Trumpeter/cornetist and bandleader Joseph Oliver was among the first New…

The Olympia Brass Band is a New Orleans jazz brass…

A native of LaPlace in St. John the Baptist Parish,…

n the early 1990s Miller became one of the first…

Born into a showbusiness family in New Orleans and raised…

Trombonist Roy Palmer (1892-1963) was born in New Orleans and…

Gram Parsons (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) was…

Partners-n-Crime duo Kango Slimm and Mr. Meana hail from the…

Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau (March 7, 1888 – January 19,…

Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet…

Walter Payton, Jr. (August 23, 1942 – October 28, 2010)…

Trombonist and composer Santo Joseph Pecora (1902-1984) recorded with the…

Drummer and vocalist Samuel Hughes Penn (1902-1969) was born in…

Joseph “One Eyed Babe” Phillips Interview (3/25/1957): Born in St.…

Marguerite Piazza (September 23, 1921 – August 2, 2012) was…

Born Wilhelmina Goodson in Marianna, Florida, jazz and blues pianist…

Born Wilhelmina Goodson in Marianna, Florida, jazz and blues pianist…

The Porch Sessions is a web portrait of the vibrant…

George Porter, Jr. is a musician best known as the…

”The King of Treme” Shannon Powell (born April 8, 1962)…

The importance of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band cannot be…

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)…

Part of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band lineup during the…

Louis Prima was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter.…

Alton Purnell (April 16, 1911, New Orleans – January 14,…

Quintron has been making genre-defying noise and “Swamp-Tech” dance music…

The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, were…

Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was…

The Rebirth Brass Band has set the standard for modern…

The Red Stick Ramblers are a Cajun Music and Western…

One of the most popular Bounce rappers in New Orleans.…

Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American…

Born Thomas Herman Ridgley, he released his debut single “Shrewsbury…

Joe Robichaux (birth name Joseph Robichaux, March 8, 1900, New…

Nathan “Jim Crow” Robinson (1890-1976) was a guitarist and jazz…

Rockin’ Dopsie was born Alton Rubin on February 10, 1932.…

“When Rockin’ Dopsie, Sr. unexpectedly passed away in 1993, the…

Lil’ Romeo is the self-titled debut album by rapper, Lil’…

Kermit Ruffins (born December 19, 1964) is an American jazz…

Born William Russell Wagner in Canton, Missouri, Bill Russell (1905-1992)…

Musician Marc Savoy builds and repairs Cajun accordions in his…

Banjoist and guitarist Emanuel René “Manny” Sayles (1907-1986) was born…

Marshall Sehorn was a driving force in the evolution of…

Amanda Amaya Shaw (born August 2, 1990) is an American…

Vyshonn King Miller (born June 18, 1975), who records under…

Renetta Yemika Lowe-Bridgewater (September 30, 1982 – December 20, 2010),…

Troy Andrews (born 1986), known professionally as Trombone Shorty, is…

Lil’ Buck Sinegal, “Master of the Stratocaster,” from Lafayette, Louisiana,…

New Orleans Bounce rapper.

Born Terrelle H. Gallo in New…

Percy Sledge (born 1940; Leighton, Alabama) is a rhythm and…

James Tapp, Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003),…

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was…

Smith showed a natural aptitude for singing at a young…

New Orleans rapper from the Westbank, Kennedy Heights.

Raj Smoove is New Orleans #1 Hip-Hop DJ, accomplishing many…

John Alexander St. Cyr (1890-1966) was a self-taught jazz guitarist…

Gregg Stafford is one of the Crescent City’s most talented,…

Mavis Staples (born 1939 in Chicago) is a Gospel singer…

Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis,…

The Stooges Brass Band is a New Orleans, Louisiana, brass…

Multiple Grammy, Billboard, and Emmy award-winning musician Bill Summers is…

Supagroup is an American rock and roll band from New…

Take Fo’ Records is an independent record label from New…

Curley Taylor was born and raised in Louisiana and has…

In the early 90’s Trishell “Ms. Tee” Williams emerged on…

Willie Tee (February 6, 1944 – September 11, 2007) was…

Irma Thomas (born 1941) stands tall among the major artists…

Multi-instrumentalist Wilbert Tillman (1898-1967) was born in New Orleans and…

Allen Toussaint (born 1938) is a pianist, songwriter, producer, arranger,…

Tre-8 (Walter McCallon) was an American rapper from New Orleans…

In existence for nearly 35 years, the Treme Brass Band…

Earl J. Turbinton (born September 23 1941 in New Orleans,…

Tab Virgil, Jr., better known by his stage name Turk…

The Tuxedo Jazz Band, led by Papa Celestin, was named…

Emerging on the New Orleans rap and hip-hop scene in…

Jazz and blues trumpet player Kid Thomas Valentine (1896-1987) was…

He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of…

Don Vappie, born in New Orleans, descended from a long…

Johnny Vidacovich is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans,…

Cornetist and pianist Albert Vincent “Fernandez” Walters (1905-1980) was born…