On Mardi Gras, 'Kanaval' host Leyla McCalla talks about the rich cultural connection between New Orleans music — meaning, really, American music — and Haiti. In honor of Mardi Gras, we're revisiting a ...

Happy Carnival 2022. Whether we choose to gather in person or not, we can still celebrate through and with music. And we will. Mardi Gras is as much about music as it is about parades, parties, family ...

Confined to his home like everyone else during a long quarantine last year, Sam "Big Sam" Williams has not stopped working on new music. A fixture on the New Orleans music scene as trombonist and ...

From the first synthesized keyboard honk, listeners along Mobile’s Mardi Gras parade routes know what’s coming. Just as with the parades themselves, it’s hard not to get caught up in the momentum of ...

Every Carnival season inspires new music and 2022 is no exception. The indefatigable Cowboy Mouth recently dropped “Mardi Gras State of Mind,” a celebratory romp featuring special guest “Big” Sam ...

It rained beads and love on a sunny day along the Tower District stretch of Olive Avenue during the 25th Mardi Gras Parade on Sunday afternoon. The 1½-hour spectacle featured more than just the music, ...