Ledisi’s Good Life tour is bringing her home to New Orleans. Even though the Grammy-winning singing star and actress was just 10 years old when she moved to Oakland, California, she carries the city of her birth with her everywhere she goes.

Ledisi’s previous hometown gigs include performances at the Essence Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Her next New Orleans show happens April 5 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. Serendipitously, Ledisi portrayed the theate...