New Orleans pioneering voice in “alt-rocka-countrybilly-serial-killer-blues,” Shawn Williams sounds like the result of a dirtier-minded Elvis deciding to get it on in the back of some roadhouse saloon with one of those sad-eyed cowboy types that would rather be drinking alone. Her debut album Shadow (2017) is a skillfully-mastered collection of originals that moves seamlessly...

Michaela Harrison is an international vocalist whose career is rooted in relaying the healing, transformational power of music through song. Whether she’s singing at an intimate gathering or on a festival stage before thousands, Michaela invites her diverse audiences to come inside her musical healing room. Fluent in French and Portuguese, and familiar with Spanish...

Over the past decade, the New Jersey born, now dividing time between New Orleans and the mountains of Vermont, vocalist/writer/musician/producer has been bestowed with many awards and praises, including being named the Female Songwriter of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters.  Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt have raved about her in interviews, and she's performed on...

Brothers Noah and Josh Thompson put their guitars together to form Roman Street. Since the college years, this brotherly jam session has developed into a Billboard/iTunes charting band who many have dubbed 'the next generation' of Jazz Fusion. Roman Street, named for an old roman street in the Alps, is an internationally trained instrumental band specializing...

Walter “Wolfman” Washington has been a mainstay in the New Orleans music scene since the early 1960s. He cut his teeth backing up some of the best singers and performers in New Orleans history, including Lee Dorsey, Johnny Adams and Irma Thomas before putting together his long time band The Roadmasters, who have been burning...

Grooves in the service of songs, Green Buddha is that and more. Original Colorado music spawned from funk, reggae and soul, to ska and dub. The result is a brew of psychedelia with melodies and hooks galore. The best bands are formed by chemistry not design and their debut album “Small Town” proves the point. From the minds of...

There is no Ogden After Hours this week. Please join us next week for Clint Maedgen!

Clint Maedgen has enjoyed a prolific career as a professional musician in New Orleans for over 20 years. He was the frontman for the rock band Liquidrone (c. 1992 - 2004) and creator of the interactive theatrical cabaret, game show and musical band, The New Orleans Bingo! Show (c. 2001 - 2012). He is a...

Lilli Lewis is a pianist and composer of rare grace and grit. In New Orleans, Lewis has been a sought-after soloist, opening for the likes of Tom McDermott, Jon Cleary and Henry Butler, to name a few. She is the lead vocalist and keyboardist for Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s founding member Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove,...