Only those two acts stood between Trombone Shorty and every award he competed for. This year in the Best of the Beat, OffBeat readers voted him Artist of the Year, R&B/Funk Artist of the Year, ...

Last night was the first night of the 2009 Beat of the Beat Awards, hosted by Harrah’s Casino New Orleans at the Theatre at Harrah’s. Awards were given out for the individual musician categories, ...

It’s that special time of year: Music festivals are starting to announce their lineups. So get your bug spray and earplugs and sort out your travel plans, people! One of the first to report in is the ...

Batucaxé’s Feb. 7 performance at Club Congress won’t offer what the group’s founder and co-director Cliff Berrien likes to call the “guerilla samba” experience–those occasions when you happen to be ...

Jazz audiences can seem like a thoughtful bunch — always furrowing their brows and concentrating. Why don’t they get up and dance? Well, they’re listening— really listening, with something like the ...

There’s a raw energy in the air—a palpable, jittery anticipation as the old guard of hip-hop production gets tossed aside by the relentless force of technological innovation and cultural upheaval.