In OffBeat’s pages, we’ve covered the struggles that our musicians face as they age: illness and incapacity to work; bad business decisions that have impacted royalty income. Many Americans have a safety net of savings or pensions or investments that can keep us afloat in our later years. Most musicians do not. More often than [...]
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Best of the Beat 2010 Music Award Winners
January 29, 2011 – 2:44 pm
Friday, January 28, OffBeat hosted the 2010 Best of the Beat Awards at Generations Hall for a night of music, food, and awards. Musical performances included Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns; Washboard Rodeo; Creole String Beans; Davis Rogan; the Soundclash All-Stars with Lyrikill, Tony Skratchere, Sauve, J-Dubble, A. Levy, Quest and more; Chubby [...]
Sweet Home New Orleans
September 1, 2010 – 12:22 am
Non-profit organizations did as much as anyone to help the New Orleans music community recover. Sweet Home New Orleans (SHNO) formed in 2006, and it was the culmination of that effort, a needs-based organization that coordinated the resources of a number of non-profits to help get the city’s musicians and culture bearers—Mardi Gras Indians and [...]
Where Are They Now?
September 1, 2006 – 12:01 am
On Friday, August 26, 2005, Katrina became a category two hurricane. By 5:00 p.m., Governor Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency in Louisiana. At that point, many—perhaps most—New Orleanians assumed that Katrina would make landfall a safe distance from the city, anyway, and all across town, musicians headed to weekend gigs. Organist Joe Krown [...]
Big Easy Grammys
March 1, 1990 – 12:01 am
Now that America’s music industry is once again paying attention to New Orleans music, the question is when will New Orleans pay attention? At the 32nd annual Grammy Awards, New Orleans artists won in four categories: Aaron Neville (with Linda Ronstadt) for best pop duo, Dr. John (with Rickie Lee Jones) for best jazz vocal [...]
