On the Spot celebrates the fifth album and twenty year history of The Hot 8 Brass Band, the first American band signed by UK-based Tru-Thoughts Records. Like their New Orleans hometown, The Hot 8 ...

Season Two of HBO’s ‘Treme’ will feature The Hot 8 Brass Band, their music and their post Katrina hardships. Hot 8 band leader and founder Bennie Pete shares details about his experience working on ...

Fellow members of the Hot 8 Brass Band have established a GoFundMe campaign to benefit the family of co-founder and sousaphonist Bennie Pete. Pete died Sept. 6 of complications from COVID-19 and ...

The Hot 8 Brass Band played in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina, and they're determined to keep going after it. I have many times. MARTIN: I have been once as well. And if you've ever been there, ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Cold, dark nights are no surprise for winter in Central New York. When that icy wind comes hurtling downtown, it can feel like Syracuse is truly on the edge of the world. It was ...

Few New Orleans-style brass bands can claim the reach and range of the Hot 8 Brass Band. The Grammy-winning crew specialize in a forward-thinking, funk-pumped style that spices up their horn gumbo ...

A question occurred to me toward the end of “Let Me Do My Thing,” the seventh track off the Hot 8 Brass Band’s new record: “Why isn’t this style more popular?” After all, you hardly need to be an ...

The Hot 8 Brass Band is celebrating their 15th anniversary with a show tonight at the Howlin Wolf which will be recorded with a live audience for their upcoming CD to be released early next year.

After years of being out of the recording studio, the Hot 8 Brass Band had too much to say in a single album. The New Orleans band and its British record company released the Hot 8’s second album, The ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

Hot 8 Brass Band is coming to Melkweg on April 2. Hot 8 Brass Band draws on the rich jazz heritage of their native New Orleans, but is also known for blending styles such as funk, hip-hop, rap and ...

Bennie Pete, sousaphone player and co-founder of New Orleans’ beloved Hot 8 Brass Band has died from complications from sarcoidosis and COVID-19, Nola.com reported. He was 45 years old. Pete died on ...