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Leo Nocentelli and Sounds of the Meters at Funky Uncle historic Jazz Fest series
Leo Nocentelli, featuring the sounds of the world-famous funk band, the Meters, will highlight the upcoming Funky Uncle-sponsored series during the 2023 Jazz Fest at Zony Mash Beer Project. The […]
Art Neville, founding member of The Meters and Neville Brothers, has died
Reports are emerging today (July 22, 2019) that Art “Poppa Funk” Neville, the iconic New Orleans musician and founding member of The Meters and The Neville Brothers, has died. According […]
YouTube Du Jour: Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Earl King, The Meters play Big Chief
The classic Fess Mardi Gras anthem “Big Chief,” is performed on this PBS broadcast taped in Chicago in 1974 by what might be the greatest congregation of New Orleans legends […]
Leo Nocentelli to lead tribute to The Meters with Anders Osborne, special guests
Despite his incredible success, Leo Nocentelli’s heart never left the Big Easy. Best known as the guitarist for The Meters, Nocentelli is a recipient of the 2018 Grammy Lifetime Achievement […]
May 2005: “The Meters Are Right On Time”
OffBeat Magazine is celebrating 30 years and reached that milestone with our November 2017 issue. To mark the anniversary, over the next 12 months OffBeat will re-publish excerpts from features […]
ANOTHER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: The Meters Strut
The Meters now join an eye-popping list of Louisiana artists—Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, Jelly Roll Morton, Clifton Chenier and Buddy Guy—who have been honored with a Lifetime Achievement […]
The Meters are Getting a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy
On January 28, The Recording Academy will present the 60th annual Grammy Awards, but it will be in the summertime when funk heroes The Meters get a Lifetime Achievement Award. […]
The Meters Nominated For Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame…Again!
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its list of nominations for inductees to its venerated establishment, and New Orleans once again features prominently. For not the first, nor […]
The Meters Cancel Upcoming Shows Due To Art Neville’s Illness
George Porter, Jr., announces cancellation of Meters shows due to the undisclosed illness of Art Neville.
Photos: Trombone Shorty, The Meters, Kings of Leon, Buddy Guy close out Jazz Fest
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and The Meters closed out the Acura and Gentilly stages, respectively, on the final day of Jazz Fest 2017. Rock giants Kings of Leon preceded […]
