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Jazz Fest: Time to Get Out the Sunblock
Here it is—the complete schedule of what’s happening at the 20th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the greatest music, food and crafts event in the country. Almost 3,000 musicians, […]
Local Color
During the spring, festivals are a way of life here. Locals bop from festival to festival celebrating everything from the strawberry harvest to Cajun music to New Orleans culture. For […]
WWOZ releases 2021 Jazz Festing in Place schedule
WWOZ has released the schedule for the 2021 Jazz Festing in Place radio programming, a nostalgic journey to past festivals as eager music fans await the return of Jazz Fest […]
PJ Morton, John Prine & more added to 2019 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup
UPDATE: Organizers of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell announced today (February 28, 2019) the addition of four performers to the lineup for the 50th anniversary of […]
New Orleans Club & Concert Picks Of The Week: January 21, 2015 – January 27, 2016
New Orleans Club & Concert Picks Of The Week
100: The 100 Essential Louisiana CDs: A Roundup
One evening in 1998, OffBeat’s Managing Editor Joseph Irrera was perusing an article in a classical music magazine. The subject of the article was the formulation of a basic library […]
Various Artists, The Orleans Record Story (Orleans Records)
Even if you’ve only got a small assortment of contemporary New Orleans music, in all probably you’ve got at least one Orleans Records CD. Carlo Ditta’s Orleans label has been […]
Obituary: Allison Miner
Allison Miner, a major contributor to New Orleans music for over 25 years, passed away Saturday, December 23, 1995, after battling multiple myeloma, a form of bone cancer. There are […]
Jessie Hill, Professor Longhair Birthday Bashes; the Wolfman, Johnny Adams Reissued
The great Jessie “Ooh-Poo-Pah-Ooo” Hill will celebrate his 62nd birthday at Tipitina’s on Friday, December 9th, with an all-star cast of family and friends that includes Ernie K-Doe, Tommy Ridgley, […]
NewsBeat August 1990
The biggest news we can possibly proffer here is the veto of the record labeling law in Louisiana. Thank God for progressive government! You “outsiders” who read this mag—please don’t […]
