Seva Venet’s latest project “Misieu Bainjo: a Celebration of the Banjo in New Orleans” features the compositions of many New Orleans banjo legends including Danny Barker, Narvin Kimball, and Creole George Guesnon.  Venet builds upon his experience in working with many contemporary traditional jazz legends including Tuba Fats, Treme Brass Band Lionel Ferbos, Lars Edegran,...

Join soprano Kathleen Halm Simmons, mezzo-soprano Phyllis Treigle, tenor Travis Richter and collaborative pianist Todd Simmons for an Ogden After Hours Fête. This festive and flirtatious New Orleans Opera Preview Concert, entitled Opéra Nouvelle: from Verismo to Offenbach will feature music from the first two mainstage productions at New Orleans Opera – Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci (October 6 and October 8,...

Nominated by Offbeat Magazine for best emerging artist, Renshaw Davies is an indie pop duo based in New Orleans, comprised of John Renshaw (vocals, guitar) and Emily Davies (vocals, keys, percussion). They draw influences from Beach House, Beck, Father John Misty, Fleetwood Mac, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Jeff Lynn, and Bob Dylan. A native...

Fans may know native New Orleanian Paul Sanchez as a founding member of the rock band Cowboy Mouth, with whom he has 11 albums; for his role in the HBO series Treme where he played himself; or as the creative force behind the musical Nine Lives, a musical adaptation of the best-selling novel by Dan Baum. Nine Lives follows the lives...

Troy Sawyer, winner of the Outstanding Millennial award for Music presented by Offbeat Magazine, is an accomplished trumpeter, composer, and educator from New Orleans. Sawyer comes from a line of great musicians and is proud to continue the legacy of his great grandfather Louis D. James, who played with Louis Armstrong and co-wrote songs with the...

With eight singers and a full backing band, The 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 Asylum Chorus showcases their prodigious talents as vocalists, songwriters and instrumentalists, with songs that range from quiet acapella originals...

Jan Ramsey of Offbeat Magazine writes, "Julie Odell’s music is like a secret recipe or a great bar next to your house that you’ve only just discovered. Most everyone who hears her sing knows they’ve discovered something special and can’t imagine a time before they knew she existed." Photo Credit: Bryan Parker