History can lift you up or weigh you down. It can be a mountain to stand on or a sack of stones upon your back. This is especially true in a town where musical history is as rich and omnipresent as it ...

Game developers are really tooting their own horn today. The freshly blown out “Trombone Champ” — a humorous take on the successful “Guitar Hero” franchise exclusively using the titular brass — has ...

Trombone Champ is the newest video game players can't put down — even if those around them wished they would. Developed by Holy Wow Studios, the rhythm-based video game is similar to Guitar Hero — but ...

Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle, both Louisiana natives, delivered a rousing rendition of “America the Beautiful” prior to Super Bowl LIX Sunday in New Orleans. The performance rounded out a New ...

Trombone Champ is a new rhythm game that finds players tooting along to royalty-free tunes with a synthesized trombone. It's equal parts addictive and hilarious, with plenty of replay value to come ...

Trombone Champ asks a very simple, yet radical question: What if you played the trombone? If you’ve played Guitar Hero or Rock Band games before, then you know how challenging musical instrument ...

The inconsistent tones of a Guitar Hero-style trombone game are delighting social-media users. Footage from the new Trombone Champ is going viral online as players try to stay in tune when tooting ...

I first met Troy "Trombone Shorty'' Andrews in 1989 or 1990. The date is a little unclear. He was sitting with his trombone on the front steps of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation waiting ...

This week, we've brought the show to New Orleans, where Troy Andrews — better known as Trombone Shorty — began playing music at age 4. He was touring with his brother's band by age 6, and went to the ...

“WARNING: THERE IS ELECTRIC TROMBONE ON THIS RECORD, WHICH IS NOT FOR EVERYONE.” Of course, if there's one way to get a music editor's attention this is it. What the hell does the electric trombone ...