January 2024

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David Russell Batiste, Sr.: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music
Funky Soul Still On A Roll David Batiste on life, family, and legacy. David Russell Batiste Sr., this year’s Lifetime Achievement… – Michael Allen Zell
January 2024 Larger Cover Image
The Cover Club offers an OffBeat cover of your choice printed on canvas so you can hang your favorite OffBeat Magazine covers on the walls of… – OffBeat Magazine

Lucinda Williams Talks Back
Last year was one of accomplishment and resilience for Lucinda Williams. In June, the Louisiana-born singer whose songs drip with poetic… – John Wirt

Don Marshall - Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music Business
New Orleans legend, Dr. John, was known to shout: “Call the doctor!” And, for almost 50 years, local arts organizations have… – Mary Rickard
Ricky Sebastian: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music Education
Hot Beat on Any Street Ricky Sebastian is right on time. Ricky Sebastian, this year’s Lifetime Achievement in Music Education Award… – Michael Allen Zell
Best of the Beat: Heartbeat Award - Fred Joseph Johnson Jr.
Fred Joseph Johnson has been dedicated to serving the Black community in his hometown of New Orleans his entire life. He's… – Geraldine Wyckoff
Best Albums Of 2023 in Louisiana Music
Some of OffBeat's Best of the Albums of 2023 picks were nominated for a Grammy, including Jon Batiste’s World Music Radio,… – OffBeat Staff
The Best Of The Beat Music Awards 2023 Nominations
VOTE NOW! OffBeat’s annual Best of the Beat Music Awards started nearly 30 years ago, in 1996. OffBeat founder and publisher… – OffBeat Staff

Jazz & Heritage Concert Series: Gladney kicks off contemporary jazz series
“I'm a sixth generation native of the Lower Nine so we’ve been here a bit,” Gladney proudly says and then laughs.… – Geraldine Wyckoff
The Return of the Dew Drop Inn
More than fifty years after the Dew Drop Inn reigned as “the swankiest spot in the South,” the resurrection of the… – John Wirt
Vintage vinyl treasures (Episode 34)
Four of the five entries of this month’s installment on vintage vinyl were acquired recently well off my beaten path. While… – Joseph Bondi
The Box That Rocks: The Cigar Box Guitar Festival is coming!
In a city of festivals, the eighth annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival is one of the most unique, while being quintessentially… – Michael Allen Zell
Searching for Stardom: Barbara Barnes Sims participated in Sun Records’ Golden Years
Barbara Barnes Sims’ firsthand account of Sun Records presents an insider’s view of the legendary Memphis label. From 1957 to 1960,… – John Wirt
Here’s Little Richard: A complicated character with a complicated story
Last year saw the release of two documentaries and a book about Little Richard. British music journalist Jordan Bassett wrote Here’s… – John Wirt

Dining Out: Cane & Table
Cane & Table, the Cuban meets Cajun concept restaurant and bar from Neal Bodenheimer, Kirk Estopinal and Alfredo Nogueira, hits a… – Marielle Songy

Mikayla Braun: Drift (Independent)
Singer/songwriter Mikayla Braun has been working in the trenches of New Orleans music for over a decade, carving a place for… – Jay Mazza
Peter Martin + Generation S: Peter Martin & Generation S (Open Studio Records)
Pianist Peter Martin has taken an innovative approach to his latest project. He recorded the album live with his band, saxophonist… – OffBeat Staff
Preston Frank & The Frank Family Band: Seventy-Five (Soulwood Records)
As time marches on, Preston Frank’s stock continues to rise as an icon of old-time Creole and Zydeco music. The septuagenarian… – Dan Willging
Quintron: Ephemeral Ponds (Independent)
“Nature is the best drummer,” Quintron notes at the end of a short video documenting his six-week residency with Miss Pussycat… – Cree McCree
Has Beans: Cookin (Independent)
What do you get when you take alumni from an assortment of Lafayette bands like Red Beans and Rice Revue, Filé,… – Dan Willging
Andy Page Quartet: Mobius (Independent)
Saxophonist Andy Page assembled an A-list of “next generation” New Orleans jazz musicians—pianist Oscar Rossignoli, drummer Jason Marsalis and bassist Robin… – Geraldine Wyckoff
Sullivan Fortner: Solo Game (Artwork Records)
Pianist Sullivan Fortner is perhaps better known nationally than in his hometown of New Orleans. That's because the pianist headed out… – Geraldine Wyckoff