I n October ​ I went to the Royal Albert Hall to watch the final of the National Brass Band Championships. Each of the nineteen finalists plays a fiendishly difficult test piece to a half-full hall ...

Over the past 18 months, Alejandro de los Rios, Jonathan Bachman and Michael Seaman have traced the history of New Orleans brass band music for their film “Brass Roots.” De los Rios and Bachman, both ...

The Grammy Award-winning Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform at Fort Mose Historic State Park on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. The New Orleans-based band is known for its unique "musical gumbo" sound that ...

“It started a reaction,” trumpeter Leroy Jones once said of the Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band, which was established by Danny Barker in 1970 and introduced so many youngsters to New Orleans jazz.

The Rusty Crayfish Brass Band plays original New Orleans-style brass music. The Rusty Crayfish Brass Band is all about having fun and connecting with audiences through their New Orleans-style brass ...

Brass Solidarity was formed after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in 2020. Now, the band is playing at protests ...

Brass Solidarity is a Minneapolis community band that was formed after George Floyd was killed. Now, they're playing at protests against ICE, in an effort to bring joy and break potential tension.

Rebirth Brass Band is one of New Orleans’ preeminent musical exports. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Rebirth Brass Band Music fans looking for a taste of New Orleans will get their chance Monday, Dec. 30, ...

After Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failures threw New Orleanians to different parts of the country, musician Ellis Joseph found himself in Atlanta. A bass drummer and one of the founding ...

Preservation Brass had been holding down Monday nights at Preservation Hall for several years, playing sets of classic New Orleans brass band music, when some of the musicians started batting around ...

The culmination of the brass band season is fast approaching as the UK's top ensembles prepare to compete in two prestigious finals this September and October. Bands from across the country will go ...