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Here are 9 old-fashioned wedding customs in the South that we heed and cherish. Perhaps our favorite Southern wedding ...
What started out as idle chat between co-workers has turned into the Silverton Brass Band celebrating its 45th birthday. (This newsroom knows a thing or two about idle chatting – it’s how we ...
Bennie Pete, sousaphonist and founding member of the Hot 8 Brass Band, died on September 6 at New Orleans East Hospital. He was 45. Pete’s wife Lameka Segura posted to Facebook on September 5 that “on ...
Largemouth Brass Band, an eight-person ensemble of classically trained music educators, aim to teach listeners just how fun brass instruments can be. Bold, loud and lively, the band hopes to make ...
Don Bookout formed the Crossroads Brass Band in 2012 and helped steer it for years. He died in June, and the band has planned a memorial concert for him on Friday at Greenwood United Methodist Church.
New Breed Brass Band’s totally kickin’ recently-released album could only be, as the title and music indicate, Made in New Orleans. It’s doubtful if anyone can argue with that because the Crescent ...
For the first time in its 49-year history, an all-female band will be leading the march. The Brass Queens are an eight-piece brass band hailing from Brooklyn, and the musicians are all women.
If you hire a DJ to play at your wedding, there's typically only one or two people you need to feed. If you hire a band, you could have four, 10, or even more people part of the group that will ...
There aren't many full brass bands out there these days. In fact, there are just two in the Maritimes - one of them here on P.E.I. The Great George Street Brass Band has its 10th anniversary ...
Prince Edward Island's only full brass brand is celebrating its 10-year anniversary Sunday with a concert at Zion Presbyterian Church in Charlottetown.