Issue Articles — Fresh
VOODOO MUSIC + ARTS EXPERIENCE: Is it Losing its New Orleans Identity?
In 2009, my former band—whom you’ve assuredly never heard of—played the Voodoo Music Experience. I had a chance encounter with the talent buyer for the kids’ stage, which was desperately […]
Floyd’s Record Shop Is Back
Once Louisiana’s longest tenured record retailer, Ville Platte’s legendary Floyd’s Record Shop is now Louisiana’s newest music retailer. Say what? It’s true, mes amis. Floyd’s original shop opened in 1956 […]
Five Questions with Ms. Linda Green
How did you learn to cook? I learned to cook through my mother and grandmother—they taught me how to cook. My mother retired after 30 years cooking with Orleans Parish […]
Growing Up Petty
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and reaches that milestone with this November 2017 issue. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from features […]
My Music with Unicorn Fukr
I never intended to do anything more than just collect records and spin them at home and have friends over. I wasn’t trying to do it as a career. But […]
Soundcheck: Five Questions with Benjamin Booker
What’s your favorite decade of the blues? Probably the 1920s. I never got into electric blues, the Chicago style or later stuff like Eric Clapton. The reason I got into […]
Online Exclusive: The Big Cheezy – NOLA Mac N Cheese Fest Debuts
So you thought that New Orleans had a festival for every kind of food? Not quite, since macaroni and cheese somehow fell through the cracks. That will be remedied on […]
One Track at a Time: Amanda Shaw’s Digital Releases
In the age of digital media, everybody talks about going outside the traditional album-release model and releasing new music online. Cajun rocker Amanda Shaw will be doing just that for […]
Blackpot Festival: Building Community
One of South Louisiana’s most distinct festivals, Blackpot Festival & Cookoff returns to Lafayette’s Historic Vermillion Village this month. Besides the music, featuring Barbara Lynn, the Pine Leaf Boys, the […]
Alex Chilton Lets Them Scream
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and will reach that milestone with our November 2017 edition. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from […]
