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The award-winning artist had to evacuate from New Orleans and watch terror unfold on his hometown from a hotel room. But Jon ...
Once again, New Orleans area native Jon Batiste has a special ace up his sleeve. After a tease on social media on Thursday, a ...
The Grammy winner and former leader of The Late Show band gets back to his roots on new album, Big Money.
Today’s list also includes ‘Sinners’ star Miles Caton’s “Somethin,” along with “LOVERS OR FRIENDS” from YG and Leon Thomas.
As a teenage musician, Jon Batiste used to call himself “a new-age blues artist.” Now, many genre-jumps later, he’s taking a deeply enjoyable left turn towards roots music on his seventh ...
BIG MONEY follows Batiste’s 2024 album, Beethoven Blues, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart. The solo piano set featured the New Orleans native’s interpolations of ...
The Green Wave are coming off a 9-5 2024 season during which they reached the American Conference title game and made a trip to the Gasparilla Bowl. That was Sumrall’s first season leading the ...
In the most delightful way. I was like, 'That's Jon Batiste from New Orleans.'" Then, Jaouad "just blurted out: That's the man I'm going to marry someday." ...
NEW ORLEANS — Jon Johnson's record spanning decades in elected politics is irrefutable. So, too, is his record as a federal felon, convicted of public corruption in 2012. Johnson, 76, a former ...
A change has been made to The Philadelphia Orchestra’s performance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on August 22. Due to circumstances beyond the artist’s control, Cynthia Erivo&#… ...
Step Up for Action will host forums July 28–31 for New Orleans voters to hear directly from sheriff and city council candidates ahead of the October 11 election.
At least one school reportedly tried to pry Tulane football coach Jon Sumrall away from Uptown in the offseason. But the North Carolina Tar Heels failed.