For singer-songwriter Sky Choice, a song can begin almost anywhere: a live show, a conversation or an emotion that needs ...

A fundraiser aims to help the beloved local musician Detroit Brooks cover medical expenses and personal bills as he awaits surgery.

This month jazz musician Donald Harrison will lead the Quantum Leap Music Festival’s tribute to Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins ...

The Ecos Latinos Series is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of community concerts featuring Louisiana musicians ...

Gentilly Fest returns October 9-11, for a three-day celebration of the Gentilly community featuring live music, local food, arts and crafts, family-friendly activities and opportunities for neighbors ...

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Classie Ballou, once described as a “bearish guitar slinger,” died on July 27 in Waco, Texas. He was 84. Just a few months earlier, Ballou lost his bass-playing son, Classie Ballou Jr., who passed in ...

Sunday, April 14, 5p The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta Hotel This year is the fiftieth anniversary of James Rivers’ career as a crowd-pleasing front man. A remarkably versatile entertainer, he ...

Black history gets a boozy makeover when comedian Brandon Collins brings his critically acclaimed Drunk Black History back to New Orleans ...

CLOUDSAVE has taken the music of pop culture and has innovatively combined it with New Orleans’ groove. Part of the reason for this is that modern video game music has matured far beyond the old ...

Jazz Fest A to Z From Jamaica to Congo Square, the 2026 Jazz Fest celebrates global roots and local soul and… – Joseph Irrera Cameron Dupuy Cameron Dupuy Big Squeeze, Many Influences. Grammy-nominated ...

Widespread Panic • Lake Street Dive • Leela James • Lettuce • Alejandro Escovedo • Fred Wesley and his New JBs • Grace Bowers • Sweet Crude • Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. and The Legendary Ils Sont Partis ...