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WEBFrankie Beverly (1946-2024) R&B singer Frankie Beverly has died at the age of 77, according to an announcement from his family on social media pages. “He lived his life with pure soul as one would say, and for us, no one did it better. He lived for his music, family and friends,” the family wrote. Blogs.
October 2024 - OffBeat Magazine
WEB2 days ago · The TBC Brass Band, which closes out this year's Tremé Fall Festival on Saturday, October 26, 2024, has truly lived up…. – Geraldine Wyckoff. Jonathon “Boogie” Long: Missing mentor Luther Kent, but moving forward. Jonathon “Boogie” Long has been making music for 30 of his 36 years on Earth. From a family of singers, he….
Online News Archive - OffBeat Magazine
WEB3 days ago · Operation Restoration, Son of a Saint Launch Taylor Swift Ticket Fundraiser. Online News News by: OffBeat Staff September 25, 2024 0 Comments. Operation Restoration (OR) and Son of a Saint (SOAS), two New Orleans-based nonprofits, announce a new partnership to provide a suite-level concert experience to …
The OnBeat Sessions Return - OffBeat Magazine
WEB2 days ago · September 24, 2024by: OffBeat Staff. Fall has arrived and that means The OnBeat Sessions are back on the menu. OffBeat Magazine's premiere music series returns for its sixth season of exclusive, intimate live performances by a wide-ranging selection of current New Orleans musicians, produced in conjunction with Loyola University's Music ...
New Album Releases from New Orleans and Louisiana Musicians
WEBSep 20, 2024 · Released in November 2020. Leigh Harris (Lil Queenie).: Waking Up in Dreamland (4 Track EP) (Independent) New Orleans High Society: New Orleans High Society (1718 Records) Nhktar.: Silk and Skin (Independent) Evan Oberla.: Organic Structures (4 song EP) (Independent) Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos (with Ivan Neville): Live at the ...
June 2022 - OffBeat Magazine
WEB2022 Jazz Fest Redux The headline Jazz Fest Redux first appeared in OffBeat’s June 2000 issue. Although a Jazz Fest recap was published in every…. – OffBeat Staff. We Really Love to Make You Smile: Tarriona Ball of Tank and the Bangas represents New Orleans But it feel like Maze at Jazz Fest…. If you’ve witnessed the phenomenon that ...
January 2023 - OffBeat Magazine
WEBReviews. Basher, Doubles (Sinking City Records) First an explanation of the name of the New Orleans-based band, Basher, and the title of the album, Doubles. Saxophonist Byron… – Geraldine Wyckoff David Bandrowski and the Rhumba Defense, French Onion Superman (Independent) Dave Bandrowski is a legend among a certain subset of New Orleans music lovers. . The tenor banjo player is known as
January 2021 - OffBeat Magazine
WEBJan 1, 2021 · Features. The 50 Best Albums Of 2020 In Louisiana Music In 2020 the pandemic may have stopped live music, but recorded music continued with too many great albums to include. As… – OffBeat Magazine Letters to the Editor Still Too Dangerous At age 71, I'm not the party guy I used to be. I was in New Orleans a… – OffBeat Readers Jazz Precedes Zydeco? A fallen book illuminates a path to ...
Videos Archives - OffBeat Magazine
WEBRapper Alfred Banks is well known in the New Orleans hip hop scene as well as in the OffBeat columns. One time recipient of the Best of the Beat best rapper award, Banks has made giant leaps since then, whether on his own as a solo artist or as half of the fun duo SaxKixAve who graced the cover of the April issue of OffBeat Magazine.
June 2024 - OffBeat Magazine
WEBFeatures. 2024 Jazz Fest Redux OffBeat has published a Jazz Fest recap since the magazine started in 1988. Headlines like “Squeezing Out Sparks at Jazz Fest”… – OffBeat Staff Happy Father's Day: Carrying on the Music with Corey Henry, Kid Chocolate and Sunpie Barnes In celebration of Father's Day, June 16, 2024, we put the spotlight on three of New Orleans well-known musical dads ...