What is Hip?!
DJ Don Edwards
NOLA Style Music Every Friday Night! New Orleans, Louisiana, is especially known for its strong association with jazz music, universally considered to be the birthplace of the genre. The earliest form was dixieland, which has sometimes been called traditional jazz, ‘New Orleans’, and ‘New Orleans jazz’.
Few cities in the world have shaped modern music culture the way New Orleans, Louisiana has. The sound of the city—often described simply as the NOLA style—is not confined to a single genre. Instead, it represents a living musical ecosystem where funk, brass band traditions, Treme street music, rhythm and blues, zydeco, second-line grooves, and classic New Orleans soul intersect to create one of the most recognizable musical identities anywhere in the world.
JamFest Celebrates the Sound of New Orleans: Funk, Treme Brass, Zydeco and the NOLA Groove Come Alive with the What Is Hip?! Radio Show
