Festival favorites Flow Tribe bring a raucous, colorful energy and street parade feel to the Caribbean-funk-rock sound they’ve dubbed, “back-bone crackin’ music.” Flow Tribe was founded in 2004 by six students from New Orleans’ Brother Martin High School, but after graduati... Read more

George Porter, Jr. is truly one of the foundations of funk, and richly deserves his Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is best known as the bassist for the seminal group, The Meters, and for his five decades as an elite performer, bandleader, producer, and session player... Read more

Galactic is one of New Orleans’ highest profile funk-jazz bands, performing and recording with musicians from every musical realm as well as taking the helm of the venerable nightclub Tipitina’s. The band has evolved from its New Orleans roots to a more electronics, hip-hop... Read more

Mikayla Braun can bring down the house with just her smoky, powerful voice, her ukulele, and a piano, although she can often be found with a cast of all-star musicians. The talented songwriter is a club staple around the Crescent City and beyond. Her latest EP, “Drift,” off... Read more

Jamey St. Pierre is a versatile singer, songwriter, and acoustic guitarist who is at home as a solo artist and as a crowd-pleasing instigator with his dance-inspiring blues and soul quintet, the Honeycreepers. The Bridge City native’s original favorites include “Sake & Kiss... Read more

James Martin cut his tenor sax chops with Trombone Shorty’s Orleans Avenue band, and has progressed with a fine career as sought-after sideman, songwriter, vocalist, and leader of his own band. He’s toured the world with stops at all the major festivals, and collaborated wi... Read more

Guitarist Dave Ferrato is a New Orleans native who has been on the scene since the 1960s, and has played with classic OG artists ranging from Ernie K-Doe and Benny Spellman to Johnny Adams and Pete Fountain. He cut his teeth on Bourbon Street, with legends like Chris Owens ... Read more

Brad Walker is one of the city’s – no, make that the country’s – most in-demand sax players. Whether he is leading the horn section for Sturgill Simpson at the Grammy Awards, backing up Anders Osborne, or jamming at a New Orleans jazz club, Walker’s energetic, soaring and t... Read more

Alex McMurray was born in New Jersey and made his way to New Orleans in the 1980s as a student at Tulane University. Instead of following an academic path, McMurray started to learn about New Orleans through its street culture, and playing and writing music. McMurray has de... Read more