Longtime singer songwriter John Fohl performs solo in support of his newly released album Hands On You. Originally from Montana, Fohl has spent over 20 years making himself a respected member of the New Orleans music community playing alongside the city's best musicians, including over a decade with Dr. John. Photo by Roland Guerin

Named after the infamous South Louisiana swamp rat, Nutria is an instrumental trio that performs original compositions with an emphasis on collective improvisation. Their music explores jazz, chamber music and traditional music of African diaspora and Eastern Europe, while staying true to New Orleans jazz and groove traditions. "There's a clear strategic intelligence and inventiveness...

Dustan Louque collects stories and cultures and distills them into song. An American songwriter who's often called Zelig's musical son, he describes his sound as somewhere between Mod & Rocker. During his childhood years growing up in Grande Pointe, he loved Fats Domino, Hank Williams, Sr., and Prince. In his formative years he discovered the British...

The Bayou Saints represent the new sound emerging from New Orleans - a sound defined by influences from all over the country and all over the world. The band effortlessly combines rock, jazz, funk, and americana country with the original songwriting of Matt Clark and Arsène DeLay to create a unique genre-defying New Orleans sound. Both...

The Panorama Jazz Band took shape in November 1995 when a friend asked New Orleans clarinetist Ben Schenck to organize a combo for her wedding.  Originally a trio, the group gradually evolved by 2006 to include seven players (clarinet, alto saxophone, trombone, accordion, banjo, tuba and drums).  The original concept was to perform New Orleans...

Downbeat magazine calls Matt Perrine a "virtuoso sousaphone player" and it is for that instrument and the tuba that he is best known. Matt's versatility extends from jazz, rock and reggae to avant-garde, Dixieland, Latin, swing or funk, on either electric or stand-up bass, tuba, or sousaphone. An arranger and bandleader, Matt is co-founder of...

Brewed in New Orleans from an inspired mash-up of influences, Jamaican Me Breakfast Club plays New Wave radio hits from the 1980s re-imagined as roots reggae. Call it pop rock steady or just plain fun. It’s feel-good music with a nod and a wink. Since emerging on the scene in October 2016 with a triumphant...

Maggie Belle Band plays an original blend of R&B, soul, funk, blues, with the occasional touch of hip hop. Born of the musical whirlpool that drew many of its members to New Orleans from all corners of the U.S., Maggie Belle Band has been making a splash  by combining solid grooves from a tasteful rhythm...