The 5th Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series has announced a new event called the New Orleans Rock N’ Soul Review, which will feature a tribute to the late NOLA legend Allen Toussaint by The London Souls and more.
Foundation Of Funk featuring drummer Zigaboo Modeliste and bassist George Porter, Jr. of The Meters will make their Northeast debut with special guests guitarist Eric Krasno and keyboardist Neal Evans at a series of five shows this May.
Phil Lesh & Friends have added another run at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, in May. Lesh will be joined by Melvin Seals of the JGB, along with several familiar Friends faces.
Over the weekend, Miguel, Win Butler, John Oates and many others came together for Okeechobee's answer to Bonnaroo's Superjam, the "PoWoW!" event on Saturday night.
Pretty Lights, the nu-jazz electronica project of Derek Vincent Smith, is back with a video for his new track "Only Yesterday," marking the producer's first new music since 2013's Grammy-nominated album A Color Map of the Sun.
The inaugural Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival will take place in Okeechobee, Florida March 3 – 6 with a varied lineup that includes Mumford & Sons, Skrillex, Robert Plant, Hall & Oates, The Avett Brothers, Ween and many others.