History can lift you up or weigh you down. It can be a mountain to stand on or a sack of stones upon your back. This is especially true in a town where musical history is as rich and omnipresent as it ...

Fred Wesley, one of the world's finest funk trombonists, talks about being James Brown's sideman, forming his own band and why he's keen to pass on four decades-worth of experience at the top of the ...

As Trombone Shorty put it, Spokane took “a little trip down to New Orleans” at Northern Quest Resort and Casino on Sunday night. I barely missed the first opener, Dumpstaphunk, but the second opener, ...

Trombone Shorty's new album "Lifted" comes on the heels of the artist's first Grammy win for his work as a songwriter and a featured artist on the album of the year, Jon Batiste's "We Are." Batiste ...

For a man who drags a trombone around, Troy Andrews has a gift for fitting in. Fans know the 27-year-old New Orleans jazz-funk alchemist as Trombone Shorty. Maybe they've seen him share a stage with ...

Trombone Shorty and an all-star group of American artists and student musicians from his Trombone Shorty Foundation took a five-day cultural exchange trip in Cuba from Jan. 11 through 15. During the ...

Trombone star Fred Wesley, Jr. is best known for his work as a sideman with James Brown in the 1960s and 70s, when he helped move Brown's sound from soul to funk. But Wesley is also a legendary R&B, ...

Trombone Shorty, Janelle Monae, Earth Wind & Fire, Gary Clark Jr. and Dr. John combined for an inspired performance at the New Orleans Arena on Sunday night (Feb. 16), presenting a throwback yin to… ...

Gary Clark Jr., Earth Wind & Fire and Dr. John also took part in the performance. By Jason Lipshutz, Billboard "We love music, we love funk, we love soul, we love to jam," Monae told Billboard prior ...

Trombone Shorty, a New Orleans native who has contributed mightily to that city’s rich musical heritage, will bring his band, Orleans Avenue, to the Harrisburg Forum for a show on July 12 at 7:30 p.m.