Today, Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Award recipient George Porter, Jr. went on Fox 8 Morning News with OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey to talk about Porter’s legacy in New Orleans music and the Best of the Beat Awards. Porter performs with a special Runnin’ Pardners lineup and some very special guests at [...]
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John Rankin, Best of the Beat Honoree, Talks Music Education on Fox 8
January 25, 2012 – 11:03 am
“The more you listen, the better you can ask questions and stimulate them.” Guitarist and Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education Award honoree John Rankin talked about teaching music at the university level this morning on the Fox 8 Morning News with Shelley Brown, Liz Reyes and OffBeat Publisher Jan Ramsey. “We [...]
Mary Howell, Jan Ramsey on WVUE
January 24, 2012 – 1:25 pm
This morning, OffBeat‘s Heartbeat Award honoree Mary Howell appeared on the Fox 8 Morning News with Rob Masson and publisher Jan Ramsey. Here’s the video. Tomorrow morning, Ramsey will be in the studio with Lifetime Achievement in Music Education honoree John Rankin, who’ll both talk and perform in the 8 o’clock hour. DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”29351″,bannerAdConDefID:”13″,videoAdObjectID:”12″,videoAdConDefID:”5″,accPos:”CCTVI.VIDEO.LOCAL”,accSite:”WVUE”,playVideoAds:”true”,isDevMode:”false”,idmMarkerID:”e6719086-1e77-4de2-b992-06a9059aadb1″,autoPlay:”false”,categoryID:”58″,playerInstanceID:”DCF2DA23-458C-F813-4BC1-27943A03E73F”,domain:”wvue.web.entriq.net”,playerType:”Dayport”}); Masson will [...]
Irvin Mayfield Helps Bring Music to the Hornets
December 20, 2011 – 12:49 pm
“You come to a game; you come to experience New Orleans,” Hugh Weber, President of the New Orleans Hornets said this morning. At a press conference at Irvin Mayfield’s I Club, he and Irvin Mayfield announced an initiative to integrate New Orleans music into Hornets home games. Starting with Wednesday night’s preseason game against the [...]
Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame: Feathers in Their Caps
August 1, 2011 – 12:06 am
The Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Crystal Feather Awards Ceremony honors Mardi Gras Indians and community members alike are honored for their dedication to preserving the traditions and culture of the Mardi Gras Indians. One of the top honors is The Chiefs’ Choice, which this year is Big Chief Romeo Bougere, son of “the [...]
August 2011 Letters
August 1, 2011 – 12:01 am
RADIO REQUESTS I was told that a guy from River Ridge was in the write-up on a band called the Missing Monuments. I don’t know him personally but I enjoyed reading the article. To the person who wrote the article, Sam Levine, I want to point out something. The comment on someone sitting by the [...]
OffBeat, Hahne and Swenson Take Home New Orleans Press Club Awards
July 18, 2011 – 10:15 am
At Saturday night’s New Orleans Press Club Awards, OffBeat Art Editor Elsa Hahne won the award for Best Cover for last September’s issue featuring a rockin’ Susan Spicer. At a party at the Harrah’s Casino Theater, Contributing Editor John Swenson won for Best Critical Review for his review of Anders Osborne’s American Patchwork, and Editor [...]
Jan Ramsey Recognized by Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame
July 5, 2011 – 10:58 am
The Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame will hold its Memorial, Induction and Awards Ceremony August 7, and OffBeat will be part of it. The annual event will take place at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center, when Big Chief Romeo Bougere of the Ninth Ward Hunters will be named Chiefs’ Choice, Queen Mercy Stevenson of [...]
OffBeat in the Club
July 1, 2011 – 12:10 am
This year’s Excellence in Journalism Awards banquet presented by the Press Club of New Orleans takes place Saturday, July 16 at the Harrah’s Casino Theater, and OffBeat will be up for seven awards that night. Editor Alex Rawls is up for Best Entertainment Feature, Art Director Elsa Hahne is up for Best Cover, and Consulting [...]
April 2011 Letters
April 1, 2011 – 12:01 am
SMOKE FREE Although I’m thrilled with the new movement in town to ban smoking at more clubs (“A Breath of Fresh Air”—February 2011) and enjoyed the article about this in OffBeat, I take issue with the statement that “While the decision to go smoke-free doesn’t necessarily make a profit….” Simply stated, there are many people [...]
