Roger Lewis: A New Orleans Living Musical Legend
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View ArticleSamantha Fish: Blues Expression and Punk Power, an electrifying performer
With a new album on the way and global tour dates in 2023, the New Orleans-based Samantha Fish is in the thick of an escalating career. This content is restricted to subscribers. Subscribe! The post...
View ArticleGive Me Back My Loving: Leo Nocentelli’s stripped-down and soulful other side
Give Me Back My Loving: Leo Nocentelli’s stripped-down and soulful other side. There’s one side of Leo Nocentelli that everybody knows. That would be the funk cornerstones he laid down as a member of...
View ArticleGenius and Depth: Jon Batiste always smiles when talking about New Orleans
Of course, Batiste always seems to be smiling. His effervescence helped propel him to global fame as bandleader/cohort on Late Night With Stephen Colbert from its start in 2015 to August 2022, when he...
View ArticleHeir To The New Orleans Rap Throne: Rob49s climb to hip-hop stardom
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View ArticleExpect the Unexpected: Shamarr Allen keeps it True Orleans
Shamarr Allen is riding high on touring across the country with the imminent release of the True Orleans 2 album, his first in five years. He’s both a son of New Orleans and a U.S. Cultural Ambassador...
View ArticleThe Sparrow: Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah innovates while paying tribute to the...
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, born Christian Scott and presently known as Chief Adjuah, grew up surrounded by jazz music, the Black Indian culture and an awareness of their African roots. This content is...
View ArticleClassic and Classy: Erica Falls is flying high
Erica Falls has a hot new album called Emotions, the single “Up” is riding high on the charts, and she’s ready to go on the road to take it to the world. While she may be best known right now as the...
View ArticleSonic Boom For The Soul: For People Museum the future is now
People Museum is the unique innovative sound of Brian Eno producing dream pop in New Orleans, while a second line struts by, and Twin Peaks plays on the TV. This most unique of bands is doing something...
View ArticleReclaiming Roots: Loose Cattle took 10 years, two cities and one pandemic to...
The New Orleans band’s earliest roots are in New York City where the two principals—Kimberly Kaye and Michael Cerveris—got together to play cover songs to blow off steam and keep the flame of their...
View ArticleDecember 2023 larger cover image
The Cover Club offers an OffBeat cover of your choice printed on canvas so you can hang your favorite OffBeat Magazine covers on the walls of your home! The December 2023 cover can be purchased here....
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View ArticleDavid Russell Batiste, Sr.: Best Of The Beat Lifetime Achievement In Music
David Russell Batiste Sr., this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Music honoree, has a strong legacy of family, music, and education. As his son Jamal put it, “My father has a continuing fire to...
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View ArticleThe Spirit of Fi Yi Yi: Victor Harris, Sr. hits the streets for the last time
“For me, it's a blessing,” declares Victor Harris on having his “given spiritual cultural anatomy” revealed to him as the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi 40 years ago. “I'm a chosen one, I'm a servant of God. I...
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View ArticleLiving That Vison: Singer-Songwriter Lynn Drury Endures To Open A New Chapter
Years ago, Lynn Drury pedaled her bicycle along the narrow streets of the French Quarter. Moments into her ride she stopped and realized that, 20 years ago, she had a vision of exactly what she was...
View ArticleYou Can Call Me Al: SaxKixAve dynamic duo Albert and Alfred
At a recent Tipitina’s show, SaxKixAve, the project of rapper Alfred Banks and multi-instrumentalist Albert Allenback, converted a packed house into a fan base. They are hip hop-fluid as you haven’t...
View ArticleCyril Neville Preserves Neighborhood Culture
If you see Cyril Neville perform this year, you’ll probably hear a song called “Don’t Wait ’Till I’m Gone.” It’s a typically fiery bit of funk, with lyrics that say what a lot of well-traveled...
View ArticleWhere the Wild Seed Grows: Amina Scott Mines Her Mind
Those in the packed WWOZ Jazz Tent were thrilled to hear an exceptional performance by bassist Amina Scott and her stellar band on the last day of Jazz Fest. The set also marked the public debut of...
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