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NOLA Crawfish Festival to Return During Jazz Fest Season
The NOLA Crawfish Festival will return for its second incarnation from May 1-3, 2017. Scheduled for the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between the first and second weekends of Jazz Fest, […]
Dumpstaphunk Releases Election Day Single with Trombone Shorty, “Justice”
This year’s election has been controversial for a number of reasons, but if there’s one thing we can all get behind it’s new music from Dumpstaphunk. The fact that Trombone […]
Throwback Thursday: Phil Spector’s “Chapel of Love”
The Dixie Cups’ “Chapel of Love” is an American classic. Recorded in 1964, the song famously knocked The Beatles’ “Love Me Do” off Billboard’s #1 slot, launching the New Orleans […]
Premiere: Miss Mojo, “Feel My”
OffBeat is excited to premiere “Feel My,” a single from up-and-coming New Orleans outfit Miss Mojo’s forthcoming EP. Miss Mojo mixed funk and soul with pop-like lyrics and melodies to […]
Billy Joel to Perform at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center
Billy Joel will return to New Orleans for a concert at the Smoothie King Center on Friday, February 10. The performance will mark the singer, songwriter and composer’s first solo […]
Ella Project relocates to Frenchmen Street
The Ella Project, a non-profit organization providing pro bono legal, business, and advocacy to Louisiana musicians, artists, and grassroots non-profits, has moved into the OffBeat offices at 421 Frenchmen Street, Second […]
Treme Creole Gumbo Festival to Bring Brass Bands, Gumbo to New Orleans this Weekend
The ninth annual Treme Creole Gumbo Festival will take over Armstrong Park in New Orleans this weekend. Slated for Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, the event will feature […]
The Wildwomen of Lucius Prepare to Take New Orleans
Known for their matching outfits, dual melodies, powerful lyrics, and exuberant live performances, five-piece indie/pop band Lucius are quickly paving new roads within and outside of their genre. Fronted by […]
Jackie Greene: A Roots Rocker Returns to the Cradle of American Music
Jackie Greene is something of an old soul. At 35 years of age, the singer, songwriter and guitarist has enveloped himself in a roots rock scene whose fans are often […]
Video: New Orleans Artists Join Solange on ‘Saturday Night Live’
New Orleans musicians Jeremy Phipps (trombone), Khris Royal (sax), Adam Dewalt (trumpet), DJ Raymond (bass) and John Key (drums) found themselves on the biggest of stages this past weekend when […]
