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 ...

An afternoon squall temporarily silenced the music at the 2015 French Quarter Festival on Friday (April 10) afternoon. But when the rain stopped, the Original Pinettes Brass Band, wearing fluorescent ...

Earlier this month at the Defend DACA protest in downtown Oakland, Brass Liberation Orchestra marched among the crowd like pied pipers of the resistance, drawing passersby into the procession with ...

On a brisk Friday night in San Luis Obispo, a line of people spills out the front doors of Liquid Gravity brewery, which hit its maximum capacity hours ago. Fans of all ages and walks of life, from ...

Bennie Pete hopes listeners experience the Hot 8 Brass Band’s new album, “On the Spot,” in the same spirit the title track was created: In the moment, with no preconceptions. Don’t think about the ...

Despite pursuing what he calls “not the most practical of degrees” in college, drummer Evan Howard and his High and Mighty Brass Band are steadily carving out a niche for themselves in the competitive ...

For 125 years brass bands from across Great Britain and Northern Ireland have been competing to take home the Challenge Trophy. Many of the biggest names in the competition are from Yorkshire, so the ...