" Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans," is Tulane professor Matt Sakakeeny's first book, out now from Duke University Press. It's a notable work in that it's the first critical ...

The Rebirth Brass Band rose from the streets of New Orleans to international renown with a mix of the brass-band tradition and a refreshingly modern sensibility. The Rebirth Brass Band mastered the ...

Outstanding releases from the euphonium virtuoso and the Queensbury band claim the CD of the Year awards from Brass Band ...

Such a wide range of bands doing great work on and off the contest stage this year - with a remarkable young band taking the ...

New Orleans music evocative of early jazz, brass bands, and funk. The Euphoria Brass Band, a New Orleans–jazz outfit, was founded in 2011 by longtime New Orleanians, David Bandrowski (banjo/guitar) ...

Whether receiving props from The Roots on Twitter, jamming with puppets on CBC Kids' Mamma Yamma, recording with the legendary Giovanni Hidalgo or being championed by influential DJ and tastemaker ...

Some Saturday evening after a Tigers game you might wander into Greektown for a bite to eat and hear the sound of brass band music rising above the bouzouki melodies wafting out of Greek eateries.

Bennie Pete, the co-founder and sousaphone player of the Hot 8 Brass Band, died early Monday at New Orleans East Hospital of complications from the inflammatory condition sarcoidosis and COVID-19, his ...

Brass Bands England is bringing back one of the North West’s favourite musical events this summer - Brass at the Seaside. Taking place at the picturesque St Anne’s Bandstand in Lytham on Saturday 12 ...

Have you been on Frenchmen Street lately and heard the brass band? Remember that big lot on the corner of Frenchmen and Chartres where the brass band used to play every night? It’s gone. In its place ...

There’s something honorable – and just a bit unexpected – in the way that one musical crew from one of America’s most vibrant musical cities has helped resuscitate and revitalize a sound many fans ...