Traditional jazz band Tuba Skinny was set to go into the studio in April — until, you know, all this stuff happened. The band decided to postpone recording its new album, which would have been its ...

For years, purist fans of traditional New Orleans jazz have worried their favorite music is a dying art form. Oh, sure, something like trad jazz, loud and frenetic with a side helping of street funk, ...

Trombonist Barnabus Jones, 41, could have stepped into this 9th Ward backyard during another century, with his mutton-chop sideburns, fedora and style of horn playing. His bandmates in Tuba Skinny are ...

Somewhere on the road, I found Robin Rapuzzi traveling with Tuba Skinny. He’s a washboard player. Yeah, a washboard — like what you used to wash clothes with. Rapuzzi comes from New Orleans, along ...