New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: February 13 – 19, 2014

Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of February 13 – 19, 2014 featuring: the Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet, […]

French Quarter Fest 2014 Line-Up Announced, Poster Released

New Orleans’ largest free festival, the French Quarter Festival, announced its 2014 programming this morning; a line-up that once again expands the growing annual fest with a new stage, new […]

New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: January 30 – February 5, 2014

Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of January 30 – February 5, 2014 featuring: Jake Bugg, Big Chief […]

OffBeat’s Concert Picks of the Week: February 28-March 6, 2013

Louisiana Music on Tour Full Concert Calendar   THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 d.b.a.: the Iguanas (FK) 7p, Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes (RB) 10p Funky Pirate: Marc Stone Band (BL) […]

OffBeat’s Concert Picks of the Week: January 10-16, 2013

Louisiana Music on Tour Full Concert Calendar THURSDAY JANUARY 10 Chickie Wah Wah: Spencer Bohren and the Whippersnappers (RR) 8p d.b.a.: Jon Cleary (PI) 7p, Tom Maxwell (VR) 10p Joy […]

Blues Foundation Announces Blues Music Award Nominees

Today, the Blues Foundation revealed the nominees the 34th Blues Music Awards. With five nominations each, singers John Nemeth and Janiva Magness lead the field — Nemeth on the strength […]

Treme News: A Preview of Season Two

Spoiler Alert of sorts: Here’s HBO’s preview of season two, which represents the fall of 2006 through spring of 2007. It fills us in on the status of Treme‘s characters […]

French Quarter Fest 2011: A-Z Guide

Louisiana music comes to the Vieux Carre during the French Quarter Fest, April 7-10, this year adding music on Thursday. With so many musicians and 20 stages, it’s hard to […]

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Left Out

  Wilson Savoy reflects on the overlooked band in this year’s Grammy consideration for Best Cajun/Zydeco Album here.  Along the way, he touches on why the omission and what “Cajun […]

Brass Bands: Off the Record

Late last year when committees began to consider who was eligible for New Orleans music awards nominators were faced with a puzzling dilemma. How could a Best Album award in […]

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