March 2024
Cover Story
- Living That Vison: Singer-Songwriter Lynn Drury Endures To Open A New Chapter
Years ago, Lynn Drury pedaled her bicycle along the narrow streets of the French Quarter. Moments into her ride she stopped… - March 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…
BackTalk
- Pat Metheny talks back
The always-exploring jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny is bringing his first solo tour to New Orleans. The international Dream Box…
Features
- Barbara Hawkins & The Dixie Cups Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of "Chapel of Love"
New Orleans’ own The Dixie Cups are celebrating a big anniversary, not only for the 60th anniversary of the… - Teacher, Musician and Thinker: Branford Marsalis is coming home
In late January the Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis announced he was returning to his native New Orleans where he will… - Born to Win: Britti always wore her heart outwardly
There are certain vocalists who bring you to full attention the first time you hear them. A unique signature means a… - A Tale of Two Allens: Luke Allen and His Son Arlo Talk Music—and Poultry
Over a fresh goose-egg omelet, prepared by Luke Allen, we dig into Happy Talk Band’s history and their new album, Low… - Journey to Funkstar: Water Seed - Anticipating The Future
You can always expect the new and unexpected from Water Seed and bandleader Lou Hill. They’re about to unveil Journey To…
Fresh
- Women in Music: Chanteuse Series features Margie Perez
The Chanteuse concert series celebrating New Orleans women in music is returning in March with a strong line-up. Included with these… - Guitar Gumbo: The New Orleans International Guitar Festival
With the theme “Guitar Gumbo,” the 2024 New Orleans International Guitar Festival takes place March 5 through March 8. This year’s… - 2024 Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival: A conversation with featured artist Corey Harris
Corey Harris, the blues and beyond singer-guitarist who lived in New Orleans in the 1990s, is returning to the city for… - From the Street to the Stage: Big Chief Juan Pardo at the Congo Square Rhythms Festival
Golden Comanche Big Chief Juan Pardo is also a key part of the group Tribal Gold, the union with the New… - Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 36)
Another installment of Vintage Vinyl Treasures (Episode 36) highlighting five artists who gave us a hit song about the rain is at…
Obituaries
- Kerry “Fatman” Hunter (1970-2024)
The devastating news of the tragic death of the beloved snare drummer Kerry “Fatman” Hunter profoundly impacted those in the New… - Gina Brown (1965-2024)
Singer and entertainer Gina Brown passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at Touro Hospital. Gina Brown grew up in Mobile,…
OffBeat Eats
- Dining Out: BABs
Chef Nina Compton, the Saint Lucia-born chef behind Compère Lapin and Bywater American Bistro, has reworked the latter into BABs, an…
Reviews
- Lynn Drury: High Tide (Independent)
With her last album Dancin’ in the Kitchen, Lynn Drury showed how to write an uplifting album about life during shutdown.… - Erica Falls & Vintage Soul: Emotions (Independent)
Without a doubt, Erica Falls has the vocal range, modulation and passionate delivery to really belt out a song. Her New… - Zoomst: Aboard the Good Ship (Independent)
Here’s a good argument that you can make any existing form of music more interesting by New Orleans-izing it. Zoomst is… - Sean Riley & the Water: Stone Cold Hands (Pugnacious Records)
Compared to his 2018 debut EP, Biting Through, guitarist and songwriter Sean Riley does a complete artistic makeover on his first… - Jamal Batiste: Beatz N’ Vibez, Vol. 1 (Independent)
When you think of Jamal Batiste, what comes to mind is tight, funky, in-the-pocket drumming wrapped up with good energy and… - Ben Fox: Wrong Impressions (Independent)
Bassist and leader Ben Fox, a long-time New Orleans transplant, changes musical eras from the modern rhythms of last year's release,… - Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers: The Age of Invention (Independent)
For anyone who has seen one of the infrequent performances by Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers, the inherent joy of… - $crim: Lonely Boy (G59 Record$)
I suspect most New Orleanians don’t realize that one of the music groups most streamed and also high on the Billboard… - Abdullah Ibrahim: 3 (Gearbox Records)
At 89-years-old, the legendary South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has released a double album of live performances. The first volume is…
