The 14th-annual Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony will take place Sunday, July 29 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center. This year’s awards include: Crystal Feather: Big Chief Darryl Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas Queens’ Choice Award: Big Queen Pauline “Ree” Johnson Community Supporter Award: Luther Gray – [...]
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Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony: Praised Indians
July 1, 2012 – 12:07 am
Flaming Lips to Finish Record-Breaking O Awards Tour in New Orleans
June 7, 2012 – 10:11 am
The Flaming Lips have a long day ahead of them. In an eight-performance tour that will begin on June 27 in Memphis, the Flaming Lips will take on Jay-Z’s Guinness World Record for most performances given in a 24-hour period, a title Jay-Z earned in 2006 with his “The Hangar Tour”. If the band survives [...]
OffBeat’s John Swenson Wins Best Book in JazzTimes Critics Poll
March 6, 2012 – 3:40 pm
JazzTimes magazine released the results of their 2011 Critics Poll yesterday, with OffBeat Consulting Editor John Swenson winning the Best Book award for New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans. The book focuses on the important roles musicians played in the city’s post-Katrina recovery. JazzTimes‘ Critics Poll is decided by the magazine’s [...]
Skrillex at Buku Music & Art Project March 18
March 1, 2012 – 12:19 am
Skrillex has the distinct honor of being one of the most despised and celebrated artists in dubstep, one of the most despised and celebrated genres of popular music today. Dubstep is a Frankenstein’s monster of techno’s various minimalist strains, sample-heavy hip-hop production and post-everything pop sheen. Skrillex, the subject of a thousand blogs’ screed, took [...]
C.J. Chenier on the Grammys: A Musical Jambalaya
March 1, 2012 – 12:04 am
C.J. Chenier congratulates the Rebirth Brass Band on their win February 12 at the 54th Grammys in Los Angeles, but he’s no fan of the new category, Best Regional Roots Music Album. Rebirth’s Rebirth of New Orleans CD beat his Can’t Sit Down zydeco disc in the Regional Roots category, which also included releases from [...]
March 2012 Letters
March 1, 2012 – 12:01 am
COVER BANDS After our grandchildren moved away we fulfilled our dream of moving to New Orleans. We also love live music (why else would you move here?) and we love OffBeat. On our first night in our new home we went out and had a blast at the Best of the Beat! Thank you for [...]
Louisiana at the Grammys
February 10, 2012 – 6:12 am
The Grammys made news last summer when they “consolidated” 31 categories, angering many music communities who lost Grammy categories in the process. Latin Jazz artists and supporters were incensed, and a meeting in South Louisiana turned chaotic when NARAS’ Vice-President of Awards Bill Freimuth informed Cajun and zydeco artists why the Best Zydeco or Cajun [...]
…And We All Had A Real Good Time!
February 1, 2012 – 3:47 pm
The staff is just now coming down from the high we all get at the Best of The Beat Awards. All of us work like dogs preparing for the Business Awards and the Party/Music Awards. Really, we do. So it’s totally gratifying to know that we’ve accomplished what we set out to do—honor the musicians [...]
Louisiana’s Rooting Interests in the Grammys
February 1, 2012 – 12:06 am
When the Grammys are awarded on February 12, Lil Wayne will be among the most nominated artists, being up for five Grammys. New Orleans-born Oakland resident Ledisi was nominated in all the major R&B categories for her album Pieces of Me, and the Rebirth Brass Band will contend for its first Grammy. Rebirth is a [...]
