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Classic and Classy: Erica Falls is flying high

Erica Falls has a hot new album called Emotions, the single “Up” is riding high on the charts, and she’s ready to go on the road to take it to the world. While she may be best known right now as the singer with Galactic for around five years, that’s about to change. It’s Erica time. As Lumar LeBlanc of The Soul Rebels said, “She is awesome, a great musician. Her position in the industry is rising.” We sat around the table to discuss her story while Brazilian music played in the background.

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The Sparrow: Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah innovates while paying tribute to the ancestors

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, born Christian Scott and presently known as Chief Adjuah, grew up surrounded by jazz music, the Black Indian culture and an awareness of their African roots.

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Expect the Unexpected: Shamarr Allen keeps it True Orleans

Shamarr Allen is riding high on touring across the country with the imminent release of the True Orleans 2 album, his first in five years. He’s both a son of New Orleans and a U.S. Cultural Ambassador who talks as real as it gets. We sat down in his studio to get the word on his world.

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Heir To The New Orleans Rap Throne: Rob49s climb to hip-hop stardom

Heir To The New Orleans Rap Throne. Rob49’s climb to hip-hop stardom

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Genius and Depth: Jon Batiste always smiles when talking about New Orleans

Of course, Batiste always seems to be smiling. His effervescence helped propel him to global fame as bandleader/cohort on Late Night With Stephen Colbert from its start in 2015 to August 2022, when he left to focus on his own projects. Well, that and his prodigious musical talents and scope as he’s showcased his vast, ever-expanding universe of soul, R&B, pop, jazz and classical.

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Give Me Back My Loving: Leo Nocentelli’s stripped-down and soulful other side

Give Me Back My Loving: Leo Nocentelli’s stripped-down and soulful other side. There’s one side of Leo Nocentelli that everybody knows. That would be the funk cornerstones he laid down as a member of the Meters, songs that one band or another will inevitably play at Jazz Fest.

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Samantha Fish: Blues Expression and Punk Power, an electrifying performer

With a new album on the way and global tour dates in 2023, the New Orleans-based Samantha Fish is in the thick of an escalating career.

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Roger Lewis: A New Orleans Living Musical Legend

My Music with Roger Lewis

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We All The Way Outside: Flagboy Giz tells his Mardi Gras Indian story

Confederate flags, old plantations, pee row boats and shuttle busses inspired Flagboy Giz, the hip-hop blogger/activist turned Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indian, to make one of the most important artistic expressions of his career. And it was all made out of his swamp tours on the Northshore in late 2019.

Positive Vibes: Mike Dillon Is The Musician Who Can’t Say No

Percussionist Mike Dillon’s presence and talents are coveted

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