New Orleans’s own Hot 8 Brass Band have epitomized New Orleans street music for two decades. Highlighted by their recent Grammy nomination for their striking second album, ‘The Life & Times Of… The Hot 8 Brass Band’, Hot 8 have received immense accolades from local, national, and international media outlets.

The band infuse their performance with the funk and energy that makes New Orleans music loved around the world. The members of the Hot 8 were born and raised in New Orleans and many began playing together in high school.

The BBC called the album “an appealing metaphor for their home city’s hope and vitality”; The Guardian “No outfit has done more than the Hot 8 to recast the long tradition of New Orleans marching music for modern times. This second album finds them in incendiary form.”

“Incendiary” – ★★★★ THE OBSERVER
“Irresistible” – ★★★★ MOJO