This is the time of year when we assess our performance over the past year, and make resolutions and set goals for what we’d like to accomplish next year. So here are my resolutions: tasks that I’d like to accomplish—or help accomplish—in the next year. Some of them may take more than a year, but, [...]
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More Music, More Attention
January 1, 2012 – 12:02 am
It’s the beginning of a new year, and it’s time to reflect on what’s happened in the past: our accomplishments, our failures, and what we can do to improve in the upcoming year. It’s been over two decades since OffBeat started its crusade to promote and market music, not only to locals, but to people [...]
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 [...]
Press Club Awards
August 1, 2011 – 12:07 am
OffBeat’s Art Director, Elsa Hahne, won the Press Club of New Orleans’ award for Best Cover for last September’s issue featuring rockin’ chef Susan Spicer. Another winner was contributing editor John Swenson for Best Critical Review of Anders Osborne’s American Patchwork. OffBeat’s Weekly Beat won Best Email Update for the third year in a row.
224 Louisiana Musicians Owed Royalties: Are You One?
June 29, 2011 – 12:01 pm
Attention Louisiana musicians: OffBeat has been informed that 224 of you are owed royalties for digital plays of your music, with the total amount of money owed reaching over $60,000. By matching information on musicians and bands from our Louisiana Music Directory with a list of outstanding royalties from SoundExchange, the nonprofit performance rights organization, [...]
Never Assume You Know Anything At All
April 27, 2011 – 4:38 pm
The office phone rings and I answer it: Me: “Good morning, OffBeat.” Caller: “Hi, my name is Rich Allison, and I’m here with a group from out of town, and this is our first time to Jazz Fest. I have a copy of the ‘Jazz Fest Bible’ and it looks like it has everything we [...]
OffBeat Nominated for Utne Award for Arts Coverage
April 15, 2011 – 7:12 pm
Allow us to give ourselves a quick pat on the back—the Utne Reader announced the nominees for its 22nd annual Utne Independent Press Awards this week and OffBeat has been named in the group of Arts Coverage award nominees. OffBeat joins some illustrious competition in the Arts Coverage category—American Craft, Film Comment, The Oxford American, [...]
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 [...]
More 2010 Best of the Beat Photos
February 8, 2011 – 3:37 pm
More 2010 Best of the Beat photos from the Business Awards on Wednesday, January 26 in the Taylor Library at the Ogden and from the public Music Awards on Friday, January 28 at Generations Hall. These photos are all on Facebook as well, so head over there and tag your friends and favorite musicians. All [...]
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 [...]
