Reviews
This June we look back at this year's Jazz Fest with our annual Redux, and focus on local pride Jon Batiste who lit up the Festival Stage this year. This, that and much more inside!
May 31st
“You know,” he says, laughing when asked about that, “I always smile when I’m talking about home. Always. There’s so much that feeds my soul when I’m back home in New Orleans, ever since I moved away, I’ve been going back to get that sort of replenishment.”
May 31st
John Boutté is, without question, an American treasure. “The voice of New Orleans” has taken his music to the U.S. and the world. His songbook itself is just as vast, and his golden voice is as identifiable as anyone past and present.
May 31st
Although attendance was down from 475,000 in 2022 to 460,000 in 2023, OffBeat predictions that this Jazz Fest would be bigger than last year proved to be correct. How can that be? The attendees were hardcore fans of both Jazz Fest and OffBeat.
May 31st
OffBeat Magazine | News and Views from the New Orleans Music Scene
May 31st
OffBeat Magazine | News and Views from the New Orleans Music Scene
May 31st
Mentoring younger musicians remains a tradition in New Orleans, which went down when Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews decided to give a hand to the New Breed Brass Band led by his cousin, drummer Jenard Andrews, the son of trumpeter James Andrews.
May 31st
