In late May, Robert Glasper released his Miles Davis tribute album Everything’s Beautiful, and several weeks later Nonesuch Records issued the late Allen Toussaint’s American Tunes. Glasper and ...

Bonerama collaborated with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan vocalist Michael McDonald in a tribute to the New Orleans producer and musician Allen Toussaint. “Empty World” is a bittersweet track that ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. To conclude our archive series R&B, Rockabilly and Early Rock 'n' Roll, we have the interview I recorded with Allen Toussaint, who was in our studio at the piano ...

“A master of six-string bass, Roland Guerin put the bottom in Allen Toussaint’s band during the composer-pianist-producer’s second act as a world-traveling concert artist,” wrote John Wirt in the ...

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the 2025 Black Heritage Stamp honoring legendary musician, songwriter and producer Allen Toussaint during a special ceremony on Feb. 25 in Hempstead. Toussaint played ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint, who racked up hits like "Working in the Coal Mine" and "Lady Marmalade" as a behind-the-scenes songwriter and producer before he gained ...

Onto a makeshift stage, a genius climbed the steps. In this, the month of the Jazz Fest, an afternoon in 2012 comes to mind. In a mood that could be described as "bittersweet,” a crowd gathered at the ...

So, you see, there’s this wonderful story involving the late New Orleans musical impresario Allen Toussaint. A Wall Street Journal review mentioned it on Feb. 19, but not the way I heard it more than ...

Ten years after his death, the U.S. Postal Service is putting a well-deserved focus on New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint by honoring him with a postage stamp in its 2025 Black Heritage series.