There will be no Ogden After Hours tonight due to Jazz Fest festivities. Join us next Thursday, May 10, for Tonya Boyd-Cannon. 

Mississippi-born, Louisiana-raised, singer-songwriter and Soul artist Tonya Boyd-Cannon is no stranger to the music scene. This daughter of a preacher has been singing since she was a child. Although most of her musical training came by way of middle school and high school band directors, Boyd-Cannon is a classically trained vocalist with a Bachelors of...

From the funk-laced beats and bass-heavy sousaphone blasts that kick off their album "Spyboy," to the gritty warmth of singer J’Wan Boudreaux’s voice, New Orleans brass band-meets-Mardi Gras Indian outfit Cha Wa radiates the fiery energy of the best features of the city’s street culture. Spyboy digs deep into the sound of New Orleans culture...

Soul singer and songwriter Erica Falls credits her unique vintage sound to her childhood growing up in New Orleans’ 9th Ward, where her parents introduced her to Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, and Whitney Houston.  Whether on stage or in the studio, she channels a sassy, soulful tone that recalls...

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...