The UK’s Brass Band Week returns from July 5-13, following a successful launch last year with hundreds of bands taking part. Celebrating brass bands and their ability to engage communities, exercise ...

A new book says the artform deserves to be rescued from metropolitan bias, and should be celebrated as one of the nation’s cultural glories ...

Over the past 18 months, Alejandro de los Rios, Jonathan Bachman and Michael Seaman have traced the history of New Orleans brass band music for their film “Brass Roots.” De los Rios and Bachman, both ...

(NOTE: Jonathan Bachman and I are currently in the beginning stages of filming a documentary focused on contemporary New Orleans brass bands, from Dirty Dozen to Rebirth to Soul Rebels and more, we'll ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were ...

The beloved River City Brass Band (RCB), which also has the distinction of being the only professional full-time brass band in the country, is bringing a unique performance to four locations in ...

The sounds of horns and drums will echo through neighborhoods on Portland’s Eastside this weekend. Saturday marks the kickoff of the city’s first-ever HONK! PDX: a free, two-day brass and street band ...

A popular brass band competition at The White Horse pub in Stourpaine has grown in popularity ...

As Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession made its way through the streets of Birmingham, England on Wednesday (July 30), it was a brass band that was leading the way. Osbourne was honored with a funeral ...

Friday, Oct. 11, Madison welcomed the Brass Queens and Mama Digtown’s Brass Band to High Noon Saloon. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, the Brass Queens are an all-female lead band with sounds inspired ...

WAUPUN - Festive Brass Bands music from around the USA will be heard at the Celebrate Waupun brass band stage June 1 to 3 at Tanner Park in Waupun. Bands from Madison and Mayville to New Orleans and ...

Whether you live in a regional town or the inner suburbs of a capital city, there's bound to be a brass or concert band in your neighbourhood. Being in a band is a staple of many people's musical ...