Bon Bon Vivant celebrates the bon vivant spirit of the Big Easy with energetic shows and music that crosses the genre map, ranging from dark, persistent ballads to catchy dance grooves on songs like “Gone, Gone, Gone” and the ska-spiced “Ship is Sinking.” Bon Bon Vivant inc... Read more

Big Freedia emerged after Katrina as one of New Orleans’ most dynamic performers, specializing in the energetic hip hop variant known as bounce music. The Third Ward native caught stardom by the tail, and now has a string of hit collaborations, their own reality show, and a... Read more

The 79rs Gang is led by musicians Jermaine Bossier and Romeo Bougere, the Big Chiefs of two rival Mardi Gras Indian tribes (the 7th Ward Creole Hunters and the 9th Ward Hunters).  These young talents interweave traditional Mardi Gras rhythms with vibrant contemporary hip ho... Read more

Tank & the Bangas put the best of New Orleans’ contemporary creativity on the world map with their happy, collaborative, and unique sound, which blends elements of soul, rock, hip-hop, and funk with skillful musicianship and fresh songwriting. Tarriona “Tank” Ball met other... Read more

Roland Guerin grew up in a musical family.  He first learned music from his mother, a bass player who taught him that you can’t make it in music without a strong groove and feeling. Roland studied Marketing at Southern University in Baton Rouge, where he joined legendary ja... Read more

Grammy-winning Jon Cleary may be British born, but he is a New Orleanian at heart. His funk-infused piano rolls pay homage to the bedrock laid down by legends like Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, and Professor Longhair, and he brings those traditions to contemporary stages in... Read more

Tom Worrell is a pianist of the first degree, a veteran of both the road and the New Orleans music scene, who embodies the spirits of the great Professor Longhair and James Booker whenever he takes the stage. Worrell learned piano at the age of four, and also plays trombone... Read more

John “Papa” Gros (pronounced Grow) is a pianist, organist, vocalist, and composer who combines the best of New Orleans’ piano professor traditions with contemporary funk, rock, and blues to create his own distinctive and dynamic sound. He is an established solo artist and i... Read more

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band launched in 1977, at a time when New Orleans brass bands were dwindling and the traditions of street parading were dying out. The Dozen revolutionized – and revitalized - the traditional brass band genre by injecting funk and modern jazz styles an... Read more

Keiko Komaki trained as a classical pianist as a child in Japan, but moved to New Orleans to follow her passion for funk and jazz. She cut her chops under the tutelage of blues maven Big Marva Wright and band leader Benny Turner, and has since played with a Who’s Who of New... Read more