ambassadors? The law […]
My Music: Natasha “Nattie” Sanchez
My dad, [George Sanchez], is a writer, actor and director, and my mom was an actress, so I was always around theater, was on stage by kindergarten and did theater […]
ARTFUL DUET: Emilie Rhys, Noel Rockmore exhibit at Jazz Museum
Despite not growing up with her portrait-painter father, Emilie Rhys is a third-generation artist. Following in famous New Orleans artist Noel Rockmore’s footsteps, Rhys specializes in depicting New Orleans musicians. […]
JEN: the Premier National Jazz Event in New Orleans
The Jazz Education Network (JEN) is a “global community that inspires collective improvisation in music, action and word. Their annual gathering [last held in New Orleans four years ago, and […]
What we do in the shadows: Bar Marilou is for everyone
Nestled into the ribs of the newest Atelier Ace hotel, Maison de la Luz, is Bar Marilou, one of New Orleans’s first aperitif bars. It is a place flush with […]
Chinese Bandits: An early musical tribute to LSU football champs
As a tip of the hat to the success of the current LSU football squad, OffBeat takes pleasure in recalling a killer New Orleans R&B tribute to the Fightin’ Tigers […]
Debbie Davis’ show keeps her from getting cynical about Christmas
Christmas can be a time for kicking up and celebrating, for gathering friends together, for taking solace after a tough year, or even for tearing up a little. Debbie Davis […]
My Music: Drummer Jarrel Allen
“I was born in New Orleans, grew up in the 9th Ward, some in the Lower 9th Ward in my early life but after Katrina and the flood I grew […]
Harold Battiste and Cher: I Got You Babe
When Cher brings her Here We Go Again Tour to New Orleans on December 13, she’ll be in the hometown of the musician who helped make her 55 years of […]
