Jamal Batiste comes from the storied Batiste musical family, which includes father David, a music teacher and member of The Gladiators, older brother Russell, a top-notch drummer, and his cousin Jon – yes, that Jon Batiste. Jamal Batiste loved the drums from the age of thre... Read more

Ashlin Parker is a Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter who brings a confident voice and deeply-educated soul to every note he plays. He can be heard in small and large ensembles, including the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and with his best-known project, the Trumpet Mafia. Parker ... Read more

The Big 6 Brass Band has a sound so big it takes eight players to keep up. The Big 6 emerged in 2017 as a favorite of the second line community, and includes members of the Rebirth, Hot 8, Stooges, and To Be Continued Brass Bands. In addition to covering popular dance tunes... Read more

Bettis + 3rd Degree combines drummer extraordinaire Danovon Calhoun-Bettis, the self-styled “Original Hot Boy of Frenchmen” with a powerhouse 13-member band, including a horn and rhythm section, guitar and keyboard. Bettis, a young lion musician and entrepreneur, attended p... Read more

New Orleans-based guitarist-singer-songwriter is a New York native who formed the funky, psychedelic guitar-fronted, jam funk pioneers Brides of Jesus in the early ‘90s. They quickly developed a strong following in the "Wetlands scene" in downtown Manhattan alongside Warren... Read more

Combining the grit of alternative rock with tropical tones of the Caribbean, Daria & the Hip Drops have been rocking the New Orleans scene since 2010. Inspired by artists like No Doubt, The Talking Heads, and The Arctic Monkeys, Daria and the Hip Drops released their debut ... Read more

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Backed by his band, Funky Nation, Sammie “Big Sam” Williams wields his trombone with a funk-driven, energetic authority that delights audiences from Frenchmen Street to France. Raised in the uptown Twelfth Ward and New Orleans East, an adolescent Williams ended up in the sc... Read more

Guitarist Leo Nocentelli reigns as one of the founding fathers of funk. The guitarist is the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with The Meters, and he has recorded and performed with top artists such as Etta James, Dr. John, The Supremes, Jimmy B... Read more