Kristin Diable has been exploring freedom and choice in her music ever since she picked up an open mic at a lounge in Baton Rouge and stunned the audience into silence. In the early 2000's she moved to New York City to explore her musical talents, then returned to her native Louisiana, landing in New...

Together Alex McMurray and Glenn Hartman are the Kings of the Small Time singing some of Alex's tunes, some covers, some accordion instrumentals and probably a few good stories along the way. If Alex McMurray's songwriting seems a big dour at times, that is totally intentional. "Like Blanch DuBois in Streetcar," he says, "I find sorrow...

Led by Washboard Chaz Leary, the Palmetto Bug Stompers are one of the finest purveyors of traditional and New Orleans jazz. With a wide and varied background of musical influences, the Palmetto Bug Stompers get the crowd up and make them swing. The band is Robert Snow on acoustic bass, John Rodli on guitar and vocals, Will Smith...

Andrew Duhon is a songwriter from New Orleans, a teller of stories with an undeniable voice, weighted and soulful. Duhon has released three recordings. "The Moorings," his sophomore album was nominated for a Grammy in 2014 for ‘Best Engineered Album.' He has toured solo for much of his career, and that troubadour element is certainly...

American trombonist, vocalist and composer David L. Harris embodies the edge of modern jazz and the sultriness of blues. Every time he steps on stage, David takes us on the emotionally engaging journey of love and liberation, wrapped in a sound that embraces the groove, grit and swing of the past. Growing up in a...

Born in McComb, Mississippi in 1940, Fread E. Martin grew up playing alongside his blues guitar picking father Jessie James Martin, then rode the rails to New Orleans during the early 1950s where he crossed paths with itinerant South Louisiana blues men such as “Polka-Dot” Slim and “Boogie” Bill Webb, whose unique country-cum-urban styles would...

Blending genres, voices and influences, The Asylum Chorus brings its unique roots-soul music to venues large and small. Featuring seven vocalists and a full backing band, Asylum Chorus resonates with audiences in unique ways. Their complex vocal harmonies merge with modern arrangements, to drive the music to higher places. In every performance, the Chorus showcases...

Naked On The Floor is the flagship group of New Orleans based composer, Jonathan Freilich.  Freilich has developed a language for structuring improvisations through the juxtaposition of anomalous musical information occurring almost as non-sequiturs amidst the prevailing familiar information. Freilich has worked as a sideman and a leader for some of New Orleans most notable...

2013 winner of the Outstanding Millennial Award for Music presented by Offbeat Magazine, Troy Sawyer is an accomplished trumpeter, composer and educator from New Orleans. Sawyer is continuing the legacy of his great grandfather, Louis James, who played strings in various bands with Louis Armstrong and co-wrote songs with Buddy Bolden. After picking up the...