Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Peggy Lee had hits with holiday standards in ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, and jazz ...

New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Kermit Ruffins spoke with Gambit about reefer, writing his song 'Hide the Reefer' and his ...

The festival will showcase Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductee Jonathon 'Boogie' Long, sensational old-time music ...

The first weekend of the 2025 edition of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is underway, with one historic moment for the festival and the city set to take place during the first Saturday. New ...

The 2025 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival was attend by 460,000 fans, organizers announced in a news release. “Thanks to all our loyal Louisiana fans for attending and making this Festival the ...

In the Revivalists’ 2010 song “Catching Fireflies,” frontman David Shaw sings, “I'm never going back to Snake and Jake's/The amount of money I spent, I could've bought the place.” In the 2000s, Shaw ...

Louisiana has always been a state that dances to its own beat. That beat might be a jazz brunch in Lake Charles, Cajun dance at a traditional pig roast in Baton Rouge, or swamp pop blasting out a ...

The Rowan Small Jazz Ensembles Concert was an intimate concert in Boyd Recital Hall that featured many incredible student ...

Many musicians also had to leave New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, so there was a fear that the city's musical culture could be lost. Then two prominent jazz musicians got together and created a ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana singer Marc Broussard cut his set short at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival after experiencing a health scare on stage, he said in a video posted to social media. The ...