Irma Thomas

Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 The Boston Globe and WGBH have teamed up to create the inaugural Summer Arts Weekend in Boston. Read More

Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans ($27.95, Oxford University Press), John Swenson writes about Stevie Wonder's appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2008: Most of all, though, Stevie Wonder came to New Orleans intending to perform a healing on the city. Read More

Allen Toussaint, fonky-fonky pianist, writer and producer of untold hit songs, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and first-chair favorite son, makes his annual appearance this week at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – a tradition, he says, "which I dearly, dearly love."Read More

Allen Toussaint, fonky-fonky pianist, writer and producer of untold hit songs, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and first-chair favorite son, makes his annual appearance this week at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – a tradition, he says, "which I dearly, dearly love."Read More

It's impossible to capture the spirit of a whole city's music on a disc or two. Read More

Louisiana celebrities and notables munched on an elaborately decorated birthday cake, Quebec sent a present and the post office unveiled a commemorative stamp Monday to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Louisiana's statehood. Read More

Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, better known to music fans as Dr. John, began his career in the late 1950s as a teenage session guitarist in his native New Orleans, backing such local legends as pianist Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd, Art Neville, and R&B singer-songwriter Joe Tex. In the late '60s, he launched a solo career as Dr. John Creaux the Night Tripper, working a flamboyant persona steeped in voodoo lore and serving up a beguiling blend of funk, rhythm and blues, and psychedelic rock. Read More

New Orleans may be most famous for Mardi Gras , but it's the city's lively Jazz Fest that really trumpets the celebration of The Big Easy's musical heritage. Read More

Singer-songwriter Joan Shelley may be best known as a member of Maiden Radio. Read More