Issue Articles — Features
Best of the Beat: Positive Vibrations HeartBeat Award (Musician) – Dr. Jean Montès
“Music is life,” says Dr. Jean Montès, director of orchestral studies and coordinator of strings at Loyola University. “I am happy to share it.” The recipient of OffBeat’s Best of […]
Making the Groove Happen: George Porter Jr. talks about the pandemic and his upcoming CD Crying for Hope
George Porter Jr. has played with some of the most storied musicians of all time, from his own funk-defining band, The Meters, to Paul McCartney, Patti LaBelle and Allen […]
Best of the Beat: Lifetime Achievement in Music Business – Mark Bingham
Mark Bingham has been one of the most influential figures on the Louisiana music scene over the last 40 years. As a producer Bingham opened two iconic New Orleans studios, […]
Jazz and Rebellion: 1811 Kid Ory Historic House
The 1811 Kid Ory Historic House in LaPlace played a principal role in two significant events in American history. On January 8, 1811, the first blood in one of the […]
Best of the Beat: Positive Vibrations Heartbeat Award – Cherice Harrison-Nelson
As Ellis Marsalis is often quoted (but never enough, really), “In other places culture comes down from on high. In New Orleans, it bubbles up from the streets.” And on […]
Best of the Beat: Lifetime Achievement in Music Education – Sanford Hinderlie
Sanford Hinderlie, the Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Education recipient, is in his 40th year of teaching at Loyola University. A professor of popular and commercial music […]
What does it mean to be in the Dirty Dozen Brass Band? Gregory “Blodie” Davis, Roger Lewis, Kirk Joseph and Kevin Harris let us know.
What is one of your most memorable performance? Gregory Davis: In the early days when we first started traveling, I got a sense of the power of what was happening—when […]
Obituary: Irving “Sully” Banister Sr. (1933 – 2020)
Irving Banister, the prolific and talented New Orleans guitarist, died December 15. He was 87. Born February 16, 1933, Banister was an alumnus with Sugar Boy Crawford’s Cha-Paka-Sha-Wees, Eddie Bo’s […]
A Burning Light: Tavasco 504 will not let the “plan-demic” stop them
In these coronavirus times, Tavasco 504 is another example of making lemonade from lemons. A soul, funk and rhythm and blues group that formed in the 1970s as the Soul […]
Living the Blues: Alabama Slim and cousin Little Freddie King cozy up in The Parlor
Along with his upcoming 82nd birthday, New Orleans blues artist Milton Frazier has something else to celebrate. Frazier—the singer, guitarist and songwriter known as Alabama Slim—is releasing his third album, […]
