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Third Annual Downriver Festival To Be Held At Mint On September 12
The Downriver Festival celebrates “all port of entry topics related to the Mississippi River” with live music, cooking demonstrations, lectures, educational pop-up exhibits, and food booths. This is the third […]
Louisiana Musician Birthdays
THIS WEEK: NOVEMBER 21 CRAIG KLEIN: Trombonist, New Orleans, 1960. CALVIN JOHNSON: Saxophonist, New Orleans, 1985. NOVEMBER 24 JEFF CHAZ: Guitarist, New Orleans, 1950. NOVEMBER 25 JOSEPH “COOKIE” […]
Louisiana Music Timeline: February 26
Have a look at OffBeat’s video tribute to the people and events that shaped New Orleans and Louisiana music history through the years on February 26, enjoy… Here’s a special […]
Warren Storm-Willie Tee and Cypress, Warren Storm-Willie Tee and Cypress (Jin)
Like many contemporary swamp pop releases, this self-titled album primarily consists of classic rock ’n’ roll. That’s not to say that swamp pop isn’t classic rock ’n’ roll, it’s just […]
The More Music, The Merrier
January—while a pretty slow month in the city—is a flurry of activity at the OffBeat offices. January is the month we chose years ago to present our paeans to the […]
Homecomings
I’m no journalist and never claimed to be one. But, I’m fortunate enough that I have a forum to express my opinions in this magazine. For many of the early […]
Narcissism
In the myth of Narcissus, the vain son of Endymion and Selene rejects the advances of the nymph Echo, who sets a curse upon him. He becomes ensnared by his […]
It Was 40 Years Ago Today Frogman Henry and the Beatles Came to Play
On September 16, 1963, the Beatles released their third U.S. single, “She Loves You.” The song received a lowly 73 rating on American Bandstand’s Rate-A-Record segment and—like the group’s first […]
Lollipoppin’ with Little Bob
Like so many of the world’s greatest albums, it stayed in print just long enough to become a cult classic. Forever enshrined on the jukeboxes at both the Circle Bar […]
Striking Earl
Commissioned to create the painting that would grace OffBeat’s annual Jazz Fest issue, Cajun artist Earl Hebert wanted to give Antoine “Fats” Domino the regal treatment. Fats’ royal coiffure, a […]
