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Backbeat Gets Botanical at Sunday Garden Party Season Finale with Eric Lindell and Colin Lake
On Sunday, June 9, the New Orleans Botanical Garden and the Backbeat Foundation hosts their monthly Garden Party, which will feature live performances from local blues-rockers Eric Lindell and Colin […]
The Big Issue:
Does Progress Destroy Culture?
It seems that tourism in New Orleans has officially reached a point where an ongoing dialogue between policy makers and culture bearers is now a daily, or at least weekly, […]
Photos: Music Matters with Paul Stookey, Carolyn Malachi and Jasiri X
Last Friday (May 31), folk legend Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary fame) and his legacy initiative, Music2Life hosted a unique musical experience with rising urban alternative stars Carolyn […]
Southern Fried Poetry Festival Cooks Up SLAMmin’ Performances June 5 – 8
If the South’s poets are as good at lyricism as they are battering catfish and blending roux, then that may explain why the nation’s second largest poetry competition takes place […]
Show Postponed:
Mumford & Sons Concert [Re-scheduled for 9/16]
CONCERT RE-SCHEDULE DATE: Monday, September 16 at Mardi Gras World All previously purchased tickets honored at gate. PLEASE SEE CONCERT UPDATE BELOW. British superstars Mumford and Sons, along with opening […]
Music Matters: Paul Stookey Challenges Young Musicians to Create “Music of Meaning”
“It doesn’t matter what you play, it’s what you say.” Sounds a bit cliché and perhaps hippie-dippy, but some things are cliché for a reason, especially when these are words […]
Kermit Parties CD-Release Style at Tips
Local jazz veteran Kermit Ruffins knows a thing or two about partying New Orleans-style and this Saturday, June 8, Basin Street Records, Ruffin’s label, will hold an album release party […]
New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: June 6 – 12, 2013
Hungry for live music…? Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of June 6 – 12, 2013 featuring: Marc Stone and Joshua Paxton, […]
Cajun-Zydeco Festival and Creole Tomato Festival This Weekend
This is why we’re in New Orleans: Because on a weekend like this one, we have a music festival and a food festival within a block of each other. […]
Photos: Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest 2013
For 24 years, Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest in August, New Jersey has been the premiere spot to catch New Orleans’ best musicians outside of Jazz Fest. Over the course of […]
