Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started to get a little convoluted and pedantic while delivering his remarks, and the crowd’s attention was drifting. At that point, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who had ...

where the singer-songwriter is playing the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar. The production has made its way ...

MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech reflects the importance of a Black community coming together around an agenda uniting civil ...

Mahalia, Little Simz and James Blake. CREDIT: ZADATSTUDIO, Tim Mosenfelder and Thibaut Grevet Now, even more artists have been added to the bill, including Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter ...

Friends of the Cabildo will host a special screening of rare 16mm film footage from the first-ever New Orleans Jazz & ...

Funnily enough, the Grammy-nominated singer is back this week with her first new song in seven years. But before we get into that track, let’s recount the past week in hip-hop and R&B — one ...

Last month, we already got an impressive announcement of artists including The Streets, MOBO Award-winning London-born rapper Ghetts and multi-award winning jazz pianist Jon Batiste - best known to ...

Hua Hin in Thailand – it’s like a second home to me. I’d be looking at the ocean, soaking up the sun and humidity, feasting on delicious local food and getting a Thai massage. Or the Maldives – it’s ...

The SUNY Gospel Choir’s “GospelFEST 2025” will raise the rafters at the Church of the Nazarene on Saturday evening. “This will be the first time we have brought GospelFEST to the Nazarene Church,” Dr.

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue lead their annual Jazz Fest-time concert full of special guests, this year including Elvis ...

Dozens of other artists will take the stage, too, and many have New Orleans roots, including Connick, Lil Wayne, Big Freedia, Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas, The Revivalists, Tank and the Bangas, ...