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It's 5:45 on a perfect Saturday, Fall weather has just arrived, and I'm sitting outside listening to SaxKixAve, a new project from rapper Alfred Banks and Albert Allenback of Tank and the Bangas, live in a concert for the Band Room Backyard Concert series. Life is good, and the thirty other people seated six feet apart in lawn chairs and on...

On Saturday, December 5, at 7 p.m., expect the third annual iteration of the Improvisations Gala at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Running until 11 p.m., this gala will take place both in-person and virtually so that any interested parties can get involved and still maintain their level of comfort. In-person...

Even if you do not have much interest in the New Orleans live music scene (unlikely), you have almost definitely still seen or heard of the extreme detriments the current pandemic has brought about. In response to and in an effort to spread more awareness and information about live performances in New...

Singers-songwriters Gina Leslie and Natalie Mae Palms performed for the Band Room Backyard Concert Series in Jefferson on Saturday, November 21. Hosted by Where Y'at Magazine writer Emily Hingle, the series is in support of Hingle's debut book Band Room New Orleans, which documents the practice spaces of...

Before the world saw him as a mumbling homebody used for depressing comedic effect on the Osbournes, before Ozzfest changed metal festivals forever, before everyone got sick of his wife, there was simply...

As we continue to navigate through the pandemic, musicians are adapting to changes in how they are sharing and creating music. Local New Orleans harpist Cassie Watson Francillon takes a vibrant yet soulful approach to music, exploring a repertoire of jazz, Celtic, and classical music through the...