NEW ORLEANS — When you think about music in New Orleans — you probably think of jazz or blues, or maybe funk and bounce. Christmas carols? Not so much. But many musicians in New Orleans have deep ...
The New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market, a non-profit organization on a mission to bring the most talented, accomplished and passionate jazz and blues musicians to the stage, announced today that it will ...
By Victor Block Think swinging jazz and soulful blues played in clubs and by street musicians outside. Picture sidewalks crowded with people sipping beverages as they stroll along. If you guessed that ...
Bill Frisell, one of the world’s most acclaimed jazz guitarists, was puzzled. At the conclusion of the first of his two Oct. 1 shows at the rebranded, reengineered and reborn New Orleans Jazz & Blues ...
Leroy Williams, better known to New Orleans nightlife denizens as bluesman Guitar Lightnin’ Lee, died Nov. 6. He was 83. A New Orleans native who grew up in the Lower 9th Ward, he hung out outside the ...
Rosemary Westwood from member station WWNO asked a few of New Orlean's favorite musicians about the songs they like to listen to around Christmas. New Orleans musicians share their favorite Christmas ...