OffBeat Magazine - January 2020

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New Orlean Music, Food, Culture

It Was Like A Fantasy

Accordion-making was considered a hobby, but randy Falcon turned it into a business.

3 mins

The Story Of People And Place

The Folk Alliance celebrates creativity and supports traditions.

4 mins

The Banjo

An unusual voice in the story of New Orleans music.

4 mins

Lifetime Achievement in Music Education: Steve Masakowski

Steve Masakowski never focused on making teaching his career.

5 mins

Shirani Rae of Peaches Records

Lifetime Achievement in Music Business

4 mins

Positive vibrations HeartBeat Award (Musician) Margie Perez

Margie Perez embodies what it means to be a working artist in New Orleans right now: she plays whenever possible, constantly expanding her reach with a variety of bands and collaborations.

4 mins

Positive vibrations HeartBeat Award (Culture Bearer) Clarence “Delco” Dalcour

Clarence Dalcour, 71, is a soft-spoken man who as Big Chief Delco of the Creole Osceola displays old-time Black Indian ways that he acquired through listening and observing the elder chiefs.

4 mins

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC CHARLIE GABRIEL

WHEN CHARLIE GABRIEL, 87, WAS A YOUNGSTER OF maybe eight or nine years old, he had a talk with God.

10 mins

True Food Kitchen

Locals don’t have to go too far back in time to remember just how challenging it was to find restaurants that offered a variety of healthy options, let alone cater to them.

3 mins

Rhiannon Giddens Talks Back

In 2007, Rhiannon Giddens performed at the Folk Alliance International conference with the aspiring black string band Carolina Chocolate Drops.

7 mins

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OffBeat Magazine Description:

OffBeat is New Orleans' premier magazine covering the city and region's music and entertainment, festivals, unique culture and cuisine. We go off the beaten track to give you inside information on Jazz Fest, Mardi Gras, French Quarter Fest, Voodoo Fest, Festivals Acadiens, Crescent City Blues, Bayou Boogaloo and so much more. Every month OffBeat features in-depth articles and interviews with musicians, artists, chefs and culture bearers who make New Orleans America’s most fascinating city.
Every month OffBeat features reviews of local music, the city’s most respected guide to local music listings and clubs, restaurants and festivals. From jazz to funk, Cajun and zydeco to rock, blues to R&B, OffBeat is the authority.
Chockful of beautiful and award-winning photography and editorial, OffBeat is respected locally and worldwide as the authority on local music and culture. Our “Jazz Fest Bible” is a special double issue and us the ultimate guide to the city’s most famous music festival. It's available with a 12-month subscription..