Trombone Shorty’s fifth major-label album, Lifted, was officially released on the opening day of the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. His performance brought the two-weekend festival to a close in the early evening of Mothers Day - a fitting tribute to the album’s cover photo of his late mother, Lois Nelson Andrews, holding up the shorty musician at a second-line parade.
Read MoreWhen The Meters - Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste, and Cyril Neville - reunited in a New Orleans studio for the first time in over 30 years to record with Trombone Shorty, it was a pretty big deal.
Read MoreRaphael Saadiq reigned in the help of his touring band, drummer Lemar Carter and bassist Calvin Turner, along with his songwriting partner, Taura Stinson, to craft a song that would blend with the modern-era revival of soul music.
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