My Music with Irma Thomas

Irma Thomas, the matriarch of a family spanning four generations with great grandchildren, can rest on well-deserved laurels. But with numerous accolades including a Grammy, she maintains that an appreciative audience is more precious.

Irma Thomas to headline Hotel Hope’s Inaugural “Hope Fest”

Hotel Hope in New Orleans is gearing up to celebrate five years of helping women with children experiencing homelessness by holding an inaugural “Hope Fest.” The event presented by Teamsters […]

New Orleans Jazz Museum Improvisations Gala will feature Irma Thomas, Galactic, Germaine Bazzle, more

The New Orleans Jazz Museum’s annual fundraiser, Improvisations Gala, commemorates the fifth anniversary of the “Evening of Variations.” This year’s Gala returns to the Museum on Saturday, December 3, and […]

Cutting Edge music conference honors Irma Thomas and Jan Ramsey

Cutting Edge C.E. (formerly known the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference) began in 1993 as a conference dedicated to educating musicians and music professionals about the latest trends in the […]

Rare ’70s-era tracks by Irma Thomas issued on vinyl for the first time

Irma Thomas, the “Soul Queen of New Orleans,” enjoyed a run of national success in the mid-’60s with classics like “Wish Someone Would Care” and “Anyone Who Knows What Love […]

Irma Thomas featured in New York Times interview

On the eve of her 81st birthday, New Orleans’ famed R&B vocalist Irma Thomas was the subject of an extensive interview in The New York Times that appeared online on […]

Irma Thomas documentary will be broadcast on PBS stations nationwide

Beginning in February 2022 and running throughout the spring, PBS stations across the country will broadcast Irma: My Life in Music, a new documentary about the life and career of […]

Irma Thomas shares her life and music in a new documentary

WYES is excited to announce a documentary on the life of Grammy Award winner Irma  Thomas, whose career spans an amazing half-century. WYES has partnered with The New Orleans Jazz […]

Cover Club, October 2021 (Irma Thomas)

The Cover Club offers the month’s current issue printed on canvas so you can hang your favorite OffBeat magazine covers on the walls of your home! We offer 11×14 or 16×20 prints. The Cover Club applies ONLY to the current issue of OffBeat Magazine and is available for order through the final day of the current issue’s respective month (except for the Jazz Fest Bible issue, which is available until the final date of the respective year’s Jazz Fest).

This month, get our October 2021 issue featuring Irma Thomas on the cover!

Irma Thomas documentary anchors a month of music programming at WYES

Filmmakers Michael Murphy and Cilista Eberle faced a tight deadline for Irma: My Life in Music. Premiering October 4 at 8 p.m. on New Orleans’ public television station WYES, the […]