The Washboard Chaz Blues Trio will likely play some soul-stirring blues with sounds as timeless as the city of New Orleans itself on Oct. 11 at the Dew Drop Jazz & Social Hall in Old Mandeville. The ...

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Alkaline Trio perform in front of an energetic crowd Wednesday, Feb. 17 at the House of Blues. Photo Credit: Ani Chakiryan / Contributor On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the House of Blues opened its doors to ...

Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick is serving up "Florida Man Blues," the first-ever blues song by his jazz trio, on which he even takes lead vocals. To everyone's delight, he's not rapping like he did ...

There are two sides to pianist Sullivan Fortner's playing, at least. There's Fortner the neo-traditionalist, bringing stride piano into the 21st century and taking more inspiration from old giants ...