As Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession made its way through the streets of Birmingham, England on Wednesday (July 30), it was a brass band that was leading the way. Osbourne was honored with a funeral ...

Stress relief, improved mental health and lungs like an elite sports star are just some of the ways playing in a brass band can improve your health and wellbeing, according to research from the ...

Early brass bands also embraced new instrument designs adopted by their military counterparts or introduced by regimental and ex-regimental performers. The keyed bugle, patented by an Irish militia ...

I was in the brass band club in both junior high and high school.In junior high, we were at a level that barely scraped a ...

BATH, N.Y. (WETM) – According to a release from Commonwealth University – Mansfield (CU-Mansfield), the Mountaineer Brass Band (MBB) is set to perform on Veterans Day. On Wednesday, November 11, at 1 ...

The stereotype that brass bands are “working class” and only from Yorkshire has been challenged after figures revealed that the Government spent seven times more on opera than brass bands in recent ...

East Devon DayTime Band reflects on appearances in Sidmouth, Bicton Park and Cranbrook as it prepares for Christmas events ...

Celebrating 50 years as a group, New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band will stop on their national tour at the Reg Lenna ...

The Treme Brass Band will perform at Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St.) on Friday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m., in a special event celebrating the legacy of Donna’s Bar & Grill, the former North Rampart Street ...

The Rebirth Brass Band rose from the streets of New Orleans to international renown with a mix of the brass-band tradition and a refreshingly modern sensibility. The Rebirth Brass Band mastered the ...

New Orleans music ushered in the 20th century with the wail of a joyful noise: collective improvisation, syncopated rhythms, eclectic stylings, and an infectious joie de vivre that was exhilarating.

William Claiborne, the first American governor of the Louisiana territory, believed New Orleans was ungovernable due to the citizenry's preoccupation with dancing. We're talking pre-jazz here. Later ...