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New Orleans Music Icon Cosimo Matassa Has Died
Cosimo Matassa, the dean of New Orleans recording engineers and a beloved member of the music community, died today at about 2 pm in Oschner Hospital after a long illness. […]
Zigaboo Modeliste and The Meters honored at 2014 BMI Awards
Congratulations to Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste and The Meters on their recent achievement of the 2014 BMI award for Billboard #1 Hot Rap Songs, for the track “Berzerk” in collaboration with […]
Exclusive: New Brass-a-Holics Saints Song “Heart of the City (Remix)”
We’ve got a brand new song by the Brass-a-Holics celebrating the New Orleans Saints called “Heart of the City (Remix),” and you can only listen to it here. The Brass-a-Holics […]
Vote for Your Favorite
Martini Week Martini!
It’s time to start collecting the votes for your favorite martini recipe for OffBeat’s Martini Week! Bars and restaurants joining in the festivities have each designed funky and fabulous New […]
New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: September 11 – September 17, 2014
Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of September 11 – September 17, 2014 featuring: Crimestoppers’ Blues Night Fundraiser, Psycho […]
WYES Brings Fab Four to City Park for 50th Anniversary Beatles Show
On September 16, 1964, Beatlemania hit New Orleans as John, Paul, George, and Ringo performed a live concert at City Park’s Tad Gormley Stadium. Exactly 50 years later, WYES is […]
Southern Decadence 2014 Breaks Attendance Record
With a record setting 160,000 attendees bringing in an estimated economic impact of $192 million, Southern Decadence 2014 will go down as one of the most successful years in the […]
Exclusive Video: Trumpet Mafia on
Frenchmen Street
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra member Ashin Parker led his new band Trumpet Mafia through a rendition of “Caravan” on a balcony overlooking Frenchmen Street for an exclusive OffBeat video. Parker, […]
Louisiana Seafood Festival Returns to City Park October 10-12
This year’s Louisiana Seafood Festival will be returning to the City Park Festival Grounds October 10-12. With 90s throwbacks Gin Blossoms, Drivin N Cryin, and local favorites Deadeye Dick performing […]
Photos: Ty Segall at One Eyed Jacks, September 6
Ty Segall took to the stage at One Eyed Jacks on September 6 for a wild night of rock, crowd surfing, and shirtless musicians. The garage rocker even managed to […]
