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Telefon Home

  I’ve spent the morning listening to Telefon Tel Aviv after learning yesterday of the passing of TTA member Charlie Cooper. The electronica duo spent most of their professional life […]

Busy Man

Thanks to Friend of OffBeat Clint Maedgen for getting up this morning to appear on WWL-TV’s morning show with Jan to hype Saturday night’s Best of the Beat at the […]

My Better Angels

  Last night, we got the word the Rebirth’s Phil Frazier will return to performance Saturday, January 31 when Rebirth plays the Howlin’ Wolf. It will be his first performance […]

A New Nick

  Yep Roc Records will release Quiet Please … the New Best of Nick Lowe in March, and for once, a best-of could actually make the case, reaching across labels […]

We Twitter Now

  OffBeat now Twitters. Visit us here to follow our updates.

Help Needed

  We received this distressing email yesterday from Adele Dauphin at the Rock ‘n’ Bowl: I wanted to update you on Snooks Eaglin and Harry Ravain. Snooks has been hospitalized […]

Just Added to the Best of the Beat

  We finally nailed down the details and can announce that Glen David Andrews will be part of OffBeat‘s Best of the Beat Awards show Saturday, January 31 at the […]

A Long Distance Dedication

  Because my stack of Louisiana CDs looking for reviews never gets smaller, and the stack of CDs I’m trying to get to grows exponentially, I’m rarely thrilled when people […]

Romilar on my Back

  It’s not really news, but here’s an entertaining take on Lil Wayne and his dark secret. Here’s another.

BeauSoleil Reviewed

  Nate Chinen reviews BeauSoleil’s new album, Alligator Purse, from Sunday’s New York Times. Good line: He and his partners have such a clear identity by now — Mr. Doucet […]