The New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market is reopening Oct. 1 with a slate of performers and an interior overhaul aimed at making the venue one of the nation’s premier listening rooms. The nonprofit ...

An all-star ensemble of musicians are coming to Springfield with the “Take Me to the River: New Orleans” concert at HOPE ...

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 ...

When you think about music in New Orleans, you probably think of jazz or blues, or maybe funk and bounce. Christmas carols?

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 ...

John Broven’s newly revised, expanded and updated Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans, originally issued as Walking to New Orleans, is the definitive, go-to source for anyone interested in the deep ...

Samantha Fish, a blues guitarist originally from Kansas City, poses in front of a mural of her on Frenchman Street in New Orleans on Thursday, Jan. 30. Hannah Ruhoff Sun Herald Chiefs in the Big Easy: ...

Luther Kent was a bear of a man, especially in his younger years when he rocked a bushy head of hair and equally impressive beard. But his physical presence was not what earned the New Orleans singer ...

A benefit concert was held at the House of Blues in New Orleans to raise funds for families affected by the New Year's Day terror attack."Music often brings people ...

The first published novel by Kalamu ya Salaam is cause for celebration. “Walkin’ Blues,” a speculative account of the life of Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson — one of the most lauded and ...