New Orleans, a “music city,” is stepping up its efforts to determine why and how we can call ourselves such by investing in a census of all the components of The post New Orleans Music Cen...
Live music—the bedrock of New Orleans’ reputation as a music city—is in danger of collapsing. This is kind of a complex issue, so bear with me. OffBeat has always been The post Live Musi...
Are you a musician who’s starting to lose your hearing or who suffers from tinnitus? Or a sound man or even a bartender that has been affected from being exposed to loud noise? The New Orleans ...
Radio station WWOZ is negotiating to sign a long-term lease for a new home to be located on the entire fifth floor of The Shops at Jax Brewery, a prime The post WWOZ Needs A Permanant Home Now...
New Orleans has long been known as the “City That Care Forgot,” but I think it might be renamed “The City That Doesn’t Care” when it comes to its musical The post The City That Doesn...
In response to last week’s blog on the sad state of Frenchmen Street, we received this letter from a local jazz musician, who asked us not to identify him, his The post Guest Opinion: French...
Last weekend, I wanted to showcase Frenchmen Street to a music-loving friend from Europe who had never been to New Orleans before. We ventured there late on Saturday afternoon; the The post Fr...
I read every word that’s published in OffBeat’s “Bible.” One theme that recurs is that many musicians were influenced as children to become musicians. If a kid is exposed to music and mus...
Where do people find live local music? Is there a regression in the information age in finding live local music? Most of you know that OffBeat has included music and culture The post How Do Y...
Straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s the real reason that Krewe du Vieux won’t be parading on its usual route down Frenchmen and lower Decatur Streets. This is a press The post The Re...
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