Always tip before taking a photo or video. Recorded 11-6-15, French Quarter.Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.Really love Jason Lawrence's banjo playing on this one. Recorded 11-6-15, French Quarter An all-star collection of many of the best street musicians on Royal St. joined ranks to...Featuring Sarah Peterson on vocals.

By Jennifer Odell January 19, 2017. National acts and local legends perform side-by-side, on any night you name. Street musicians are often called "buskers," a European term for, well, street musicians. All photos by Kenny Klein, except this one, by Part of HuffPost Travel. Every kind of music, from brass band swing to Appalachian strings, can be found on the streets of the French Quarter on a typical day.

Steamboats played a major role in the 19th century on the Mississippi River, and this tour offers a whole evening of New Orleans fun aboard a paddle-wheel steamboat. Some make their entire living this way; some play on the street by day, and in clubs and bars by night (I would fall into that category). If you need to flag this entry as abusive, An essential daily guide to achieving the good lifeAn essential daily guide to achieving the good lifePart of HuffPost Travel. A bright girl with a huge personality, we had a great conversation about her travels and her pizza delivery shirt. Decatur Street draws more traditional musicians as well. New Orleans has no shortage of street musicians, and if you happen to stumble upon a few, take a couple of minutes to relax and enjoy one of the great pleasures of being in New Orleans: live music bursting forth practically wherever you go. Authentic New Orleans music all night long is all about . Great to see Erika singing with the band.

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Decatur draws many "Dirty Kids," young people who travel from city to city, busking for their food and drink. Above: Brass bands are huge part of the city's heritage. Frenchmen -- crowded, buzzing and vibrant -- might just be the most consistently musical stretch of asphalt in New Orleans. Royal Street, between Conti and Saint Peter, is blocked off during the late morning and early afternoon, making the street a pedestrian mall, lined with art galleries and eateries. How will that affect New Orleans music? To hear Erika's and the band's evolution compare the version on their first ...Beautiful day in the Quarter to be able to catch the tail end of Tuba Skinny’s set. Modern jazz, blues, country and pop music flowing out of the open doors of booze clubs and music saloons. ©2020 Verizon Media. Recorded 3-23-15, French Quarter. We'll begin our walking tour on Royal Street.There is definitely an informal hierarchy of players in the Quarter, and the most polished bands play daily on Royal Street. Let's take a walk through the Quarter and see what musical delights present themselves. These players join a loosely knit brass band in Jackson Square most afternoons. You're just not going to find stuff like this anywhere else...If you read my post a couple of weeks ago about my experience at MEOW Con, you may know very well that female musicians around the U.S. complain that they are not taken seriously as instrumental players, and that male players often refuse to play in bands with women instrumentalists (read an excellent HuffPost item on this issue The same may be said for race: Bands in this city embrace the ethnic diversity of New Orleans.