Blogs
Voodoo Preview: Saturday’s Picks
Online editor Ben Berman talks about Fitz and the Tantrums, Ponderosa and his picks for Saturday at the Voodoo Experience in City Park. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI3FLWxFFnM[/youtube]
R&B Icons Play Westbank Benefit Sunday
The Ponderosa Stomp folks recently announced a benefit Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. for recent inductee into the Westbank Musicians Hall of Fame, Richard Banquer, who’s dealing with cancer. […]
OffBeat Wins Big at Press Club of New Orleans Awards
Saturday, July 17, the Press Club of New Orleans honored excellence in journalism in the Crescent City. In a ceremony at the Harrah’s Hotel, OffBeat was recognized in several categories. […]
Jazz Fest 2010: Hardly a Blue Moment
[UPDATED] Art Garfunkel’s voice, Aretha Franklin, oil and rain were the topics of conversation during Jazz Fest, and speculation was rampant as to why the Queen of Soul no-showed. Fear […]
Top 10 CD Sales during Jazz Fest at Louisiana Music Factory
1. Trombone Shorty: Backatown (Verve Forecast) 2. Anders Osborne: American Patchwork (Alligator) 3. Galactic: Ya-Ka-May (Anti-) 4. Honey Island Swamp Band: Good To You (Threadhead Records) 5. Big Sam’s Funky […]
Strange Fruit
On our March cover, we demonstrated a remarkable lack of judgment and sensitivity when we matched a photo of a young band hanging from monkey bars with the headline “Strange […]
The Best of the Beat 2009 Winners
When Allen Toussaint’s The Bright Mississippi was released, we said, “(Producer Joe) Henry treats these recordings not as pop, jazz nor R only ones who feel that way &B but […]
Always Beating
Vote for YOUR favorites here: https://www.offbeat.com/bob09 Who’s the Artist of the Year? Veterans BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, whose Alligator Purse underlined BeauSoleil’s place in the Americana conversation, or Allen Toussaint, […]
Keys to the City: OffBeat’s Top 40 CDs of 2009
This has been a resurgent year for New Orleans indie rock, which is as strong as it has been in a long time. Park the Van Records moved back to […]
Telling Tales
Tales of the Cocktail celebrates cocktail culture in America July 8-12 at the Hotel Monteleone and other French Quarter venues. Chefs, mixologists and cocktail experts will be on hand for […]
