Seva Venet with Dr. Michael White, Shannon Powell and Richie Moten Seva’s first apprenticeship in New Olreans jazz began in 1999 with Tuba Fats and his Chosen Few band.  Seva worked with Tuba Fats for four years with many long (8-10 hour) days in Jackson Square, as well as an extended engagement at Donn’s Bar and...

Due to the threat of hazardous weather, the Ogden Museum will close at noon today, April 18, and there will be no Ogden After Hours tonight. Join soprano Kathleen Halm, tenor Robert Wagner, Bass-baritone Ivan Griffin and collaborative pianist Jan Schaeffer Cox for an Ogden After Hours performance. The Opéra Nouvelle series provides enthralling musical...

Ben E. Hunter has performed nationally and locally for the past 20+ years as a reggae artist with seven studio albums recorded in New Orleans, Jamaica, and Los Angeles. After a series of traumatic personal events (including Katrina), he felt the need to share something more personally relevant through his original songwriting and acoustic performance...

Jimbo Mathus has blazed a singular path as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and shaman for 40 years, recording and releasing more than 300 songs that are a testament to his hoodoo craftsmanship and to the sounds, sights and spirits of his inspirations in the deep South. His new album, Incinerator, which debuts on April...

Indigo Strings is a piano trio plus vocals. Think that sounds classical? It ain't necessarily so. A unique ensemble comprised of piano, violin and cello, topped off with a vibrant soprano presents the Great American Songbook at its best. This confluence of classical training, the influence of Tin Pan Alley and the heat of New...

We’ve all heard the story of the preacher’s musical son before: the Stetson Stratoliner-wearing, bearded dreamer who up and moved to Nashville with nothing more than a Martin and a prayer. Caleb Elliott isn’t that. His story is something wilder. It comes from some place deeper. It’s a story the lanky, long-haired Louisianan has begun...

Diverse and dynamic vocalist and performer Anthea (a.k.a. Jewels) Sidiropoulos has enjoyed a music career spanning over 15 years as an indie-artist. She has covered everything from originals to covers in blues, funk, rock, soul and in the likes of Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, the Greek blues (Rembetika), the Greek love songs (Kantathes)...

New Orleans is more than gumbo, Mardi Gras, the French Quarter and drive through daiquiri bars. The heartbeat of the city has always been music. Music represents so much in the “Big Easy,” especially when it incorporates the melting pot of French, African and American cultures as New Orleans bred band Water Seed has. As...