Tank & the Bangas, PJ Morton and the late Dr. John are among the New Orleans artists announced Tuesday as nominees of the 65th Grammy Awards.
The Krewe of Endymion on Thursday announced that Hootie and the Blowfish frontman turned country hitmaker Darius Rucker and the current incarnation of classic rock band Foreigner will headline the krewe's post-parade Extravaganza.
Revered contemporary R&B songstress Anita Baker is hitting the road in 2023 for a batch of shows spread across the year. Those dates include a performance at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Feb. 17.
David Bernard didn't back down.
A revue of contemporary R&B acts from the 1990s and a Southern rock guitarist with a famous pedigree are among the options for music in New Orleans the week of Nov. 10-16.
Carrie Underwood had a lot to compete with for fans’ attention on Saturday night.
The big shows in New Orleans this week include a country star, a veteran guitarist and a classical/classic rock combination.
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, one of the most successful latter-day ambassadors for New Orleans music, will roll with the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 24 in New York.
Leo Sacks’ life changed when he walked into the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s Gospel Tent in 1982 and discovered the glorious force that was Raymond Anthony Myles.
Migos member TakeOff, who was shot and killed in Houston early Tuesday, performed as part of the rap duo Unc & Phew at Lil Wayne's Lil WeezyAna Fest in New Orleans barely 48 hours earlier.
Rock ‘n’ Bowl owner John Blancher is no stranger to social media controversy.
Late in Lil Wayne’s headlining set at his Lil WeezyAna Fest, he asked fans, “Can you please make some noise for this foreigner? Let’s show him a good time in America.”
Just when all seemed lost, the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House got a second chance.
Big Freedia, New Orleans' queen of bounce, will star in a new reality show broadcast by the multiplatform entertainment company Fuse Media starting in the summer of 2023.
This would have been the weekend of the 2022 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, had the producers not decided to skip this year. But New Orleans will be far from silent.
Chris Stapleton set "Freebird" free at a full Smoothie King Center on Saturday night.
Since the fabled Warehouse opened in 1970, Don Fox has been New Orleans’ premier concert promoter. He and his Beaver Productions have presented thousands of shows in the city and beyond.
The week of Oct. 20 brings with it a mix of touring acts and local favorites.
Famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is scheduled to make his New Orleans debut with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at the Smoothie King Center on Feb. 11.
Mary J. Blige essentially cued up a Mary J. Blige mixtape at a full Smoothie King Center on Saturday.
The pandemic decreased most bands’ visibility. For Mother Mother, the inverse is true.
Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide normally goes to print the first week in December to meet the deadline for a pre-Christmas release.
The apple juice spilled somewhere over Newfoundland.
It’s a busy week of live music in New Orleans with a plethora of arena- and theater-sized touring acts augmenting the typically diverse array of local talent.
“Cannibal,” the opening track on Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford’s new solo album, “Self-Titled,” does not mince words. In frank terms, he addresses the person who sexually abused him as a child.
Is Mississippi’s longstanding claim as the birthplace of the blues a myth?
Like red beans and rice, barbecue and the blues belong together.
Live music highlights in and around New Orleans for the week of Oct. 6 include the fall’s biggest music festival and a tribute to a legendary drummer and character.
With the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience once again sitting out Halloween weekend, the 2022 Gretna Heritage Festival is the biggest event on this fall’s local music calendar.
DALLAS — Can a “virtual band” create a compelling concert experience?
With all due respect to Jeff “You might be a redneck if …” Foxworthy, your city might have a crime problem if … Chris Rock opens his local show with a joke about it.
Veteran WDSU reporter and anchor Heath Allen is retiring after 28 years at the New Orleans NBC affiliate.
During 1970s French Quarter forays, a teenage Craig Klein would linger outside Preservation Hall to listen to traditional jazz seeping through the shutters.
Three years after Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack’s death, the New Orleans icon’s last studio album, “Things Happen That Way,” is finally available to fans.
Fall arrives in New Orleans with a bevy of shows, including the return of touring bands.
The northerly winds that helped steer Hurricane Ian away from Louisiana caused a section of Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans to flood on Wednesday morning.
As a boundary-breaking brass band in New Orleans, the Soul Rebels borrowed songs from marching bands.
If you want to perform at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, your window of opportunity for applying will soon close.
Dr. John was an utterly original artist and even more complex human being. An icon of New Orleans music, he was prone to roam far outside the boundaries of conventionality. The adjectives “easy” and “straightforward” rarely applied to anything he did.
A rash of roadshows pass through New Orleans in the upcoming week, including at least two that were originally scheduled for earlier this year, only to be postponed because of COVID concerns.
Last year’s inaugural NOLAxNOLA, a branded series of shows at local music venues promoted by New Orleans & Company, was intended to remind the world that the city’s music clubs were open even though the fall 2021 New Orleans Jazz & Heritag…
A swirl of controversy has enveloped New Orleans resident Win Butler, leader of popular indie rock band Arcade Fire.
Live music options in New Orleans for the week of Sept. 15 include a legendary funk/soul/R&B band, an ‘80s rock band and a young modern jazz trio’s homecoming.
New Orleans “rap-cabaret” performer Boyfriend’s calling card is her rollers.
Watching Tesla vocalist Jeff Keith microwave a burrito in the summer of 1989 changed my life.
A slew of local favorites will be onstage in New Orleans this week, including a popular deejay celebrating her birthday.
Keeping the New Orleans music magazine OffBeat afloat for more than 30 years has been a challenge for publisher Jan Ramsey. That struggle, made even more difficult by the pandemic, is ongoing.
Charmaine Neville was at home in Bywater several weeks ago during a thunderstorm when lightning struck. Not the figurative, inspirational sort of lightning, but the literal kind.
Dave Grohl stayed out of sight while watching the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform in place of the Foo Fighters at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He wasn’t ready to publicly process the death of Taylor Hawkins, his close friend an…
Music options for Labor Day weekend include a free festival on the west bank, a free show at Tipitina’s and a multinight guitar festival, but no DaBaby.
Amanda Shaw never thought she’d present a bowl of her homemade salsa to Dolly Parton, her musical idol.