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Living That Vison: Singer-Songwriter Lynn Drury Endures To Open A New Chapter

Years ago, Lynn Drury pedaled her bicycle along the narrow streets of the French Quarter. Moments into her ride she stopped and realized that, 20 years ago, she had a vision of exactly what she was doing that day. “I remember thinking, ‘I’m living that vision’” she said.

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The Spirit of Fi Yi Yi: Victor Harris, Sr. hits the streets for the last time

“For me, it’s a blessing,” declares Victor Harris on having his “given spiritual cultural anatomy” revealed to him as the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi 40 years ago. “I’m a chosen one, I’m a servant of God. I want that joy and healing to spread around the world.”

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David Russell Batiste, Sr.: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music

David Russell Batiste Sr., this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Music honoree, has a strong legacy of family, music, and education. As his son Jamal put it, “My father has a continuing fire to share his music and touch people.

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Reclaiming Roots: Loose Cattle took 10 years, two cities and one pandemic to lock into place

The New Orleans band’s earliest roots are in New York City where the two principals—Kimberly Kaye and Michael Cerveris—got together to play cover songs to blow off steam and keep the flame of their relationship burning. An album of cover songs, and a Christmas record followed. It only took a breakup, a personal health crisis, an eventual relocation to New Orleans, a new rhythm section, a pandemic, and a lot more confidence writing original songs for Loose Cattle to emerge wholly new. The band’s forthcoming self-titled album of largely all originals, marks the occasion.

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The Cover Club offers an OffBeat cover of your choice printed on canvas so you can hang your favorite OffBeat Magazine covers on the walls of your home! The December 2023 cover can be purchased here. […]

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Sonic Boom For The Soul: For People Museum the future is now

People Museum is the unique innovative sound of Brian Eno producing dream pop in New Orleans, while a second line struts by, and Twin Peaks plays on the TV. This most unique of bands is doing something not heard before here or elsewhere while remaining purely organic and true to four distinct Louisiana backgrounds. You will never forget People Museum once you witness them live.

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Classic and Classy: Erica Falls is flying high

Erica Falls has a hot new album called Emotions, the single “Up” is riding high on the charts, and she’s ready to go on the road to take it to the world. While she may be best known right now as the singer with Galactic for around five years, that’s about to change. It’s Erica time. As Lumar LeBlanc of The Soul Rebels said, “She is awesome, a great musician. Her position in the industry is rising.” We sat around the table to discuss her story while Brazilian music played in the background.

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