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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Years before he scored his 1973 hit, Mac Rebennack was in the wrong place at the wrong time — and changed his life forever ...
A guitarist shares his experience joining Rockin'1000 for a performance of "Born to Run" at New Orleans' Superdome ...