Grant Grech wants his music to have a voice of its own. The second-year psychology student said he is releasing his solo EP, “Grant Grech Plays Guitar,” to showcase his modern spin on a traditional, ...

Sandra Jaffe, the co-founder of Preservation Hall, a deliberately down-at-the-heels French Quarter mecca for fans of traditional jazz played by its veteran practitioners, died Monday in New Orleans, a ...

Amid the release of "Madwoman", here are some interesting things to know about Laufey, her TikTok stardom and more.

Just three percussion instruments – the conga, bongos and timbales – transform a big band into a Latin ensemble full of upbeat melodies and unexpected rhythms. The fusion occurs every Thursday night ...

This is the final story in The Guardians, a 6-part series highlighting those dedicated to saving and passing down New Orleans' unique heritage. Posing for a photographer outside Frenchmen Street’s ...

That U.S.-hip-sounding line, strangely enough, is as British as “jolly good,” or “raw-ther.” It describes a musical fad that has washed over Britain. “Trad” is traditional jazz, the 1920s variety now ...

Inside a theatre just off of Bourbon Street, a jazz band grooves for an audience of excited second graders on a field trip. As the music fills the decades-old Preservation Hall, the kids laugh, dance ...

When singer and trumpeter Anne Linders moved from St. Louis to Boston in 2020, she wanted to put together a new version of her lively traditional jazz band Annie and the Fur Trappers. That proved to ...

Frank Sinatra claims four spots on Billboard’s jazz charts this week, with two classic compilations returning and two more holding steady in the top 10. American singer and actor Frank Sinatra, ...

Rollicking strains of Dixieland jazz streamed from a small office on the second floor of the west music building earlier this month. Inside, the closely-knit ASU Dixie Devils laughed over their ...

For the past couple of months, OffBeat has posted a survey on our website, just to get an idea of what our readers like, their opinions on political matters related to music, how they use information ...

Brett Milano, John Wirt and Michael Allen Zell reviews from Jazz Fest Day 8, Sunday, May 3, 2026. For those of us who ...