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Delta Rae, seen here at the 2012 Voodoo Fest, returns to New Orleans to perform at The Parish of the House of Blues on Monday, May 20, 2013.

Jamey Johnson, seen here during the 2011 New Orleans Jazz Fest, returns to New Orleans to perform with outlaw country icon Merle Haggard at Champions Square on June 29, 2013.

Beloved around the world, The Osmonds - brothers Merrill, Jay and Jimmy - will perform at The Orleans Showroom tonight, May 10 and May 11 & 12.. Having thrilled millions with their signature brand of entertainment, the legendary brothers have mastered a range of musical styles, including barbershop, pop, rock, country and jazz.

Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON -- Irma Thomas sings a tribute to Mahalia Jackson at the Gospel Tent at Jazz Fest 2013 in New Orleans on Friday.

Fleetwood Mac, Little Big Town, Los Lobos and Phoenix were among the headliners at Day 6 of the 44th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

The trouble with a band like Widespread Panic is that if you're at all familiar with jazz, the band's improvisations are not that impressive.

John Oates, half of Hall and Oates, the Philadelphia pop-rock-soul duo that recorded more hits than it can play in a single show, is about to scratch some things off his bucket list.

A downpour accompanied by thunder and lightning struck the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Sunday morning shortly after the Fair Grounds Race Course opened its gates.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival returns Friday-Sunday, April 26-28, and Thursday-Sunday, May 2-5, for its annual, much-anticipated two weekends at the Fair Grounds Race Course.

When Jerry Marotta was hired on to work with Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp, he'd heard of neither one of them.