A polka — that’s one musical genre Bonerama attempted that didn’t quite work. At least this one time. The music side trip materialized live, says trombonist and vocalist Mark Mullins, during the whirl ...

On April 25, the first Saturday of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, he'll preside over "Shorty Turns 40," a ...

He packed the Old Rock House in 2011 with a high-energy show, and he brings his sound back to town for the blues festival. But what he does is much more than blues. Shorty calls it SupaFunkRock, his ...

Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, grew up with music all around him in New Orleans, first playing on the streets at age 4. Now with a Grammy, an international following and a new album, ...

Blackbird Presents announced Shorty Turns 40, a concert celebrating GRAMMY-winning New Orleans icon Trombone Shorty’s 40th ...

The University of Oklahoma School of Music presents Irvin L. Wagner, David Ross Boyd and Regents Professor of Music, in a faculty recital at 8 p.m. Jan. 24 at Sharp Hall inside OU's the Catlett Music ...

Maybe all you know about trombones is that there was a song about 76 of them in “The Music Man,” or maybe you know that the trombone has a rich history in classical music as well, and has been a ...

This week, we've brought the show to New Orleans, where Troy Andrews — better known as Trombone Shorty — began playing music at age 4. He was touring with his brother's band by age 6, and went to the ...

We live in strange times. Who would have thought, for example, that the musical instrument that would be making headlines in September 2022 would be the trombone? For that, we have Holy Wow's Trombone ...

We've invited Troy Andrews — better known as Trombone Shorty — to answer three questions about instruments you've probably never heard of. Originally broadcast March 14, 2015. BILL KURTIS: From NPR ...