Issue Articles — Features
Koan Kenpachi lives hip-hop
Koan Kenpachi lives hip-hop. The New Orleans-born and raised artist started out rapping with friends in his backyard before making a claim for himself as part of the hip hop band, EOE (Equal Opportunity Employment). In 2011, Kenpachi went solo with the album Chronicles of a Dying Breed before facing many health issues that threatened his vision and his life.
Silver Godling’s Music Therapy Approach To Grief
Treating Grief with Music: Silver Godling’s therapeutic approach
My Music with Dr. Michael White
My Music with Dr. Michael White. Urged by the editorial staff of OffBeat to pursue an interview with Dr. Michael White, a clarinetist living in New Orleans, he is unforgivingly devoted to promoting, playing and preserving traditional New Orleans jazz.
Mushroom Crowd: Mark Bingham will release 22 archival albums
Mushroom Crowd: Mark Bingham will release 22 archival albums
Best Of The Beat: Heartbeat Award – Benny Jones, Sr.
Best Of The Beat: Heartbeat Award – Benny Jones, Sr. Benny Jones Sr. is best known around the world as a drummer and leader of the world-renowned Treme Brass Band. However, in New Orleans and particularly among this city’s brass band community, his reputation looms large as a kind man of remarkable patience and one dedicated to tradition and the culture.
The Best of the Beat 2021-2022 Nominations
OffBeat founder/publisher Jan Ramsey decided that our musicians and music businesses deserved an awards event of their own and put together a concept for a music awards program that would honor only local musicians. Originally held at the House of Blues, the Best of The Beat Awards were only open to the music community (that has changed over the years to include local music fans). In the first event, rock band Better Than Ezra was the big winner and took home Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Deluxe and Song of the Year for “Good.”
Best Of The Beat: Lifetime Achievement In Music Business – Mark Samuels
Best Of The Beat: Lifetime Achievement In Music Business – Mark Samuels. As a teenager, Mark Samuels played in school bands that at one time or another included trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, and reedman Victor Goines. Naturally jazz and a greater appreciation of the music was bound to rub off on him.
Tony Dagradi: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music Education
Best Of The Beat: Lifetime Achievement In Music Education – Tony Dagradi
Inside the Mind of Alex McMurray: The quintessential New Orleans singer-songwriter boldly heads into The Recent Future.
Alex McMurray will never be Emperor of the Universe, nor would he ever aspire to be. That crown belongs to the once and future Emperor Ernie K-Doe. But McMurray does […]
Born on the Bayou: John Fogerty headlines 2022 Gretna Fest
In April 2019, the late Robert Fontenot had the opportunity to talk to John Fogerty for the Jazz Fest Bible issue that marked the 50th anniversary of the New Orleans […]
