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April 23-25, 2027
The standard-bearer for a family of musicians with deep roots in the New Orleans Seventh Ward’s close-knit Creole community, Brunious ranks among the city’s most astute and elegant jazzmen, a trumpet titan in a trumpet town. His repertoire of more than 1,500 songs, built across a 40-year career, ranges from Louis Armstrong and Clifford Brown […]
Castro Coleman a-k-a Mr. Sipp, “The Mississippi Blues Child” began playing the guitar at the tender age of 6. With over 125 recording credits to his name, Mr. Sipp has played on over 50 national recordings with several Grammy nominated projects. He is the 2014 International Blues Challenge Winner by way of The Vicksburg Blues […]
Rodney Jordan is a native of Memphis, Tennessee where he grew up playing the bass in church and with his high school orchestra. He later studied music with Dr. London Branch, Alvin Fielder, and Andy Hardwick at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. During his college years, Jordan joined the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra where he […]
Eric Jacobsen is Co-Artistic Director and conductor of The Knights, and also serves as the Music Director for the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony. A world-renowned cellist, Jacobsen founded the adventurous orchestra The Knights with his brother, violinist Colin Jacobsen, to foster the intimacy and camaraderie of chamber music on the orchestral […]
Kate Karyus Quinn is an avid reader and menthol Chapstick addict. She lives in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, with her husband, three children, and two dogs. She is the author of several books, including: Another Little Piece, a young adult novel with HarperTeen, Anti/Hero, a middle grade graphic novel with DC comics, and […]
Demitria Lunetta is the author of many YA and MG books including: THE FADE, BAD BLOOD, and the sci-fi duology, IN THE AFTER and IN THE END. Her Hi-Lo books include OUR BROKEN EARTH and BITTER & SWEET. Her graphic novel, ANTI/HERO with co-author Kate Karyus Quinn is now available from DC. Find her at […]
Blood Vinyls (Anhinga Press) is Yolanda J. Franklin’s debut poetry collection that Roxane Gay insists is a “must-must-must read.” A four-time Fulbright Scholar Award Finalist (’20, ’19, ‘18 & ‘17), Franklin is also a Cave Canem and Callaloo Fellow. Her poems appear or are set to appear in Frontier Magazine, Sugar House Review, Southern Humanities […]
Paul Wilborn is an author, musician, and arts administrator. His new novel, The Everlasting Life of Charlie Wall, was published in April by St. Petersburg Press. His debut novel, Florida Hustle, earned a starred review from Kirkus and was named one of the “100 Best Indie Books of 2022,” by Kirkus. His 2019 short story […]