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Dave Jordan is a New Orleans singer-songwriter and bandleader who has spent nearly three decades on the road, taking the music and culture of New Orleans and south Louisiana to all fifty states. He founded and fronted the long-running band Juice, and today performs solo, in small combos, and with his current band, the NIA (Neighborhood Improvement Association). He has performed or recorded alongside Bob Weir and Ratdog, Los Lobos, Anders Osborne, Little Feat, and Widespread Panic, and his gigs have ranged from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Telluride Blues & Brews to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, the Fox Theater in Boulder, and his hometown rooms Tipitina's and the Maple Leaf.

An award-winning songwriter, he writes about love and loss, joy and grief, whimsy and folly, and has been described as a swampy lovechild of Tom Petty, Dr. John, and John Prine. His music folds rock, blues, funk, Americana, country, and folk over a south Louisiana rhythm foundation. His song "Biggest Little Shrimp in Town," recorded by Art Neville, became the title track of an award-winning short film.

Victor Campbell is a pianist from Camaguey, Cuba, whose playing moves fluently between Cuban jazz, timba, classical technique, and the New Orleans musical vocabulary he has spent years absorbing since moving to the city in 2019. He trained at Cuba's National School of the Arts and first came to New Orleans in 2012 through the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, a visit that, in his own words, changed his life.

The New Orleans Jazz Museum describes him as moving effortlessly between a blues solo, a Cuban timba montuno, and a classical selection within the same set. Chucho Valdes, the legendary Cuban pianist, predicted in 2019 that Campbell would revolutionize Cuban jazz piano. He has since performed with Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, contributed to the soundtrack of the film Sinners, which went on to Oscar recognition, and become one of the most talked-about young musicians in the city.

Deltaphonic is a New Orleans band that pairs Southern rock and Hill Country blues with the funk and soul of their adopted city, a blend of the raw and soulful sounds that flow down the Mississippi. Founder Andrew Weekes anchors the band with his songwriting, joined by Trenton O'Neal, a two-time Grammy nominee on drums and vocals, and guitarists Paul Provosty and Logan Sellers. They settled on this lineup in 2021 after leaving New Orleans to record an EP on the coast of Ecuador, buying motorcycles and dubbing themselves "the southernmost Southern rock band" along the way. Their 2020 album The Funk, the Soul & the Holy Groove defined their sound, and they have since toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe. Now they are releasing a new single every other month from an upcoming album that adds New Orleans brass band arrangements to their blues rock, retro soul, and funk, made possible in part by a grant from the Threadhead Cultural Foundation.

SARI JORDAN (they/them) is a force of sweetness and warmth, packing a punch in their unique style and bold expression. A student of the New Orleans music scene, Sari's interpretations shine in their playfulness and freedom. A prolific songwriter, they perform original material in their band as well as new interpretations with local greats. Their latest album, Perfect Be The Enemy, was released in May 2026.

The Hunks of Coal is a seasonal rock-and-roll outfit led by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Harry Barton, a longtime fixture of the local music scene best known as the frontman of the funky, hard-hitting garage rock band The New Orleans Johnnys. The project is a looser, louder side of Barton's songwriting, channeling a raw, unpolished punk-indie energy into unconventional holiday music.
Their debut EP, Stocking Stuffers, Vol. 1, was released in late 2025, trading traditional holiday sentimentality for gritty, authentic Crescent City storytelling. The four-track record drew immediate attention from local listeners for its high-energy, tongue-in-cheek holiday anthems, including "Jesus' 18th Birthday on Bourbon Street" and the late-night favorite "It's Always Christmas Time at Snake and Jake's." Tonight, they bring their loud guitars and dive-bar sensibilities to Good Measure for a fast-paced, distinctly New Orleans Christmas set.

Charlie & the Tropicales bring the sound and spirit of a 1950s Caribbean hotel band to life with torrid horns, tropical rhythms, and infectious grooves. Drawing on New Orleans' deep connections as the northernmost port of the Caribbean, the group explores musical traditions from Trinidad, Venezuela, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and beyond.

As jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton famously said, New Orleans music carries a "Spanish tinge," an essential seasoning in the city's musical DNA. The Tropicales embrace this spirit, blending traditional New Orleans jazz with 1950s R&B, beguine from the French Antilles, and Trinidadian calypso to create a sound that feels both timeless and transportive, equally suited for listening and for the dance floor.

Led by trombonist Charlie Halloran, a fixture of the city's traditional jazz scene, the band reflects a broader exploration of Caribbean and New Orleans musical exchange. Halloran has been twice named a "Rising Star" in DownBeat Magazine and is a multi-time honoree in OffBeat Magazine's "Best of the Beat" awards, with credits including Jon Cleary, Allen Toussaint, Rickie Lee Jones, and U2.

Yusa is a Havana-born guitarist, vocalist, tres player, and composer who relocated to New Orleans in 2020 and has since become one of the city's most distinctive musical voices. She was a founding bandleader of Cuban ensembles Interactivo and Quasi Jazz, and is regarded internationally as an ambassador of 21st-century Cuban music, a description earned through nominations at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards and collaborations with artists including Omara Portuondo and Deacon John. Her sound blends trova, son, jazz, pop, and Brazilian rhythms into something that resists easy categorization. She has performed on the Acura Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

The Desert Nudes are a New Orleans trio bringing impeccable vocal harmonies and a well-developed sense of humor to cowboy songs, classic country, and roots rock. The band is J.P. Carmody, bassist and vocalist Dave Pomerleau of Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, and multi-instrumentalist Andre Bohren, a classical pianist and longtime drummer for Johnny Sketch. They formed during the pandemic while together in the Western desert, in conditions that may have inspired the name.

Their debut record, Keep A-Movin', Dan: Songs of Hydration, Vigor, Horses, and Wide Open Spaces, earned immediate local acclaim and led to performances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Bayou Boogaloo, and venues from Florida to the Rocky Mountain states. They call Marty Robbins their patron saint. Tonight, they add some classic cowboy Christmas tunes to their repertoire.

Sally Baby's Silver Dollars is a New Orleans band playing jazz-rooted, old-timey, soulful music with a touch of Latin flavor. Bandleader Salvatore "Sally Baby" Geloso, who sings and plays guitar, moved to New Orleans from New York nearly twenty years ago and built his reputation playing on the street and in the city's clubs. He formed the Silver Dollars in 2023, and their sets pair original songs with material from New Orleans figures like Ned Towns and Paul Barbarin. The band's early 2026 NPR Tiny Desk Concert brought them national attention to go with their local following.