Issue Articles
OffBeat’s Top 50 Louisiana Albums of 2012
“BEST OF” LISTS ARE ALWAYS A DAUNTING TASK. Any numeric ranking is subjective at best. In compiling this rundown, we reviewed, discussed, debated and flat out argued the discs most […]
Best of the Beat Awards 2012 Nominees
January brings OffBeat’s annual Best of the Beat Awards and our assessment of Louisiana music in 2012. During December we solicited nominations from musicians and others in the music community. […]
Louisiana Music: A Primer Volume 1, No. 1, Jazz
When people visit New Orleans, they’ll inevitably hear music at clubs like Preservation Hall, Snug Harbor and the Palm Court, or they’ll experience it being played outdoors in historic Jackson […]
For the Record: Spinning Through a Quarter Century of Album Reviews
These are not selected as the best records of each year but as a record that represented the year in New Orleans music and which was written about in OffBeat. […]
Sound Investments: Gifts for Music Lovers on Your Holiday List
Vanity Fair Children’s Record Player w/children’s orange record, “Git Along Little Doggies” $125 at Gamache Designs, judydigeorge.weebly.com Judy Gamache DiGeorge fashions whimsical objets d’art from old records, Scrabble tiles, computer […]
Christmas New Orleans Style Returns
There’s nothing quite like the holidays in New Orleans, but to tip the hat to Satchmo, a Dixieland Santa Claus leading the band to a good old Creole beat is […]
Streamlines: Basin Street Records, Never Records, Soundclash Podcasts
Now Streaming on OffBeat’s Look-Ka Py Py Podcast… BASIN STREET RECORDS, SWINGING STRONG Label founder Mark Samuels’ part-time hobby-turned-full-time endeavor swings steadfast, keeping time in an industry asunder, a true […]
On Display: Molly McGuire’s Splintered Personalities
Visual artist Molly McGuire created the May 2012 Preservation Hall magazine cover for OffBeat, and will have her first solo show this November at the Big Top on Clio Street […]
Now Streaming on OffBeat’s Look-Ka Py Py Podcast
Vibing with Jason Marsalis “A lot of that music bores me,” says drummer and vibraphonist Jason Marsalis. Specifically, he’s referring to an overtly complex style of modern jazz that he […]
Gris Gris Picks: Music Photographers’ Must-Sees at Voodoo Fest
New Orleans music photographers tell us who’ll they’re looking forward to shooting at the 2012 Voodoo Music Experience: Bootsy Collins is on the top of my list. Maybe Starchild […]
