Tomorrow night–Thursday, January 21–OffBeat will host our annual Best of the Beat Music Awards at Generations Hall in the Warehouse District. The ceremony will feature plenty of awards, as well as performances by a number of local bands and complimentary food from over 20 New Orleans restaurants.

However, the Best of the Beat is a two-part operation, and last week we hosted a ceremony for our 2015 Music Business Awards at the newly-renovated Orpheum Theater. The event also honored our 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award winners: The Radiators (Music), renowned vocalist and educator Germaine Bazzle (Music Education), New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic Nurse Practitioner Catherine Lasperches (HeartBeat Award) and Tipitina’s Foundation co-founders/co-chairs Roland and Mary Von Kurnatowski (Music Business).

You can take a look at the music Business winners below, and you can read up on the Lifetime Achievement winners in the January issue of OffBeat. A photo gallery from last week’s ceremony can be found here.

 

Music Business Awards

 

Best Club

Chickie Wah Wah

Best Radio Station

WWNO

Best Large Festival

French Quarter Festival

Best Festival Outside New Orleans

Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival

Best Neighborhood Festival

Bayou Boogaloo

Best Recording Studio

The Parlor Recording Studio

Record Label of the Year

Louisiana Red Hot Records

Producer of the Year

Eric Heigle

Best Record Store

Louisiana Music Factory

Best Instrument Store

C & M Music Centers

Best Studio Sound Engineer

Chris Finney

Best Booking Agency

White Oak

Best Manager

Adam Shipley (Hep Cat Entertainment)

Best Music Attorney

Ashlye M. Keaton

Best Club Owner or Manager

Dale Triguero, Chickie Wah Wah

Best Concert Promoter

Scott Aiges, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation

Bourbon Street Award

Earl Bernhardt and Pam Fortner (Tropical Isle)

Musician Resource Award

Tipitina’s Music Office Co-Op

Best Use of Music or Musician in Local Advertising

City Park and Peter A. Mayer Advertising for “#iheartcitypark”

Music Business of the Year

Center Staging

Community Music Award

Trombone Shorty Foundation