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New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: October 23 – October 29, 2014
Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of October 23 – October 29, 2014 featuring: Los Hombres Calientes, Davis Rogan, Christian […]
New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: September 18 – September 24, 2014
Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of September 18 – September 24, 2014 featuring: Shamarr Allen and the […]
New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: August 28 – September 3, 2014
Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of August 28, – September 3, 2014 featuring: Sarah McCoy and the […]
Best of the Beat Award Winners:
Complete List
OffBeat’s Best of The Beat Awards was created to honor local musicians for their contributions to New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture. The Best of The Beat Awards also […]
New Album Releases
CURRENT AND UPCOMING LOUISIANA CD RELEASES March 1, 2024 Britti: Hello I’m Britti (Easy Eye Sound) Lynn Drury: High Tide (Independent) The Desert Nudes: Keep A-Movin, Dan (Lazy Day […]
Jo-El Sonnier (1946-2024)
Grammy Award-winning Cajun and country artist Jo-El Sonnier passed away at the age of 77. Sonnier suffered a fatal heart attack following a performance in Llano, Texas on January 13, 2024.
Jo-El Sonnier (1946-2024)
Grammy Award-winning Cajun and country artist Jo-El Sonnier passed away at the age of 77. Sonnier suffered a fatal heart attack following a performance in Llano, Texas on January 13, 2024.
Earl G. Perry, Jr. (1944-2023)
Photographer, attorney and good friend to OffBeat, Earl G. Perry, Jr., age 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, September 15, 2023.
The Best of the Beat 2021-2022 Nominations
OffBeat founder/publisher Jan Ramsey decided that our musicians and music businesses deserved an awards event of their own and put together a concept for a music awards program that would honor only local musicians. Originally held at the House of Blues, the Best of The Beat Awards were only open to the music community (that has changed over the years to include local music fans). In the first event, rock band Better Than Ezra was the big winner and took home Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Deluxe and Song of the Year for “Good.”
Jo-El Sonnier’s career in Cajun music spans seven decades
The son of poor, French-speaking sharecroppers, Cajun musician Jo-El Sonnier has been a survivor of hardship his entire life. His mettle has undoubtedly been tested over the past few years, […]
