R&B

James Rivers

Tue, 08/08/23
James Rivers has played on some of New Orleans’ most classic hits, and continues to please crowds today with his versatile repertoire and mastery of multiple instruments. He has also penned music for six Clint Eastwood films. Born in 1938 and raised in the historic Treme ne... Read more

Dominick Grillo

Tue, 08/08/23
Dominick Grillo’s swinging tenor sax is an essential component of several New Orleans jazz bands as well as the star attraction for Grillo’s own band, the Frenchmen Street All-Stars. Grillo moved to New Orleans in the early 2000s to study jazz at UNO, and was schooled up by... Read more

George Porter, Jr.

Sun, 08/06/23
George Porter, Jr. is truly one of the foundations of funk, and richly deserves his Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is best known as the bassist for the seminal group, The Meters, and for his five decades as an elite performer, bandleader, producer, and session player... Read more

Reggie Scanlan

Sun, 08/06/23
Bassist Reggie Scanlan is a fixture on the rock and funk scene in New Orleans, best known for his 45+years as a founding member of the New Orleans Radiators. Raised in New Orleans’ Irish Channel, Scanlan cut his teeth with local bands and R&B stars, including legendary pian... Read more

The Radiators

Sun, 08/06/23
The Radiators are a New Orleans-based rock band celebrating over 40 years of what they call, “fishhead music,” a funky, swampy sound drenched in R & B, deep blues, and classic rock, steeped into their own raunchy, rocking repertoire. Their national fan base, known as Fishhe... Read more

The Rumble

Sun, 08/06/23
The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. features six Grammy-nominated musicians and is led by Second Chief Joseph Boudreaux, Jr., son of the legendary Monk Boudreaux and heir to several layers of musical and Mardi Gras Indian traditions. With Boudreaux, of the Golden Eagl... Read more

Bill Summers & the Headhunters

Sun, 08/06/23
Bill Summers is a New Orleans-based fixture on the Afro-Cuban and Latin percussion scene. The Detroit, Michigan native studied classical piano as a youngster, but morphed into a percussionist as he came of age. Now recognized as one of the elders of world beat rhythms, he s... Read more

Tonya Boyd Cannon

Sun, 08/06/23
Tonya Boyd Cannon wowed audiences and judges on NBC’s “The Voice,” and brings that same spirit and talent to every stage she graces. The Mississippi-born, Louisiana-bred singer and songwriter easily weaves her way through deep soul and ballads to jazz to funk to gospel, and... Read more

Gladney

Sun, 08/06/23
GRAMMY-nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, and saxophonist Gladney is a sixth-generation native of New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward, . Having performed and traveled professionally since the age of 12, Gladney is a graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOC... Read more

Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph

Sun, 08/06/23
Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph is one of the more versatile, powerful singers and entertainers on the scene today, particularly after the smash success of her hit song “Fya” along with HaSizzle. Joseph came late to the table, but has made a meal out of the entertainment business ... Read more

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