Issue Articles
Yola Talks Back
Yola, a Black British genre-fluid vocalist achieving meteoric fame, will perform at the Joy Theater in New Orleans on Wednesday, March 23. She released her critically-acclaimed debut album Walk Through […]
Beat Café: Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, Aurélien Barnes and Kim Vaz DeVille
February 23, 2022 | David Johnson, digital media editor of OffBeat, interviewed Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, Big Chief of the North Side Skull and Bone Gang, and his son Aurélien Barnes, […]
Beat Café: Robin Barnes and Pat Casey, Lena Prima and Tim Fahey
In episode one of Beat Café, a new radio program hosted by OffBeat editor David Johnson on WHIV 102.3 FM, two New Orleans couples who share a marital and musical […]
‘City of a Million Dreams’ fulfills 25-year documentary quest for Jason Berry
Among the many films to be screened at the 2021 New Orleans Film Festival is City of a Million Dreams, a documentary by that examines the evolution of the jazz […]
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 […]
