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 ...

The Grammy Award-winning Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform at Fort Mose Historic State Park on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. The New Orleans-based band is known for its unique "musical gumbo" sound that ...

Over the past 18 months, Alejandro de los Rios, Jonathan Bachman and Michael Seaman have traced the history of New Orleans brass band music for their film “Brass Roots.” De los Rios and Bachman, both ...

Preservation Brass had been holding down Monday nights at Preservation Hall for several years, playing sets of classic New Orleans brass band music, when some of the musicians started batting around ...

Friday, Oct. 11, Madison welcomed the Brass Queens and Mama Digtown’s Brass Band to High Noon Saloon. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, the Brass Queens are an all-female lead band with sounds inspired ...

“You could have the best rock and roll band playing on stage, and a brass band would come and turn the whole house out. Something about that energy that a brass band brings: we got music for your mind ...

George Ellis was born in Tontine Street and, after serving his time as a joiner, joined the world famous Wombwell's Circus ...

Big Wy's Brass Band is an Austin, Texas-based group known for its mix of traditional New Orleans jazz and original funk music. The band found a welcoming audience in Shreveport, Louisiana, after ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Nathan Swift's last name. At the time of their farewell show in October 2015, Bad Cactus Brass Band were playing 150 shows a ...

Lively music poured through the streets of Somerville as 33 activist brass bands and their performers used rhythm, melody and dance to bring the community together. A saxophone player for Brass ...

The culmination of the brass band season is fast approaching as the UK's top ensembles prepare to compete in two prestigious finals this September and October. Bands from across the country will go ...