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 ...

Don Bookout, right, leads the Crossroads Brass Band during rehearsal in 2013. Bookout formed the band and helped steer it for years. He died in June, and the band has planned a memorial concert for ...

Charlevoix will host the Northern Michigan Brass Band on Feb. 22, featuring music from hymns to jazz and film scores. Tickets ...

When you think about the smoothest, coolest brass sections of funk and soul bands from the 1970s and ’80s, Ohio shows up front and center. Bands like Ohio Players, Slave, and Lakeside all came out of ...

Alex Harris reflects, “In 2020 on a trip to New Orleans, members of Brass Queens went to ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Academy in New Orleans East with members of Preservation Hall and other local brass ...

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 ...

Brass Solidarity was formed after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in 2020. Now, the band is playing at protests against federal immigration enforcement, in an effort to bring joy to ...

The Magnolia City Brass Band. Since its origins in Great Britain in the mid nineteenth century, the British style brass band has become a popular ensemble around the world. The Magnolia City Brass ...

This sounds like a typical Sunday afternoon in the Crescent City, before sheltering at home, with the sound of a brass band setting the tempo in Armstrong Park. But on this day, there’s a difference.

The Brass Band of Minot, the only British-style brass band in North Dakota, will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a pops ...

In the New Orleans of yesteryear, some residents of the Big Easy enjoyed a vital community amenity, the tradition of the social aid and pleasure club. When a resident died, if their family could not ...

Keith Frazier, bass drummer and a founding member of Rebirth Brass Band, sits in a quiet coffeeshop near the Fair Grounds Race Course on a gorgeous spring afternoon between French Quarter Festival and ...