An hour south of where the Summer of Love transpired in San Francisco, Simmons was a teenage banjo player who frequently ... River Delta's basin in New Orleans, combined with Simmons' childhood ...

Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it, a lawyer for a maintenance worker who is ...

The voice of the Mississippi still sings in New Orleans, a place where umbrellas dance, booze mingles with beignets, the irreverent holds hands with the sacred, and the dead sleep among the living.

The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival celebrates Barker’s long career and many contributions to New Orleans’ music as ... 30 a.m. and concludes with The Dixie Cups at 3:30 p.m. On the ...

Hot Jazz, also known as Dixieland, was developed by Big ... Delisle learned to play double bass, banjo and accordion before specializing in clarinet in 1904. While most clarinetists in New Orleans ...

"With New Orleans Dixieland jazz and some of the great New Orleans food and hurricane drinks, it's our favorite event." Baier said the banjo is tied to New Orleans jazz, with its rhythmic pulse ...

Coverage on this live blog has ended. Deon J. Hampton Reporting from New Orleans Bourbon Street reopened today to a light crowd as tourists and locals veered away from the world-famous destination ...

a onetime high school music teacher and now a regular member of the seven-man band (trombone and banjo). Too young to hear original Dixieland, the brothers listened to the New Orleans greats on ...

THURSDAY, LOYOLA’S NUNEMAKER AUDITORIUM The New Orleans vocal trio the Dixie Cups released their smash “Chapel of Love” in 1964. In honor of the song’s 60th anniversary, the Dixie Cups are ...

The Banjo Bob All-Stars Dixieland Band will bring New Orleans Jazz to the Warwick Public Library on Sunday, January 28, at 2 p.m. Also known as Dixieland and Traditional Jazz, New Orleans Jazz is ...