The Word of South Festival of Literature and Music will celebrate its fourth annual Sunday jazz extravaganza with an electrifying series of performances, showcasing the revolutionary sounds of New ...

With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it's hard to know where to start. So Gambit has some suggestion for bands and musicians to see on the last day of Jazz ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on Thursday, bringing together a smorgasbord of the city’s most iconic homegrown artists for the next two weeks. The festival, ...

SOURCE: New Orleans has been named a UNESCO Creative City of Music, joining nine other US cities in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, which recognizes the role of music in urban development and ...

If you were a well-known New Orleans musician in the 1950s and '60s, “Deacon” John Moore probably played guitar on your hit record and/or sang at your funeral. Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Allen ...

New Orleans (CNN) — A bowtie is adjusted. A trombone is hoisted. On the corner of Dauphine and Toulouse, two motorcycle cops block the intersection. The opening notes of “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” ...

Average temperatures have been going up in many cities, including New Orleans. Here's what those higher temperatures sound like. Like many parts of the country, New Orleans is getting hotter. You can ...