Few touring acts are in New Orleans this week. Live music highlights include a couple of album release shows by local artists ...

It might be said that saxophonist Bryan Olsheski was born into a jazz home: His father was a saxophonist for trumpet player and bandleader Al Hirt, and his mother is a singer. He was born in a jazz ...

The Musicians' Village was created after Hurricane Katrina to protect the music culture of New Orleans. We pay a visit to see how it's doing and what its future plans are.

Saxophones, trumpets and drums are everywhere in New Orleans, the city where jazz was born. Musicians perform jazz sets on streets, inside cafes, bars, restaurants and auditoriums. It’s no ...

To make sure New Orleans continues to live up to its fame as the birthplace of jazz, one organization there makes sure kids know all about the genre.

Twenty years ago, Lonnie Davis evacuated New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina, not knowing she would never return home. Why it ...

Jazz Fest 2025 welcomed 460,000 fans for a cultural celebration featuring Lil Wayne, Pearl Jam, Cajun food, crafts, and Mexican art.

If crowds at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival occasionally felt a little lighter than normal, that’s because they were. Approximately 460,000 people passed through the gates of the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Lillian Boutté, beloved jazz vocalist and tireless supporter of the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic, has died after a lengthy illness at the age of 75.