Ngoma Numu wears many hats: drummer, house DJ, hand-crafted jewelery maker, and New Orleans native. All these components combine to create a musical sound alive with deep rhythms and spirituality. Ngoma means “drum and dance,” according to the artist, while Numu is “the ori... Read more

ÌFÉ is the electronic music persona of the New Orleans-based producer and percussionist Otura Mun. According to the artist’s Bandcamp site, “ÌFÉ is a futuristic live electronic music project blending elements of Afro-Cuban folklore and Yoruban religious music with the bas... Read more

David Kumler is a musician, producer, multimedia artist, and academic currently based in New Orleans. Kumler is best known for his work with the post-punk/darkwave duo Foxxxy Mulder, a collaboration with vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Kori Hensell. His solo musical ende... Read more

Evan Oberla is an artist, musician & composer based in New Orleans with a naturally dynamic sound arriving at an intersection between catchy melodious themes and instantaneous adventurous improvisation, all the while maintaining a fresh soulful groove. Hailing from a diver... Read more

Jon Gross powers his tuba and sousaphone sounds with New Orleans-inflected energy and passion. Gross can be found with more traditional Crescent City jazz bands such as the Treme Brass Band, Loose Marbles and the Panorama Jazz Band, or exploring the outer edges of jazz in p... Read more

Helen Gillet is a master of improvisation, using an acoustic cello, voice, and looping techniques to explore the boundaries of synthesized sounds and textures. Her music, rich in depth and color, expresses her experiences as a world citizen, yet is steeped in the humid rhyt... Read more