Ralph Schmidt is the artistic and managing director of the Ndlovu Youth Choir. His leadership was pivotal during the choir’s ...

Saturday’s schedule includes the annual MLK Banquet and Dinner Theater. It’s the only paid event during the weekend. It ...

The second weekend starts Thursday, April 30, with Widespread Panic and Leela James performing. Country star Lainey Wilson ...

May 3, this year’s fest boasts a deep slate of world-renowned headliners alongside a massive roster of Louisiana favorites ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has released the daily schedules for its 2026 edition. See which days headliners ...

The choir doesn’t follow sheet music or hold auditions — everyone is welcome regardless of skill level or the language they speak.

Smallwood died at the age of 77 from complications of kidney failure on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

A Better Place is a song created in 2020 to help raise awareness for a struggling music program in Uganda and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley. Both were losing funding due to the 2020 pandemic.

He became one of the country's biggest names in gospel, with songs that were covered by Destiny's Child, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder.

Founded in 1986, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) arts organization, was born out of a gospel music workshop led by the exuberant Terrance Kelly at Living Jazz's Jazz Camp ...