Leyla McCalla, Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes (Music Maker Relief Foundation)

Leyla McCalla’s debut record as a leader is ambitious, deep and gorgeous. Playing an array (cello, guitar and banjo) of string instruments, her songs have sparse arrangements that give a […]

Cover Club: March 2019 (Boyfriend)

The Cover Club offers the month’s current issue printed on canvas so you can hang your favorite OffBeat magazine covers on the walls of your home! We offer 11×14 or 16×20 prints. The Cover Club applies ONLY to the current issue of OffBeat Magazine and is available for order through the final day of the current issue’s respective month (except for the Jazz Fest Bible issue, which is available until the final date of the respective year’s Jazz Fest).

This month, get our February 2019 March 2019 issue. Rapper BOYFRIEND, inventor of rap cabaret, is our cover muse for the Mardi Gras issue! This month, Leyla McCalla talks back on her latest release, BUKU preview with AF The Naysayer and FREEWATER, plus Branford Marsalis, Kevin Naquin, and much more!

Available through March 31, 2019

OffBeat Weekly Picks (5/9 – 5/15)

Jazz Fest is over, but the music goes on! There’s no shortage of live music and cultural events to keep you satisfied! Check out this week’s OffBeat Weekly Picks (5/9 […]

Jazz Fest Day 2 (April 26, 2024)

Jazz Fest Day 2 (April 26, 2024)

Jazz Fest A to Z

This guide should help in choosing from the panoply of cultures, rhythms and sounds available at Jazz Fest to ensure your experience hits all the right notes. It’s arranged alphabetically by band name so you can search when your favorite act is playing by stage and time, with handy reference bio information. It’s easy to use on any mobile device to look up info by band, day, time or stage. Just go to our responsive site OffBeat.com.

Music Brings Us Together: The Nous Foundation’s Louisiana French Cajun and Creole music project

It’s been a while since the Library of Congress has added new recordings of Cajun and Creole music to its permanent archives.
“The last major recordings of Louisiana French music were done in the 1960s,” says Scott Tilton, executive director of the Nous Foundation, a New Orleans-based organization dedicated to preserving and promoting French and Creole language and culture. “And those were wonderful musicians, but it was not exactly the most diverse slew. It’s mostly white male Cajuns.”

Nous Foundation Awarded Prestigious Grant

The Nous Foundation, a New Orleans-based nonprofit dedicated to preserving and promoting French and Creole heritage in Louisiana, has been selected as one of the recipients of the prestigious Library […]

Jazz Fest Daily Music Lineups Announced, Single Day Tickets On Sale Now

Jazz Fest 2024 Early-Bird Pricing On General Admission Tickets and Passes Available Through February 29  The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced the daily music […]

Jazz Fest Lineup Announced

The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, Neil Young Crazy Horse, The Killers, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, HOZIER, Jon Batiste, Queen Latifah, Vampire Weekend, Greta Van Fleet, Heart, […]

Reinventing Cajun Traditions: With Louis Michot you never know what to expect

In the days when Covid-19 was raging, Louis Michot often woke up before dawn and walked the land surrounding his home in Prairie Des Femmes, outside Arnaudville, just north of Lafayette. That’s when the songs came calling.