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OffBeat’s 2017 Guide to Night Shows During Jazz Fest
Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans’ Fair Ground Race Course from April 28-30 and May 4-7, but we all know the late night shows that take place across town throughout […]
Rejoice! 20 Years of the Panorama Jazz Band
On July 4, 1985 Ben Schenck experienced the moment that would change his life. The 22-year-old music student went to the Capitol Mall in Washington D.C. for the Smithsonian Folkways […]
The Language of Music: Jonathan Freilich
“Stop talking about culture and experience it!” A prolific musician and composer—and founder of the Naked Orchestra and the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars—Jonathan Freilich is widely known for his […]
Jazz Fest 2013 Highlights:
Living in a 3-D Museum
People kept asking me this year if Jazz Fest has out lived its usefulness to New Orleans culture. OffBeat is even getting letters from longtime fest-goers claiming that the festival is […]
French Quarter Fest 2013: A to Z Guide
Browse Every French Quarter Fest 2013 Performer Below A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | […]
For the Record: Spinning Through a Quarter Century of Album Reviews
These are not selected as the best records of each year but as a record that represented the year in New Orleans music and which was written about in OffBeat. […]
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 […]
Treme News: An English Major’s Dream
[SPOILER ALERT] I’ve resisted saying too much about Treme on a week-to-week basis because the series has felt like the season adds up to a novelistic whole, and commenting on […]
FQF: A-Z: F.Q.F IQ
There’s a lot going on during the French Quarter Festival, and it takes a big brain to keep track of it all. OffBeat wants you to be that big brain, […]
French Quarter Fest A-Z
The French Quarter Festival is free, with 15 stages dotted throughout the Quarter. That’s a lot of stages and a lot of musicians from here and around the world. As […]
