Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors ...

Matt Stout of the Silver and Black Soul Club who spins at Nigh Light every third Friday. Credits: Sam Zide Matt Stout of the Silver and Black Soul Club who spins at Nigh Light every third Friday.

When DJ Soul Sister gets on stage, there is a brief moment the audience, in anticipation, seems to hold its breath. What will she kick the night off with? What will be her musical mood be? But once ...

Unlike the UK, where rave culture blazed through the mainstream like a wildfire following the late-’80s acid house explosion, American rave remained a comparatively smaller, self-contained underground ...

A slew of local favorites will be onstage in New Orleans this week, including a popular deejay celebrating her birthday. Charmaine Neville The daughter of Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville, ...

Expressive, versatile, and dripping in history - the fizzing frequencies of funk and the seductive sounds of soul are ever-alluring; and when all these sounds merge on a festival lineup, you can bet ...

Rolling out’s Master DJ series spotlights DJs recognized in their respective cities who are making an impact in their communities. DJ Jamad was inspired to rock turntables in the 1980s while growing ...

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