At this point in the long history of New Orleans music, it probably isn’t necessary to announce that your band isn’t “from” New Orleans as long as you wear your influences well. After all as Ernie ...
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Nathan Swift's last name. At the time of their farewell show in October 2015, Bad Cactus Brass Band were playing 150 shows a ...
On Monday night, December 22, the Capitol Bones All- Brass Big Band presented an exciting program of Christmas music at ...
Syracuse, N.Y. — Cold, dark nights are no surprise for winter in Central New York. When that icy wind comes hurtling downtown, it can feel like Syracuse is truly on the edge of the world. It was ...
Preservation Brass had been holding down Monday nights at Preservation Hall for several years, playing sets of classic New Orleans brass band music, when some of the musicians started batting around ...
They’ve played at international festivals, in nightclubs and on a boat in the New York harbor. In one unusual gig, they played on the L train in Chicago. This local band has even been on the radio — ...
Christiaan Mader and Jonny Campos, the creative core behind Lafayette pop-rock band Brass Bed, once saw themselves as dispassionate tunesmiths. They built clever songs with inventive melodies, chord ...
The Brass Band of the Tri-State will have its annual free Christmas concert on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith Music Hall Recital Hall at Marshall.  Works to be performed include “Christmas Fanfare, ...
Benny Lipson’s one-man Broadway Brass Band makes catchy, funky versions of show tunes, as well as the occasional Jewish song. Today is Fat Tuesday — also known as Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday — which ...
The members of the Castlerea Brass and Reed Band are on the streets of the town today, Saturday, spreading a bit of festive ...
In the heart of New York City’s vibrant music scene, a dynamic force is shaking up traditions and breaking down barriers. Meet Brass Queens, an electrifying nine-piece, New Orleans-style brass band on ...