OffBeat Magazine

Saturday night’s Lil WeezyAna Fest, without question, had the most anticipation since the festival started back in 2015. That number is apropos, for the last Hot Boys show was 15 years before that in 2000, and Lil Wayne joined the eventual supergroup at the young age of 15 back when his mother forbid him to use curse words in his lyrics.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band is the proudest kind of throwback, showing remarkable affinity for an era of music that happened largely before Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks were born (that would be the glory days of FM rock radio, roughly 1969-71). But they treat that era as a well to draw from, to fuel their own personal explanations.

Quincy Jones, the trailblazing producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, died on November 3, 2024, at the age of 91. Known for producing Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Off the Wall, and for […]

The Manship Theatre is ushering in the holiday season with a lineup of events set to captivate audiences in Baton Rouge. With jazz, Cajun holiday music, soulful vocals and family-friendly […]