History can lift you up or weigh you down. It can be a mountain to stand on or a sack of stones upon your back. This is especially true in a town where musical history is as rich and omnipresent as it ...

MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) – Usher and The Roots, and Trombone Shorty gave high-energy shows at the Montreux Jazz Festival on Wednesday night, bringing American funk, hip-hop and R&B to the famed ...

NEW ORLEANS — Troy Andrews has been playing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for 20 years — and he's only 24. On Sunday, Andrews, who's better known as "Trombone Shorty," and his group ...

Trombone Shorty and an all-star group of American artists and student musicians from his Trombone Shorty Foundation took a five-day cultural exchange trip in Cuba from Jan. 11 through 15. During the ...

Trombone Shorty's new album "Lifted" comes on the heels of the artist's first Grammy win for his work as a songwriter and a featured artist on the album of the year, Jon Batiste's "We Are." Batiste ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Some big time musical acts from the Big Easy are coming to Norfolk’s Town Point Park this May for the Bayou Bon Vivant: Cajun Music & Food Festival. Headliners for the three-day ...

Bonerama’s 2001 debut album, “Live at the Old Point,” included the trombone-powered funk-rock band’s take on the Led Zeppelin chestnut “Moby Dick.” For Zeppelin, “Moby Dick” served as a showcase for ...

Trombone Shorty, Janelle Monae, Earth Wind & Fire, Gary Clark Jr. and Dr. John combined for an inspired performance at the New Orleans Arena on Sunday night (Feb. 16), presenting a throwback yin to… ...

A polka — that’s one musical genre Bonerama attempted that didn’t quite work. At least this one time. The music side trip materialized live, says trombonist and vocalist Mark Mullins, during the whirl ...

Gary Clark Jr., Earth Wind & Fire and Dr. John also took part in the performance. By Jason Lipshutz, Billboard "We love music, we love funk, we love soul, we love to jam," Monae told Billboard prior ...