Music options in New Orleans this week include a homegrown rap star, various string/jam bands and a Rolling Stones sideman.

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans has been officially designated a “Creative City” for Music by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), joining only nine other ...

Stellar Wood, the swamp-sultry vocalist for the Pensacola-based band Whiskey & Water, grew up in New Orleans, and said the environment from that famed musical melting pot definitely influenced the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A new series “New Orleans: Soul of a City” explores the many ways the city communes with its history – through music, food, sports and tradition – revealing how, 20 years after Katrina, ...

In other SXSW news, Delta psych combo Bipolaroid is scheduled for an official Get Hip SXSW showcase in March. The act recently signed with seminal Pittsburgh garage rock label Get Hip Recordings, and ...