Rock

Leo Nocentelli

Tue, 08/08/23
Guitarist Leo Nocentelli reigns as one of the founding fathers of funk. The guitarist is the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with The Meters, and he has recorded and performed with top artists such as Etta James, Dr. John, The Supremes, Jimmy B... Read more

John Mooney

Tue, 08/08/23
John Mooney embodies the direct connection between today and the music of the blues’ founding fathers: Professor Longhair, and the Mississippi Delta bluesman Son House, who mentored a teenaged Mooney and fostered his driving slide style and vocal sound. Mooney was born in... Read more

Sam Price

Tue, 08/08/23
Sam Price is a very busy bassist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. Although he tours and performs with the very active Honey Island Swamp Band and with OTRA!, he also fronts his own combo, Sam Price and the True Believers, as an outlet for his original tunes. The True Be... 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

Debbie Davis

Sun, 08/06/23
Debbie Davis is a New Orleans institution, a songstress, ukulele master, and entertainer who has performed with an impressive roster of local music royalty: John Boutte, Paul Sanchez, The Pfister Sisters, the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Tom McDermott, Alex McMurray, at the D... Read more

Dave Malone

Sun, 08/06/23
Dave Malone is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the New Orleans Radiators, which has laid down their own brand of funky-rock-blues for over 45 years, touring relentlessly across the country. Malone was raised in Edgard, Louisiana, and had his life changed whe... 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

Amanda Shaw

Sun, 08/06/23
Fiddler Amanda Shaw has grown from a child prodigy to a mature and enduring force in contemporary Cajun music. The festival favorite, born in 1991, grew up in Mandeville, Louisiana, took her first classical violin lesson at age four, and at age seven became the youngest sol... Read more

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