Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and proto-rap group the Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred ...

Wynton Marsalis is looking snazzy in a suit and tie as our Zoom video call gets underway, having just returned from a faculty ...

SAN DIEGO – Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and proto-rap group the Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize ...

“I’m all Armstrong, all the time!” is how Ricky Riccardi neatly describes his obsession to me, on a call from his home in New York. Having first discovered Louis Armstrong’s music at age 15, he has ...

tells a fictionalized tale of young Louis Armstrong growing up on the streets of Crescent City in the early days of the 20th century. It’s a silent film that draws heavy inspiration from the ...

Most airports around the United States operated smoothly as new REAL ID requirements took effect because travelers without ...

The president doesn’t have the authority to impose tariffs on movies produced abroad, but he still wants to be the right’s ...

A TSA employee checks a traveler’s ID at a security checkpoint in San Francisco International Airport, Wednesday, May 7, 2025 ...

a neighborhood whose culture and characters helped shape young jazz great Louis Armstrong. The 1300-1200 block of Perdido Street, as seen in 1937. The street name, Perdido, is sadly appropriate ...