New Orleans is the birthplace of Louis Armstrong and jazz itself. The city’s history flies like a contrapuntal melody above the heartbeat rhythms of America. “A lot of people like to consider it the ...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, photo by Steve Rapport Next week, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will travel to New York for a special benefit concert.

Last night, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Del McCoury Band appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman to perform the bluegrass-gospel hymn "I'll Fly Away," one of the standout tracks ...

From its start in the French Quarter of New Orleans to its present status as one of the preeminent and versatile ensembles in the world, Preservation Hall Jazz Band has endured for nearly 65 years.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band will release a cartoon made in the style of the classic Max Fleischer animation in support of the new version of “St. James Infirmary,” which is remixed by DJ King Britt.

For someone who doesn't actually live here (he moved to Los Angeles last summer), Clint Maedgen is one of New Orleans' most prolific artists. "I have five bands now," he says. "And I think I'd die if ...