The second week of 2026 offers a diverse mix of local and touring acts.

It’s been a long time coming, but the Danny Barker Guitar and Banjo Festival is finally debuting in New Orleans this week with concerts, seminars, workshops, and jam sessions in venues across the city ...

This is American Routes Live with Don Vappie and friends. Don is from a New Orleans Creole family and is a studied purveyor of jazz banjo. He knows much about the history of the music and the ...

New Orleans hosts a new bluegrass festival, a festival devoted to a beloved jazz banjoist and much more this week. FRIDAY-SUNDAY, NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM Guitarist, banjoist, vocalist and storyteller ...

The City of New Orleans, obviously, holds a mythical status in the world of jazz. The genre (or at least the form with which ...