Don Bookout, right, leads the Crossroads Brass Band during rehearsal in 2013. Bookout formed the band and helped steer it for years. He died in June, and the band has planned a memorial concert for ...

The next “Live at Jazz Central” special event gets a head start on Fat Tuesday celebrations in downtown Syracuse with a visit ...

I n October ​ I went to the Royal Albert Hall to watch the final of the National Brass Band Championships. Each of the ...

The Rebirth Brass Band and its members appeared in several episodes of the acclaimed HBO series "Treme," which was shot in ...

There’s something honorable – and just a bit unexpected – in the way that one musical crew from one of America’s most vibrant musical cities has helped resuscitate and revitalize a sound many fans ...

New Breed Brass Band lives and breathes the culture of New Orleans, infusing funk, rock, jazz, and hip-hop into a custom-made enhancement of second-line brass band tradition. “That’s what we came up ...

Friday, Oct. 11, Madison welcomed the Brass Queens and Mama Digtown’s Brass Band to High Noon Saloon. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, the Brass Queens are an all-female lead band with sounds inspired ...

They’ve played at international festivals, in nightclubs and on a boat in the New York harbor. In one unusual gig, they played on the L train in Chicago. This local band has even been on the radio — ...