October 2016 Letters to OffBeat

Too Many Festivals? The following letters are in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post, “Spread Too Thin?” questioning if we have enough population capacity to make every single festival successful. […]

Post-Fest Summer Redux Pt 1

The spring festival season has long since melted away, taking with it plenty of tourists and many of our musicians too. Luckily, there’s never a shortage of top-tier live music in […]

Sweet Crude to Play One Eyed Jacks July 19

Sweet Crude will play One Eyed Jacks on Saturday, July 19. Doors open at 9:00 p.m., and the band will kick in at 10:00 p.m. Singing both in Cajun French […]

New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: October 17 – 23, 2013

Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of October 17 – October 23, 2013 featuring: Bass Drum of Death, […]

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 […]

Giant Cloud, Old Books EP (Park the Van)

While Old Books, the debut EP from recent Ruston transplants Giant Cloud isn’t anything new or different, the band’s interpretation of Southern folk isn’t bad. Though only five songs long, […]

OffBeat releases first book, ‘300 Songs for 300 Years’

From “Down by the Riverside” to “Hey Pocky Way” and beyond, New Orleans has a long history of iconic songs. In its first book, OffBeat Magazine’s 300 Songs for 300 […]

Jazz Fest Redux 2018: the best (and occasionally worst) moments

“Where are you going with that smile on your face?” “I’m going to the international circus of Jazz Fest, where I will hear all the possible permutations of the spirit of […]

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