Tab Benoit emerged on the blues guitar scene in the early 1990s with his swampy, hard-driving sound and has become one of the genre’s most enduring and talented forces. The Houma, Louisiana native grew up with local Cajun and country influences, and wound his way to Baton R... Read more

Steve DeTroy started playing piano in the church and with his father , a jazz pianist, and studied under Junior Mance in college. DeTroy, an East Coast native, found his way to New Orleans and cut his chops with Walter “Wolfman” Washington’s Roadmasters and jazz and blues b... Read more

Sonny Landreth is one of the most singular slide guitarists of our time. The self-described “native stepson” of South Louisiana cut his early chops with Clifton Chenier’s legendary Red Hot Louisiana Band, and is known as the “King of Slydeco” for his zydeco-inflected rhythm... Read more

The Slick Skillet Serenaders bring a pre WWII sensibility to their effervescent and enthusiastic shows, with vaudeville jokes and slapstick stage antics adding dimension to their repertoire of ragtime, traditional jazz, and blues. The band has a handful of albums out, inclu... Read more

Sierra Green & the Soul Machine features the powerful, masterful vocals of Sierra Green, a New Orleans native who channels her passionate, gravelly voice into classics by some of the most influential women in soul. R & B, and jazz: Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, and Sharon J... Read more

Sharon Martin, as a solo act or with her band Music from New Orleans, brings her unique vocal stylings to every stage she graces. Martin’s sass and humor augment her top-drawer musicianship; she has played Billie Holiday in the stage performance of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Ba... Read more

Papa Mali is a New Orleans-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist with repertoire ranging from deep soul blues to psychedelic rock to gospel, but he is perhaps best known as a founding member of the Austin-based reggae group, the Killer Bees, and for his collaborations wit... Read more

The Palmetto Bug Stompers are some of the city’s most talented purveyors of traditional New Orleans jazz. Led by “Washboard Chaz” Leary on washboard and vocals and Bruce Brackman on clarinet, the combo brings impeccable musicianship – as well as Leary’s deep knowledge of co... Read more

Michael “The Sheik” O'Hara is a talented pianist, singer, four-time Grammy-nominated songwriter, and showman who has lived several lives and continues to delight and astound audiences with his kaleidoscopic creativity. O’Hara was raised in the St. Louis gospel church tradit... Read more