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Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker (Film Review)
James Carroll Booker III is the perfect New Orleans icon. In a town where both death and the past are less final than most anywhere else in the U.S., Booker’s […]
Jazz & Heritage Foundation Unveils Sync Up Conference 2013 Schedule
The sixth annual Sync Up conference during both Jazz Fest weekends promises to be the splashiest one yet, with local and national luminaries stopping in. The film component will include […]
Look-Ka Py Py Podcast (ep 30): Searching for James Booker
Save for New Orleans music aficionados, few are familiar with the music of James Booker — arguably the most prodigiously talented and unquestionably the most misunderstood and overlooked musician to […]
The Piano Prince Resurrected: New James Booker Documentary Film To Premiere at SXSW 2013
Local filmmaker Lily Keber is set to unveil her James Booker documentary at the South By Southwest annual conference’s “24 Beats Per Second” series March 14-15. OffBeat had the opportunity […]
Threadhead Records Grants
The Threadhead Records Foundation assists musicians and artists whose work promotes the cultural heritage of New Orleans but do not have the resources to produce and distribute their work. Applications […]
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 […]
Ponderosa Stomp’s Clandestine Celluloid Film Series Screening James Booker Documentary
[UPDATED] The Ponderosa Stomp has been educating and entertaining fans for nine years, and in that time it has spawned not only a music history conference, but also a film […]
OffBeat’s Guide
to Music and Louisiana
at New Orleans Film Fest 2013
The New Orleans Film Society presents the 2013 New Orleans Film Festival (NOFF) at select theaters throughout the city from Thursday, October 10 through Thursday, October 17, and while it […]
