The Tin Men (Alex McMurray, Matt Perrine, and Washboard Chaz) recorded live in March 2013 at the Festival A Vaulx Jazz, in the Charlie Chaplin Cultural Center of Vaulx-en-Velin near Lyons, France.   Read more

During a show from MPB (música popular brasileira) last November, Aurora Nealand joins Valéria Oliveira e Candeeiro Jazz, at the Teatro Riachelo in Natal, a city in northeastern Brazil. Read more

Some of my favoite Trombone Shorty shows happened along the river at French Quarter Fest. Here he is a few weeks before the April 2010 release of Backatown doing "On Your Way Down," a classic Allen Toussaint track from Life, Love, and Faith (1972).   Read more

In honor of WWOZ's string of live broadcasts and video streams from from Danilo Perez's Jazz Club at American Trade Hotel Panama, January 12-16 in conjunction with the 2015 Panama Jazz Festival, here's Panamanian Ruben Blades with "Dime," a cut that originally appeared on S... Read more

The Honorable South and vocalist/songwriter Ms. Charm Taylor give us this video for "Overdue", which they describe as "Our new Lover's rock inspired by the ancient divine feminine goddess Osun, PRINCE, and birds of paradise." It's from their 2014 release Faithful Brave & Ho... Read more

From KRVS, Radio Acadie in Lafayette, it's Local Produce Live at Cypress Lake Studios featuring the king of "Slydeco," Sonny Landreth, doing "Zydeco Shuffle." Read more

Here's the official video for "Swing That Thing," from Luke Winslow-King's new album Everlasting Arms, a record that serves up "soul-seasoned country blues with a punch".   Read more

Last Jazz Fest, Jam in the Van, the outfit that goes "anywhere accessible by road to find and record intimate musical experiences" for their fans, stopped on Frenchmen Street to record a Rebirth Brass Band rendition of their classic "Do Whatcha Wanna". Read more

For your weekend viewing pleasure, two conversations with funk legend George Clinton. Last November, Clinton sat down with NPR Music for two interviews about his work. First, he spoke with Jason King of NPR Music's R&B channel about soul music, swag and Kendrick Lamar. Late... Read more

This video is an entertaining and hilarious romp, even if somewhat a contradiction in terms, being an "official" music video by the New Orleans street band Yes Ma'am. FWIW, it's a bit naughty and NSFW, including, among other things, some recreational drug use, a ton of twer... Read more