New Orleans native Mike Doussan started playing in clubs around New Orleans in 2004 as a sit in musician. He quickly became a regular at The Apple Barrel playing blues with Mike Hood and the Frenchmen St. Delegation, at Banks St. Bar playing funk with New Orleans Juice and anywhere Eric Lindell was taking stage with...

Master drummer Joe Lastie, Jr., spent 27 years on the road with Preservation Hall Jazz Band and is a member of the Preservation Hall Foundation, which is dedicated to the education of music and outreach at schools all over the world. Lastie is a member of one of New Orleans’ beloved musical families, the Lasties,...

30X90 New Orleans Blueswomen are known for their raw, deep-rooted blues, New Orleans R&B, originals and harmonies with an attitude. These Louisiana-born ladies got together post Katrina to help rebuild their city, celebrate their survival, and sing their blues. Influenced by Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, the Meteres, Etta James and others, they regularly feature special...

Sabine McCalla & The Dew Drops is a New Orleans based R&B band featuring doo wop, blues and soul. The name is attributed to the famous New Orleans hotel, The Dew Drop Inn. The hotel was open for several decades as a speakeasy that featured black and white musicians and audiences. This matches with the...

Celebrate the release of Helen's latest album release, Helkiase, featuring the singles, "Slow Drag Pavageau" and "You Found Me," available now on CD and digitally through bandcamp, spotify, pandora. Vinyl release available October 2018! Belgian-born Helen Gillet is both a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archeologist focused on the worlds of synthesized sound and acoustic cello. Though Gillet...

"From the very beginning, their goal was to see to it that the band and it's listeners had a smoking hot time." - Steve Steinburg, Offbeat Magazine Smoking Time Jazz Club is a New Orleans based traditional jazz band, reviving and refreshing the music of the 1920s and 30s for todays listeners, swing dancers and...

Ever More Nest is a new project from New Orleans-based songwriter, Kelcy Mae. A band with an unmistakable Americana tilt, Ever More Nest pairs Kelcy’s signature poetic lyricism with a musical style that can set you simultaneously on a rural dirt road and a gritty, big-city street. The name ‘Ever More Nest’ was drawn from a...

Based in Louisiana, yet rooted in Balkan traditions, New Orleans’ Blato Zlato features dreamy three-part vocal harmonies over hard-hitting instrumentals inspired by both the ancient traditions of their heritage and the musical influences of their lives today. With many band members raised in Eastern Europe and having ancestry there, the band’s music aims to explore and preserve...

Kyle Roussel is a dynamic example of a modern New Orleans musician forging his own path while collaborating with a variety of musical masters. A graduate of the famed New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and the University of New Orleans began playing the piano at age nine; studying classical music before moving on to...