2502, 2018
2018 French Quarter Festival reveals talent roster: Irma Thomas, Lost Bayou Ramblers, more
Producers of the 2018 French Quarter Festival have revealed its daily roster. That roster features 33 acts who will make their French Quarter Fest debut this year, including Cajun singer-songwriter Zachary Richard, legendary New Orleans funk/soul band Chocolate [...]
811, 2017
#1 on Billboard Jazz Chart!!! The only Jazz Album on the Top Album Sales Chart!!!
The number one album on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart (printing 11/4/17) is A Beautiful World by Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield! In addition to #1 on the Jazz Albums chart and #1 on the Traditional Jazz albums chart, A Beautiful World is the [...]
1509, 2017
What do you get with 25 musical Batistes? ‘A captive audience’
Ask Paul Batiste how many people in his family play music, he's soon exhausted counting all 10 toes and all 10 fingers. Eventually, the number sounds something like two dozen."If I round it off between people I [...]
