Jan Ramsey

The music club and bar—d.b.a. New Orleans, located at 618 Frenchmen—has been sold after 23 years by owner Tom Thayer to a local group of Frenchmen Street venue operators: Sophie Lee Lowry (musician and owner of Three Muses); and Cheryl Abaña, Bradley Clement and Doug Emmer (The Spotted Cat). Lowry and Thayer are renowned in

OffBeat’s 2023 Best of The Beat Music Awards took place on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at Tipitina’s. The Best of The Beat Awards™ is a program of the OffBeat Music & Cultural Arts Foundation and was presented by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, with support from OffBeat

An important conference is coming to New Orleans on June 3-5: the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) will be held in New Orleans for the first time from June 3 – 5. NIVA is a relatively new organization, formed in response to the devastation in live music that occurred beginning with pandemic in March 2020.

Musicians can make ends meet by supplementing their income in a way they may never have considered: being a tour guide.

Is Live Music Going To Survive Technology? With the growing market for virtual reality is live music goingto survive?

Luther Kent, who was a part of the New Orleans music community for over 60 years, has passed away as a result of heart failure.

Results of the recent New Orleans Music Census Report released, along with possible opportunities for the music community.

House music and EDM - what's the difference? House music 101 introduced you to the genre and to Tinzo + Jojo.

Despite the L.A. Fires, the upcoming 2025 GRAMMY Awards will be presented on Sunday February 2...but the TV broadcast may be a bit different.

2025 French Quarter Festival announces the confirmed bands and food offerings for the annual event from April 10-13, 2025.